Rio Grande Valley welcomes Colorado Springs as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sun 16.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: H-E-B Park

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Rio Grande Valley fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Colorado Springs.

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 Rio Grande Valley and Colorado Springs.

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Rio Grande Valley form and stats

Rio Grande Valley are steadily winning games and points here at H-E-B Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at H-E-B Park.

Rio Grande Valley's last game was hosting Colorado Springs and winning 3-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Real Monarchs (3-5).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rio Grande Valley's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Rio Grande Valley can score goals in their home matches. After 7 matches they have found the net 15 times. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Colorado Springs form and stats

There's been little loot from Colorado Springs's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games. Colorado Springs only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. four defeats in a row for Colorado Springs in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Portland Timbers II.

Colorado Springs play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Rio Grande Valley. Before that, Colorado Springs secured a home win against Seattle Sounders II with the score 3-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colorado Springs when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Colorado Springs find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures. The Colorado Springs manager S. Trittschuh has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rio Grande Valley - Colorado Springs 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 6 - 1 - 1 (Rio Grande Valley wins - draws - Colorado Springs wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Salazar
8 goals
C. Small
7 goals
J. Burt
5 goals

Rio Grande Valley missing players

Colorado Springs missing players

Rio Grande Valley Colorado Springs
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played 5 8 15
5 4 1 Won 1 1 4
4 2 0 Drew 0 2 2
6 1 0 Lost 4 5 9
29 15 3 Scored 4 8 14
28 8 1 Conceded 9 16 24
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 86% 100% Over 1.5 80% 88% 73%
80% 71% 100% Over 2.5 40% 62% 47%
47% 43% 100% Over 3.5 20% 38% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 20% 12% 7%
73% 57% 100% BTTS 20% 38% 27%
13% 29% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 20%
20% 29% 0% Failed To Score 80% 62% 53%
 
4.6 3.4 2 Corners For (avg) 6.5 5.6 5.5
5 5.2 3 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 6.3 4.8
1.4 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Colorado Springs have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Colorado Springs have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colorado Springs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rio Grande Valley have scored more than double the goals of Colorado Springs.
  • Rio Grande Valley have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Rio Grande Valley
19-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 2 - 2 LA Galaxy II
26-05-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 3 - 1 San Antonio
02-06-19 USL Orange County 2 - 1 Rio Grande Valley
09-06-19 USL Real Monarchs 5 - 3 Rio Grande Valley
16-06-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 3 - 0 Colorado Springs
23-06-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Austin Bold
04-07-19 USL Reno 1868 02:30 Rio Grande Valley
07-07-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Seattle Sounders II
14-07-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Phoenix Rising
21-07-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 00:30 Sacramento Republic
Colorado Springs
26-05-19 USL OKC Energy 1 - 0 Colorado Springs
30-05-19 UOC Colorado Springs 1 - 1 New Mexico United
02-06-19 USL Colorado Springs 1 - 0 Fresno FC
09-06-19 USL Colorado Springs 3 - 0 Seattle Sounders II
16-06-19 USL Rio Grande Valley 3 - 0 Colorado Springs
23-06-19 USL Colorado Springs 01:00 Real Monarchs
30-06-19 USL Austin Bold 00:30 Colorado Springs
05-07-19 USL Colorado Springs 01:00 Orange County
14-07-19 USL Colorado Springs - Tulsa Roughnecks
21-07-19 USL Colorado Springs - OKC Energy

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# 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 15 8 6 1 22 8 9 4 4 1 13 6 6 4 2 0 9 2 14 30
2 New York RB II 14 9 2 3 31 15 10 7 1 2 25 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 16 29
3 Nashville 15 8 4 3 27 13 6 3 1 2 10 4 9 5 3 1 17 9 14 28
4 Indy Eleven 12 8 3 1 19 7 6 3 3 0 4 1 6 5 0 1 15 6 12 27
5 El Paso Locomotive 14 7 5 2 21 12 8 4 2 2 14 10 6 3 3 0 7 2 9 26
6 Phoenix Rising 13 7 4 2 31 11 8 5 3 0 24 6 5 2 1 2 7 5 20 25
7 New Mexico United 16 6 7 3 32 27 7 3 3 1 15 10 9 3 4 2 17 17 5 25
8 Louisville City 14 7 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 8 6 2 2 2 9 7 7 24
9 North Carolina 13 6 5 2 20 10 5 2 3 0 8 3 8 4 2 2 12 7 10 23
10 Ottawa Fury 13 6 5 2 19 11 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 2 3 1 8 5 8 23
11 Reno 1868 13 6 4 3 28 19 6 4 2 0 17 9 7 2 2 3 11 10 9 22
12 Portland Timbers II 12 6 4 2 27 19 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 3 2 1 17 12 8 22
13 OKC Energy 16 5 7 4 22 22 8 4 3 1 10 7 8 1 4 3 12 15 0 22
14 Fresno FC 13 5 6 2 21 13 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 21
15 Charleston Battery 14 5 6 3 19 17 8 4 4 0 14 7 6 1 2 3 5 10 2 21
16 Austin Bold 15 5 5 5 17 18 8 4 3 1 11 9 7 1 2 4 6 9 -1 20
17 Rio Grande Valley 14 5 4 5 29 27 7 4 2 1 15 8 7 1 2 4 14 19 2 19
18 Sacramento Republic 12 6 1 5 17 16 5 3 1 1 8 6 7 3 0 4 9 10 1 19
19 Las Vegas Lights 15 5 4 6 24 24 8 5 3 0 19 4 7 0 1 6 5 20 0 19
20 Orange County 14 4 6 4 22 22 7 4 2 1 17 11 7 0 4 3 5 11 0 18
21 LA Galaxy II 16 4 6 6 24 35 9 3 4 2 17 19 7 1 2 4 7 16 -11 18
22 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 12 3 7 2 20 15 5 1 4 0 7 5 7 2 3 2 13 10 5 16
23 Saint Louis FC 11 4 4 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 7 2 3 2 5 5 2 16
24 Tulsa Roughnecks 14 4 4 6 23 27 6 3 1 2 11 7 8 1 3 4 12 20 -4 16
25 Bethlehem Steel 15 4 4 7 22 31 10 2 3 5 12 19 5 2 1 2 10 12 -9 16
26 San Antonio 14 4 3 7 17 21 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 0 1 6 5 14 -4 15
27 Real Monarchs 12 4 2 6 25 26 7 4 1 2 20 14 5 0 1 4 5 12 -1 14
28 Colorado Springs 15 4 2 9 14 24 7 3 0 4 6 8 8 1 2 5 8 16 -10 14
29 Atlanta United II 14 3 4 7 13 26 8 2 0 6 6 18 6 1 4 1 7 8 -13 13
30 Loudoun United 12 3 3 6 16 19 3 0 1 2 5 7 9 3 2 4 11 12 -3 12
31 Charlotte Independence 15 2 6 7 17 26 7 2 1 4 13 16 8 0 5 3 4 10 -9 12
32 Birmingham Legion 14 3 3 8 11 27 7 1 1 5 1 9 7 2 2 3 10 18 -16 12
33 Memphis 901 14 2 5 7 12 20 6 0 2 4 3 9 8 2 3 3 9 11 -8 11
34 Hartford Athletic 15 2 3 10 14 32 6 1 3 2 8 9 9 1 0 8 6 23 -18 9
35 Swope Park Rangers 14 1 5 8 17 31 8 1 4 3 14 17 6 0 1 5 3 14 -14 8
36 Seattle Sounders II 16 1 4 11 13 44 7 1 2 4 9 16 9 0 2 7 4 28 -31 7