It's advantage Pittsburgh Riverhounds so far with their 1st position in the USL Championship table, welcoming Hartford Athletic who are placed 2nd.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats
Overall USL Championship stats at home this season for Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who have the most scored goals (31) in USL Championship, are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Vitiello not having conceded a league goal in 303 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Riverhounds, who won 3-0 against New York RB II (placed 3rd). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Loudoun United.
Goals are plentiful at Highmark Stadium in the league this season as Riverhounds has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Pittsburgh Riverhounds are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highmark Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
Hartford Athletic are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the USL Championship, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The supporters enjoyed Hartford Athletic's previous game versus Loudoun United (placed 4th), a USL Championship 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York RB II in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hartford Athletic has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hartford Athletic - Riverhounds 0-3 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Pittsburgh Riverhounds won three, Hartford Athletic won zero and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mertz 5 goals |  S. Fortes dos Santos 5 goals | A. Velarde 4 goals |
Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Hartford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 89% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 89% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 17% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 78% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 11% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 43 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 97 |
| 54 | 28 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 48 |
| 57% | 46% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 38% |
- Hartford Athletic has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Hartford Athletic has the most points from losing position (7)
- Hartford Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hartford Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hartford Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most clean sheets (2) at home
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most clean sheets (6)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals (31)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the the best goal difference (+9) 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.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hartford Athletic have scored away.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Hartford Athletic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | New York RB II | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 5 |
| 5 | Bethlehem Steel | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -17 | 4 |