Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs North Carolina match preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (10000 seats)

Pittsburgh Riverhounds will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind North Carolina.

The visiting North Carolina played their last game only three days ago, a USL Championship match. That match was played in the comfort of their own home stadium, hosting Loudoun United. There's been little rest and some travel, but North Carolina will do their best.

North Carolina play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for North Carolina when playing on artificial turf are 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats from ten matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 21 times in these games.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Pittsburgh Riverhounds are 4-5-0 (wins-draw-losses). In general it's been a long time since Pittsburgh Riverhounds tasted defeat here at Highmark Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Charlotte Independence.

A decent goal production from Pittsburgh Riverhounds in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 matches. Pittsburgh Riverhounds are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highmark Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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North Carolina form and stats

4-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for North Carolina in their matches away.

North Carolina won their last game, 3-0 versus Loudoun United played at home. Prior to that match, the North Carolina manager D. Sarachan faced defeat when travelling to Birmingham Legion and losing 0-1.

North Carolina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games. North Carolina have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Pittsburgh Riverhounds won 1, North Carolina won 1 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Brett
2 goals
R. Kristo
2 goals
K. Forbes
1 goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

North Carolina missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds North Carolina
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
17 9 4 Played 1 10 19
6 4 1 Won 1 4 9
8 5 3 Drew 0 3 7
3 0 0 Lost 0 3 3
29 16 8 Scored 3 14 31
18 7 5 Conceded 0 10 15
88% 78% 100% Over 0.5 100% 90% 89%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 100% 70% 74%
59% 56% 75% Over 2.5 100% 60% 47%
47% 44% 50% Over 3.5 0% 20% 21%
12% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 11%
53% 56% 75% BTTS 0% 60% 58%
35% 44% 25% Clean Sheets 100% 30% 37%
24% 22% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 16%
 
4.7 5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4 3.6 4.3
3.3 2.2 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.8 5.1
1.1 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.3 1.2
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • North Carolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • North Carolina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds
All US Open Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
22-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3 - 0 New York RB II
29-06-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4 - 1 Birmingham Legion
04-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
07-07-19 USL Charlotte Independence 1 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
13-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 - 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
20-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 North Carolina
27-07-19 USL Hartford Athletic 23:00 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
03-08-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Memphis 901
10-08-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Swope Park Rangers
14-08-19 USL New York RB II 23:00 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
North Carolina
All US Open Cup NASL Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
23-06-19 USL Saint Louis FC 2 - 2 North Carolina
29-06-19 USL North Carolina 1 - 0 Nashville
04-07-19 USL North Carolina 1 - 1 Charlotte Independence
14-07-19 USL Birmingham Legion 1 - 0 North Carolina
17-07-19 USL North Carolina 3 - 0 Loudoun United
20-07-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 North Carolina
27-07-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Atlanta United II
03-08-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Indy Eleven
11-08-19 USL Memphis 901 00:30 North Carolina
17-08-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 19 11 7 1 30 12 10 5 4 1 15 7 9 6 3 0 15 5 18 40
2 Phoenix Rising 17 11 4 2 43 14 9 6 3 0 28 8 8 5 1 2 15 6 29 37
3 New York RB II 19 11 4 4 45 24 12 8 2 2 34 12 7 3 2 2 11 12 21 37
4 Indy Eleven 16 10 4 2 25 10 9 5 4 0 9 2 7 5 0 2 16 8 15 34
5 Fresno FC 18 9 7 2 32 18 9 5 3 1 16 9 9 4 4 1 16 9 14 34
6 Reno 1868 18 10 4 4 39 25 9 6 2 1 23 12 9 4 2 3 16 13 14 34
7 Nashville 19 9 5 5 33 19 7 3 2 2 13 7 12 6 3 3 20 12 14 32
8 North Carolina 18 8 7 3 27 14 8 4 4 0 13 4 10 4 3 3 14 10 13 31
9 Louisville City 18 8 6 4 27 19 10 6 2 2 16 10 8 2 4 2 11 9 8 30
10 Ottawa Fury 18 7 8 3 28 20 9 5 3 1 15 9 9 2 5 2 13 11 8 29
11 Austin Bold 19 8 5 6 26 23 10 6 3 1 19 11 9 2 2 5 7 12 3 29
12 El Paso Locomotive 19 7 7 5 23 20 10 4 2 4 15 14 9 3 5 1 8 6 3 28
13 Portland Timbers II 18 7 6 5 35 29 9 3 4 2 14 12 9 4 2 3 21 17 6 27
14 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 17 6 8 3 29 18 9 4 5 0 16 7 8 2 3 3 13 11 11 26
15 Real Monarchs 16 8 2 6 36 28 9 6 1 2 26 14 7 2 1 4 10 14 8 26
16 New Mexico United 19 6 8 5 34 31 7 3 3 1 15 10 12 3 5 4 19 21 3 26
17 OKC Energy 20 6 8 6 27 30 11 4 4 3 14 15 9 2 4 3 13 15 -3 26
18 Sacramento Republic 16 8 1 7 24 19 8 5 1 2 15 7 8 3 0 5 9 12 5 25
19 Charleston Battery 17 5 8 4 23 22 10 4 6 0 16 9 7 1 2 4 7 13 1 23
20 Las Vegas Lights 18 6 5 7 27 27 10 5 4 1 21 7 8 1 1 6 6 20 0 23
21 Charlotte Independence 20 5 8 7 23 29 10 5 1 4 17 17 10 0 7 3 6 12 -6 23
22 LA Galaxy II 19 5 8 6 29 39 10 3 5 2 18 20 9 2 3 4 11 19 -10 23
23 San Antonio 18 6 4 8 25 25 9 5 3 1 15 7 9 1 1 7 10 18 0 22
24 Orange County 18 5 6 7 27 30 9 4 2 3 18 15 9 1 4 4 9 15 -3 21
25 Rio Grande Valley 18 5 5 8 29 33 10 4 3 3 15 10 8 1 2 5 14 23 -4 20
26 Bethlehem Steel 19 5 4 10 29 38 12 2 3 7 16 25 7 3 1 3 13 13 -9 19
27 Saint Louis FC 15 4 6 5 18 18 6 2 3 1 11 9 9 2 3 4 7 9 0 18
28 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 4 5 9 25 38 7 3 1 3 12 10 11 1 4 6 13 28 -13 17
29 Colorado Springs 19 5 2 12 17 33 10 4 0 6 9 12 9 1 2 6 8 21 -16 17
30 Loudoun United 15 4 4 7 20 25 4 1 1 2 7 8 11 3 3 5 13 17 -5 16
31 Birmingham Legion 18 4 4 10 15 36 9 2 2 5 4 11 9 2 2 5 11 25 -21 16
32 Swope Park Rangers 18 3 6 9 25 39 11 3 4 4 21 24 7 0 2 5 4 15 -14 15
33 Memphis 901 17 3 5 9 16 24 8 1 2 5 7 12 9 2 3 4 9 12 -8 14
34 Atlanta United II 17 3 4 10 15 37 8 2 0 6 6 18 9 1 4 4 9 19 -22 13
35 Hartford Athletic 20 3 4 13 22 46 8 2 3 3 10 13 12 1 1 10 12 33 -24 13
36 Seattle Sounders II 18 1 5 12 13 49 7 1 2 4 9 16 11 0 3 8 4 33 -36 8

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