Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs Loudoun United betting preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 17.July
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (3500 seats)

Pittsburgh Riverhounds are chasing the top positions while Loudoun United are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Loudoun United is in the worst form (1-0-5)

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It should be mentioned that Loudoun United play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Loudoun United on artifical turf are 0 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats from four games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-8. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in USL Championship, have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Riverhounds after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Riverhounds shared the glory with Charleston Battery in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach R. Lilley made a successful contribution in the game against Charleston Battery, bringing on T. Williamson who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Ahead of that match, Riverhounds won a home game hosting Charlotte Independence (1-0).

Pittsburgh Riverhounds aren't scoring a lot here at Highmark Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Pittsburgh Riverhounds have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Loudoun United form and stats

1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Loudoun United, who have the the worst goal difference (-12) in USL Championship, in their USL Championship matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. Martin, the Loudoun manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Loudoun in their previous game, as they lost their USL Championship-match, hosting Miami FC II, 1-4.

A 0-2 loss hosting Hartford Athletic before that.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Loudoun rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Riverhounds and Loudoun United have met before this season: Loudoun United - Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Riverhounds, zero draws and one win for Loudoun United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

RiverhoundsR. Cicerone
R. Cicerone
5 goals
Loudoun UnitedJ. Bolívar Alvarado
J. Bolívar Alvarado
4 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsD. Griffin
D. Griffin
2 goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Loudoun United missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Loudoun United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
6 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
16 4 2 Scored S 1 4 10
14 4 1 Conceded C 2 9 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
46% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 73%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
54% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 64%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 9%
23% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
5.4 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.6 6.2
3.4 1.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 4.6
2.1 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 12.4 12.9
3.2 3.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.4 4.2
39% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 24% 22%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Loudoun United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Loudoun United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Loudoun United have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest points (3) away in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United have the the worst goal difference (-12) in USL Championship
  • Loudoun United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Loudoun United is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the most matches under the total-line (9) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Tampa Bay Rowdies 11 8 0 3 17 8 7 6 0 1 14 5 4 2 0 2 3 3 9 24
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 13 6 3 4 16 14 5 2 1 2 4 4 8 4 2 2 12 10 2 21
3 Miami FC II 13 6 2 5 19 17 7 4 0 3 10 10 6 2 2 2 9 7 2 20
4 Hartford Athletic 9 5 2 2 20 10 5 2 2 1 12 5 4 3 0 1 8 5 10 17
5 Charlotte Independence 12 5 1 6 17 17 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 2 0 5 7 11 0 16
6 New York RB II 13 3 4 6 17 27 7 1 2 4 7 11 6 2 2 2 10 16 -10 13
7 Charleston Battery 9 3 3 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 1 1 2 2 5 -2 12
8 Loudoun United 11 2 0 9 10 22 6 1 0 5 6 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 -12 6

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.