This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first USL Championship game of the season. Both Rio Grande Valley and New Mexico United are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Rio Grande Valley form and stats
Rio Grande Valley have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Grande scored 5 goals and let in 6 goals during these three games.
Last season, Rio Grande Valley's league statistics were 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the USL Championship. Over these 14 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Rio Grande Valley managed 2-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 16 conceded.
New Mexico United form and stats
It's a day of discovery for New Mexico United 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.
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.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Grande zero wins, two draws and New Mexico United zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Wehan 7 goals |
Rio Grande Valley missing players
New Mexico United missing players
| Rio Grande Valley | New Mexico United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Rio Grande Valley | Last season | New Mexico United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 16 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 9 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Scored | S | 24 | 25 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 18 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 71% | ||
| 57% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 43% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 18% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 71% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 41% | ||
| 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin Bold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs | 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 |
| 4 | New Mexico United | 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 |
| 6 | Rio Grande Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | San Antonio | 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 | San Antonio | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Austin Bold | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | OKC Energy | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 10 |
| 5 | Rio Grande Valley | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 9 |