USL Championship match preview and statistics: San Diego Loyal fight Phoenix Rising

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Torero Stadium (6100 seats)

High flying Phoenix Rising arrive at San Diego Loyal after their 5-0-result versus LA Galaxy II. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • San Diego Loyal is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (31) in USL Championship

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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San Diego Loyal form and stats

Home games in the USL Championship have been a walk in the park for San Diego Loyal so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Diego supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Orange County in USL Championship and win 2-1. G. Stoneman was on the receiving end of a red card in the San Diego Loyal-Orange County match, being sent off in the 60th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory. Manager L. Donovan felt very clever after R. Moshobane scored the winning goal against Orange County, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 73rd minute.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Oakland Roots in a game that was won 1-0.

The Diego fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. San Diego Loyal have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Phoenix Rising form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (31) in USL Championship, are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

The supporters enjoyed Phoenix Rising's previous game versus LA Galaxy II (placed 5th), a USL Championship 5-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Phoenix Rising was the only team on the pitch versus LA Galaxy II in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Charlotte Independence.

Phoenix have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Phoenix have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the San Diego Loyal - Phoenix Rising 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Diego victories, one draw and three Phoenix Rising wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Phoenix RisingS. Asante Wiafe
S. Asante Wiafe
8 goals
Phoenix RisingS. Moar
S. Moar
8 goals
DiegoJ. Blake
J. Blake
4 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
13 6 1 Played P 0 5 12
6 5 1 Won W 0 2 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
18 10 2 Scored S 0 6 31
19 5 1 Conceded C 0 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 92%
69% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 83%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
85% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 58%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 42%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 7.8
6.2 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 5.2
2.4 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 15
3.9 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 6.8
34% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 39%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • Phoenix Rising have created more than twice as many corners as San Diego Loyal.
  • Phoenix Rising have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Phoenix Rising have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals (10) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (31) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have the the best goal difference (+21) in USL Championship
  • Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • San Diego Loyal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • San Diego Loyal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • San Diego Loyal have the fewest clean sheets (1) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal have the most points from losing position (9) in USL Championship
  • San Diego Loyal have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • San Diego Loyal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • San Diego Loyal is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 12 8 2 2 31 10 7 6 1 0 25 4 5 2 1 2 6 6 21 26
2 Orange County 13 6 3 4 18 13 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 1 2 12 6 5 21
3 San Diego Loyal 13 6 3 4 18 19 6 5 1 0 10 5 7 1 2 4 8 14 -1 21
4 Seattle Sounders II 11 3 4 4 11 14 4 3 1 0 7 2 7 0 3 4 4 12 -3 13
5 LA Galaxy II 14 3 4 7 21 27 8 1 4 3 14 12 6 2 0 4 7 15 -6 13
6 Las Vegas Lights 13 4 1 8 16 28 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 2 0 5 9 20 -12 13
7 Sacramento Republic 12 3 3 6 12 17 7 1 2 4 8 12 5 2 1 2 4 5 -5 12
8 Oakland Roots 8 1 3 4 7 12 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 1 2 3 6 10 -5 6

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.