San Diego Loyal vs Orange County betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Torero Stadium (6100 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, loss and gain giving mid-table spots so far. Pave the way for San Diego Loyal - Orange County!

Insights:
  • San Diego Loyal have the most points from losing position (9) in USL Championship
  • Orange County have the most points (17) away in USL Championship

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 San Diego Loyal and Orange County.

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San Diego Loyal form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, San Diego Loyal have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

The Diego supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Las Vegas Lights in USL Championship and win 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Diego played a great game against Las Vegas Lights and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Seattle Sounders II that was lost 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Diego have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost zero.

The Diego fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Orange County form and stats

Playing away, Orange County, who have the most points (17) away in USL Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL Championship this season.

Orange County failed to get anything from their last game, a USL Championship home match vs Seattle Sounders II (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3.

A 1-1 draw at Phoenix Rising's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Orange County playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Orange wins, one draw and two defeats.

Orange are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Orange in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier this campaign: San Diego Loyal - Orange County 2-1. Last five meetings between these teams: San Diego Loyal won two, Orange County were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Orange CountyR. Damus
R. Damus
9 goals
DiegoT. Moshobane
T. Moshobane
6 goals
San Diego LoyalJ. Blake
J. Blake
5 goals

San Diego Loyal missing players

Orange County missing players

San Diego Loyal Orange County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 2 10 19
8 6 0 Won W 2 5 7
3 1 1 Drew D 0 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 0 3 7
27 16 1 Scored S 5 17 27
26 10 1 Conceded C 1 10 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 79%
63% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
21% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 32%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
74% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 53%
11% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 32%
16% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 21%
 
4 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 3.1 3.4
5.7 4.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.3 4.1
2.3 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 9.9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 8.6 9.2
4 3.9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.9
35% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 49% 36%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Orange County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orange County have the most points (17) away in USL Championship
  • Orange County have the most scored goals (17) away in USL Championship
  • Orange County have the the best goal difference (+7) away in USL Championship
  • Orange County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Seattle Sounders II 17 7 6 4 22 18 8 5 3 0 13 5 9 2 3 4 9 13 4 27
3 San Diego Loyal 19 8 3 8 27 26 10 6 1 3 16 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 1 27
4 Orange County 19 7 5 7 27 25 9 2 3 4 10 15 10 5 2 3 17 10 2 26
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 18 5 2 11 25 41 8 3 2 3 12 11 10 2 0 8 13 30 -16 17
8 Oakland Roots 15 2 5 8 11 24 6 1 2 3 3 7 9 1 3 5 8 17 -13 11

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.