San Diego Loyal vs Phoenix Rising match preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Thu 01.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as San Diego Loyal have their presumed home advantage while Phoenix Rising are ahead 6 points in the USL Championship table.

The visiting Phoenix Rising played their last game only four days ago, a USL Championship match.

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San Diego Loyal form and stats

2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for San Diego Loyal, who have the fewest points (8) at home in USL Championship, so far this season.

San Diego Loyal drew their last game, 1-1 away at LA Galaxy II (placed 3rd). In the game before, an away victory match versus Phoenix Rising with a 3-2 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Diego here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Diego's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

Playing away, Phoenix Rising, who have the most scored goals (39) in USL Championship, have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the USL Championship this season.

The supporters enjoyed Phoenix's previous game versus Orange County (placed 4th), a USL Championship 1-0 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against San Diego Loyal.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting LA Galaxy II in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Phoenix's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Phoenix in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Phoenix Rising - Diego 2-3, played this season. Last two meetings between the teams: San Diego Loyal won one, Phoenix Rising won one and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Phoenix RisingJ. Flemmings
J. Flemmings
13 goals
Phoenix RisingR. Dadaşov
R. Dadaşov
11 goals
Phoenix RisingS. Asante Wiafe
S. Asante Wiafe
6 goals

San Diego Loyal missing players

Phoenix Rising missing players

San Diego Loyal Phoenix Rising
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 6 14
6 2 0 Won W 1 2 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
17 6 0 Scored S 4 11 39
15 8 0 Conceded C 1 8 16
87% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 86%
33% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 64%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 57%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 43%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
33% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
91 44 0 Total Shots T S 16 76 157
39 19 0 Shots on Target S O 10 31 64
33% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 52%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Phoenix Rising has the most scored goals (39) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising has the the best goal difference (+23) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Phoenix Rising have scored more than double the goals of San Diego Loyal.
  • Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest points (8) at home in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest points from losing position (2) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal is in the best form (3-3-0)

  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 14 9 2 3 39 16 8 7 0 1 28 8 6 2 2 2 11 8 23 29
2 San Diego Loyal 15 6 5 4 17 15 7 2 2 3 6 8 8 4 3 1 11 7 2 23
3 LA Galaxy II 14 7 2 5 25 27 7 3 1 3 11 15 7 4 1 2 14 12 -2 23
4 Orange County 14 6 3 5 13 13 8 4 3 1 7 4 6 2 0 4 6 9 0 21
5 Las Vegas Lights 14 2 4 8 20 28 7 2 3 2 12 11 7 0 1 6 8 17 -8 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.