It's the first game of the new season for Real Monarchs and New Mexico United. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
- Real Monarchs have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- New Mexico United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the USL Championship. This match was also played here at Zions Bank Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, New Mexico United have had more rest.
Real Monarchs form and stats
Last season, Real Monarchs's league statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the USL Championship. Over these 16 matches they scored 14 goals and conceded 25. Playing at home last season Real Monarchs managed 2-1-8 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 19 conceded.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Monarchs as they are travelling to their away game against Colorado Springs in the USL Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Monarchs have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Real Monarchs scored 0 goals and let in 5 goals during these two games.
New Mexico United form and stats
Let's have a look at how New Mexico United performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 22/15 goals scored/conceded.
Mexico has another fixture away, a USL Championship game, against El Paso Locomotive in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
It's a day of discovery for Mexico as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which New Mexico United have played six with the results W4-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games New Mexico United has scored 14 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Monarchs - New Mexico United 0-1 entered in the official records. Monarchs-New Mexico United H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Real Monarchs one win, New Mexico United six wins, zero draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Iloski 3 goals |  J. Suggs 2 goals |  A. Moreno 2 goals |
Real Monarchs missing players
New Mexico United missing players
| Real Monarchs | New Mexico United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9.2 | 6.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 31% |
- New Mexico United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- New Mexico United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New Mexico United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New Mexico United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Real Monarchs have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Real Monarchs have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Monarchs 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 | Colorado Springs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | New Mexico United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | El Paso Locomotive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rio Grande Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | San Antonio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Real Monarchs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | El Paso Locomotive | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | New Mexico United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 4 | Real Monarchs | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -11 | 11 |