Season ticket holders at H-E-B Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Rio Grande Valley languishing in the 5th position so far. The guesting Austin Bold will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the USL Championship. That game was also an away game, at OKC Energy. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Rio Grande Valley form and stats
When playing at home in the USL Championship, Rio Grande Valley, who have the most conceded goals (26) in USL Championship, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Rio Grande Valley who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against LA Galaxy II, 206 days ago. With Grande having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager G. Echeverry.
Rio Grande Valley lost their last game at San Antonio (placed 1st) after a 2-3 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Grande lost 1-2 at Tulsa Roughnecks's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Grande as they have a new game in only three days, a USL Championship match thankfully also at home. OKC Energy are visiting.
Grande are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Rio Grande Valley having conceded 14 goals here at H-E-B Park so far.
Austin Bold form and stats
Playing away, Austin Bold, who have the most scored goals (13) away in USL Championship, have won 1 game, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the USL Championship this season.
Austin Bold have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Diego Alejandro Restrepo Garcia. It's been 198 minutes since they last conceded in USL Championship.
Austin are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at OKC Energy (placed 4th). A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Swope Park Rangers.
A quick return to home after this game, as Austin are hosting San Antonio in the USL Championship only four days away.
Austin Bold has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. As for defending, Austin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Grande and Austin Bold have met before this season: Rio Grande Valley - Austin Bold 2-3. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Rio Grande Valley, one draw and four wins for Austin Bold. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  B. Forbes 6 goals |  A. Diouf 4 goals |  X. Báez Gamiño 3 goals |
Rio Grande Valley missing players
Austin Bold missing players
| Rio Grande Valley | Austin Bold | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 28 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 86% | 79% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 35 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 70 | 149 |
| 35 | 11 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 34 | 60 |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 29% | 40% |
- All of Rio Grande Valley's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin Bold has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most conceded goals (13) away in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most matches over the total-line (9) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most scored goals (13) away in USL Championship
- Austin Bold has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in USL Championship
- Austin Bold have scored more than double the goals of Rio Grande Valley.
- Rio Grande Valley has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the fewest clean sheets (1) in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the fewest points (1) at home in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the most conceded goals (14) at home in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the most conceded goals (26) in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the the worst goal difference (-15) in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in USL Championship
- Rio Grande Valley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rio Grande Valley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Rio Grande Valley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rio Grande Valley have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rio Grande Valley have yet to win a game.
- Rio Grande Valley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rio Grande Valley is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Antonio | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Austin Bold | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | OKC Energy | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 5 | Rio Grande Valley | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 3 |