USL Championship news and preview: Pittsburgh Riverhounds moderate front runner to outplay Phoenix Rising

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sat 03.June
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highmark Stadium (3500 seats)

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played good football so far, being 2nd spot in the table. Phoenix Rising can look both direction in the table from their 6th place.

Insights:
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Phoenix Rising.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played 5 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Riverhounds has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Highmark Stadium. We remember; it was Miami FC II.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds are confident in defense, having played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Phoenix Rising. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that match, a win away at Loudoun United.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Riverhounds matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

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

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

Playing away, Phoenix Rising have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL Championship this season.

Phoenix Rising have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 203 minutes ago. Arteaga was the goal scorer.

Two away games in a row for Phoenix, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Las Vegas Lights.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Phoenix Rising playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Phoenix Rising in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived history between these squads is the Riverhounds - Phoenix Rising 1-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Pittsburgh RiverhoundsA. Dikwa Lega
A. Dikwa Lega
9 goals
Phoenix RisingM. Arteaga Rubianes
M. Arteaga Rubianes
5 goals
Phoenix RisingD. Trejo Del Rio
D. Trejo Del Rio
4 goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

Phoenix Rising missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Phoenix Rising
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 2 7 12
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
18 10 2 Scored S 1 5 14
11 3 1 Conceded C 3 9 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 75%
31% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 42%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 58%
31% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 8%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 33%
 
3.8 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.7 4.9
4.1 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.3
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.1 10.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.9 11.7
3.8 4.4 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.7
37% 45% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 32%
 
7.5 8.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 15 12.4
2.2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.6 4.8
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 the best goal difference (+7) at home in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the the best goal difference (+7) in USL Championship
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 7 3 3 17 19 8 3 2 3 9 16 5 4 1 0 8 3 -2 24
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 13 6 5 2 18 11 5 4 1 0 10 3 8 2 4 2 8 8 7 23
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 13 6 3 4 19 13 8 4 2 2 14 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 21
4 Louisville City 12 6 3 3 12 13 5 3 0 2 6 6 7 3 3 1 6 7 -1 21
5 Birmingham Legion 13 5 1 7 17 23 6 2 1 3 10 13 7 3 0 4 7 10 -6 16
6 Memphis 901 9 4 3 2 18 13 5 1 2 2 7 10 4 3 1 0 8 2 5 15
7 Indy Eleven 12 4 3 5 13 14 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 3 1 2 9 6 -1 15
8 Tulsa Roughnecks 13 2 7 4 16 16 6 1 3 2 8 7 7 1 4 2 8 9 0 13
9 Miami FC II 12 2 6 4 14 17 8 2 4 2 11 8 4 0 2 2 2 6 -3 12
10 Detroit City 12 3 2 7 7 13 6 2 1 3 3 4 6 1 1 4 4 9 -6 11
11 Loudoun United 12 3 1 8 12 18 7 2 1 4 8 8 5 1 0 4 4 10 -6 10
12 Hartford Athletic 12 2 3 7 15 24 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 1 1 4 11 16 -9 9

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.