Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs Detroit City preview: Guests in for a grim 90 minutes at Highmark Stadium

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (3500 seats)

It's looking good for Pittsburgh Riverhounds at this point, with the 2nd position in the USL Championship table and eagerly waiting for Detroit City (who are sitting at 8th).

Insights:
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Detroit City have the fewest scored goals (10) in USL Championship

It's no vacation for neither Pittsburgh Riverhounds nor Detroit City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have been outstanding at home so far in the USL Championship with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. days ago.

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds goalkeeper Luis Enrique Jr Zamudio Lizardo is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 318 minutes without conceding a goal in the USL Championship.

A strong away win for Riverhounds against Louisville City the last match, as Lega were on target.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sacramento Republic.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 17 league matches, 13 have contained two goals or less.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Detroit City form and stats

There's been little loot from Detroit City's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the USL Championship. Detroit City only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Detroit City are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Detroit's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Loudoun United that finished 1-1.

Prior to that match, the Detroit City manager James faced defeat when travelling to New Mexico United and losing 0-1.

A tale of few goals? 14 of this team's most recent 17 league matches have seen two or less goals.

A new game in only four days for Detroit City, the USL Championship home match versus Louisville City. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Detroit City have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Riverhounds zero wins, two draws and Detroit City zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. One of the stars has been Rodriguez with 2 goals scored against Pittsburgh Riverhounds in these 2 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Dikwa Lega
A. Dikwa Lega
10 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Osuna Ordoñez
A. Osuna Ordoñez
3 goals
RiverhoundsE. Kizza
E. Kizza
2 goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Detroit City missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Detroit City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 11 19
9 6 1 Won W 0 2 4
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 5
2 0 0 Lost L 1 6 10
23 14 2 Scored S 1 9 13
12 4 1 Conceded C 5 14 20
79% 78% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 73% 84%
58% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 36% 32%
26% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 21%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 21%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 11%
42% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 32%
47% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 26%
32% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 64% 58%
 
3.5 3.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.9 2.9
4.2 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4 4.5
2.2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 9.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12 10.8
3.7 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.1
33% 40% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 26% 22%
 
8.6 9.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 14.5 13.8
2.1 1.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 4.2
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Detroit City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Detroit City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in USL Championship
  • Detroit City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in USL Championship
  • Detroit City have the fewest scored goals (10) in USL Championship
  • Detroit City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in USL Championship
  • Detroit City have the most matches under the total-line (15) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in USL Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charleston Battery 16 8 4 4 21 24 9 3 3 3 9 16 7 5 1 1 12 8 -3 28
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 15 7 6 2 20 11 6 5 1 0 12 3 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 27
3 Memphis 901 13 7 4 2 27 14 8 3 3 2 16 11 5 4 1 0 11 3 13 25
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 7 4 4 23 16 9 5 2 2 17 10 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 25
5 Birmingham Legion 15 7 1 7 21 24 8 4 1 3 14 14 7 3 0 4 7 10 -3 22
6 Louisville City 14 6 4 4 15 18 6 3 0 3 7 9 8 3 4 1 8 9 -3 22
7 Indy Eleven 14 4 4 6 15 17 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 -2 16
8 Detroit City 15 4 4 7 10 14 6 2 1 3 3 4 9 2 3 4 7 10 -4 16
9 Loudoun United 16 5 1 10 18 26 8 3 1 4 11 9 8 2 0 6 7 17 -8 16
10 Miami FC II 15 2 7 6 18 24 9 2 4 3 12 10 6 0 3 3 6 14 -6 13
11 Tulsa Roughnecks 16 2 7 7 17 26 7 1 3 3 8 10 9 1 4 4 9 16 -9 13
12 Hartford Athletic 15 2 4 9 20 32 8 1 2 5 8 15 7 1 2 4 12 17 -12 10

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.