USL Championship game tips and preview for the San Antonio vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds meet

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 05.September
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Field (8000 seats)

San Antonio oppose Pittsburgh Riverhounds for honour and sporting success.

Insights:
  • San Antonio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Antonio nor Pittsburgh Riverhounds as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It should be mentioned that Pittsburgh Riverhounds play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Pittsburgh Riverhounds on grass are 12 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 21 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-27. You can compare this with overall results below.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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San Antonio form and stats

The USL Championship stats playing at home this season for San Antonio are 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

There will be little rest for Antonio after this match as they are travelling to Austin Bold for a USL Championship game in only three days.

Antonio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Toyota Field with 18 goals in 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pittsburgh Riverhounds performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 0 and lost 2 with 19/4 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Pittsburgh RiverhoundsR. Cicerone
R. Cicerone
12 goals
San AntonioN. Fogaça
N. Fogaça
7 goals
Pittsburgh RiverhoundsH. Dixon
H. Dixon
7 goals

San Antonio missing players

Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players

San Antonio Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 0 Played P 0 12 23
8 5 0 Won W 0 7 13
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
30 18 0 Scored S 0 21 36
23 11 0 Conceded C 0 16 25
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 96%
95% 90% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 65%
58% 70% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 52%
16% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
68% 70% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 57%
16% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 26%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 22%
 
5.8 8.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 4.9
5.3 2.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.7 2.8
2.8 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.9 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.3 8.5
3.8 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.6
42% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 49% 44%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • San Antonio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • San Antonio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • San Antonio have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • San Antonio 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 El Paso Locomotive 19 12 5 2 31 14 10 8 2 0 19 5 9 4 3 2 12 9 17 41
2 Colorado Springs 20 9 5 6 45 35 10 5 2 3 23 17 10 4 3 3 22 18 10 32
3 San Antonio 19 8 6 5 30 23 10 5 3 2 18 11 9 3 3 3 12 12 7 30
4 Rio Grande Valley 21 8 5 8 30 30 10 5 1 4 14 15 11 3 4 4 16 15 0 29
5 Austin Bold 20 6 8 6 18 24 10 3 4 3 10 11 10 3 4 3 8 13 -6 26
6 New Mexico United 20 6 7 7 24 24 9 4 4 1 12 6 11 2 3 6 12 18 0 25
7 Real Monarchs 20 4 4 12 20 35 10 3 2 5 12 17 10 1 2 7 8 18 -15 16

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.