Phoenix Rising should not bank on any gifts from hosts Tacoma Defiance in this USL Championship fixture. Here's the thorough match preview!
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (43) in USL Championship
Defiance have less rest than Phoenix Rising in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a USL Championship game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Las Vegas Lights, was also a home game here at Cheney Stadium. The away team is better rested.
These teams have little in common geographically as Phoenix Rising have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cheney Stadium as Tacoma Defiance have scored 15 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the USL Championship are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cheney Stadium.
A nice win for Defiance last time playing, versus Las Vegas Lights. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with T. Brewitt and S. Adeniran scoring for the victors.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Oakland Roots (1-3).The Defiance fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defiance are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cheney Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Phoenix Rising form and stats
Phoenix go into this game after a win, the home game against New Mexico United that ended 3-2.
Prior to that match, the Phoenix Rising manager R. Schantz faced defeat when travelling to Oakland Roots and losing 1-3.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Phoenix Rising have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. As opposed to that, Phoenix have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded meeting between these contenders is the Phoenix Rising - Defiance 3-0 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings with these teams: Tacoma Defiance won two, Phoenix Rising triumphed in eight and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Moar 10 goals |  S. Asante Wiafe 8 goals |  S. Adeniran 5 goals |
Tacoma Defiance missing players
Phoenix Rising missing players
| Tacoma Defiance | Phoenix Rising | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 43 |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 70% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 40% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 26% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5.4 | 6.9 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.2 |
| 4.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 10 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.4 | 14.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| 37% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 37% |
- Phoenix Rising have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Phoenix Rising have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals (19) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most clean sheets (8) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (43) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the the best goal difference (+24) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Phoenix Rising haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tacoma Defiance have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tacoma Defiance have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Tacoma Defiance have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Orange County | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Tacoma Defiance | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | San Diego Loyal | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy II | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | Oakland Roots | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -20 | 17 |