San Diego Loyal vs Las Vegas Lights match preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Thu 19.August
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Torero Stadium (6100 seats)

18 rounds of fixtures have been played and San Diego Loyal are 7 points ahead of Las Vegas Lights. What happens today?

Insights:
  • San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the most conceded goals (36) in USL Championship

It's no vacation for neither Diego nor Las Vegas Lights 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.

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San Diego Loyal form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, San Diego Loyal have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. With Diego having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager L. Donovan.

The San Diego Loyal fans got no joy from their last match, a USL Championship game also here at Torero Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Tacoma Defiance (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that match, Diego lost 0-1 at home to Real Monarchs.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Orange County in only three days. This game is also played here at Torero Stadium.

Diego are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Las Vegas Lights form and stats

There's been little loot from Las Vegas Lights's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the USL Championship. Las Vegas Lights only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Cherundolo, the Las Vegas Lights manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Lights play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Sacramento Republic (placed 5th).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Phoenix Rising.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oakland Roots in just three days.

Las Vegas Lights have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Lights are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the parties met earlier this season; Las Vegas Lights - San Diego Loyal 1-2. San Diego Loyal-Las Vegas Lights H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: San Diego Loyal three wins, Las Vegas Lights zero wins, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Las Vegas LightsC. Jennings
C. Jennings
6 goals
San Diego LoyalJ. Blake
J. Blake
4 goals
San Diego LoyalC. Hertzog
C. Hertzog
4 goals

San Diego Loyal missing players

Las Vegas Lights missing players

San Diego Loyal Las Vegas Lights
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
8 3 0 Lost L 2 7 10
22 11 3 Scored S 2 12 24
25 9 1 Conceded C 5 25 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 76%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 47%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 24%
72% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 76%
11% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
17% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
3.9 3.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.6
6 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 5.7
2.3 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.3 8
3.8 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.6 3.6
31% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 38% 40%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Las Vegas Lights have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Las Vegas Lights have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Las Vegas Lights have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Las Vegas Lights have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the most conceded goals (25) away in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the most conceded goals (36) in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the most matches over the total-line (10) in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in USL Championship
  • Las Vegas Lights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • San Diego Loyal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal have the most points from losing position (9) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal 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 Phoenix Rising 17 11 4 2 39 14 9 7 2 0 29 6 8 4 2 2 10 8 25 37
2 Orange County 18 7 5 6 27 22 8 2 3 3 10 12 10 5 2 3 17 10 5 26
3 Tacoma Defiance 16 6 6 4 19 18 8 5 3 0 13 5 8 1 3 4 6 13 1 24
4 San Diego Loyal 18 7 3 8 22 25 9 5 1 3 11 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 -3 24
5 Sacramento Republic 17 5 6 6 20 22 9 3 2 4 13 14 8 2 4 2 7 8 -2 21
6 LA Galaxy II 18 5 4 9 28 33 10 2 4 4 17 14 8 3 0 5 11 19 -5 19
7 Las Vegas Lights 17 5 2 10 24 36 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 2 0 7 12 25 -12 17
8 Oakland Roots 14 2 4 8 10 23 6 1 2 3 3 7 8 1 2 5 7 16 -13 10

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.