The league table in USL Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Pittsburgh Riverhounds leading Saint Louis FC by 2 points. Match preview to follow:
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the USL Championship. That game was an away game at Loudoun United, so at least Riverhounds are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats
Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who have the most scored goals (20) in USL Championship, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three USL Championship games here at Highmark Stadium. Riverhounds has recorded two wins in a row here at Highmark Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Happy days for Riverhounds in their previous game, a USL Championship match away at Loudoun United (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Riverhounds lost 0-1 at Indy Eleven's place.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Riverhounds are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highmark Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Saint Louis FC form and stats
Things could have gone better for Saint Louis FC in their USL Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from E. Samb, R. Cicerone and J. Rivas secured the home win 3-1 against Swope Park Rangers in their previous game. A loss against Tulsa Roughnecks was the result prior to that, in a home game.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Louis's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. As opposed to that, Saint Louis FC have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Pittsburgh Riverhounds won one, Saint Louis FC won zero and three draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Fortes dos Santos 5 goals |  R. Mertz 3 goals | A. Velarde 3 goals |
Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players
Saint Louis FC missing players
| Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Saint Louis FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 21 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 43 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 67% | 73% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most clean sheets (3)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals (20)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the most scored goals in the second half (10)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saint Louis FC have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Saint Louis FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | New York RB II | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 5 | Bethlehem Steel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 5 |