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- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (56) in USL Championship
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the USL Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sacramento Republic, was also a home game here at Cheney Stadium. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Phoenix Rising when visiting Tacoma Defiance as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
Tacoma Defiance have played 11 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Defiance with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Las Vegas Lights game, 23 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 238 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Serrano was the last player to find the net.
The Defiance crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Sacramento Republic here at Cheney Stadium in a USL Championship match.
Prior to that, an away loss at San Diego Loyal.Defiance are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Defiance have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Phoenix Rising form and stats
6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Phoenix Rising, who have the most scored goals (56) in USL Championship, in their USL Championship matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Tacoma Defiance.
Phoenix had fun at their own home (Cheney Stadium) last time out, beating Orange County 2-1. D. Mattocks and Santiago Moar scored.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Las Vegas Lights.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The USL Championship trip to LA Galaxy II.
The travelling fans enjoy Phoenix Rising's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Phoenix Rising in these games.
Head 2 Head
Tacoma Defiance and Phoenix Rising have played each other earlier this season: Tacoma Defiance - Phoenix Rising 1-3. Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Defiance, zero draws and nine wins for Phoenix Rising. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Moar 14 goals |  S. Asante Wiafe 8 goals |  S. Adeniran 6 goals |
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| Tacoma Defiance | Phoenix Rising | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 56 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 83% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 75% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 46% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 25% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 67% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 33% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 5.5 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| 4.1 | 1.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.3 | 9.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.1 | 15.1 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
| 35% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 38% |
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Tacoma Defiance.
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals (25) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals (56) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in USL Championship
- Phoenix Rising have the the best goal difference (+31) 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.
- Phoenix Rising is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | San Diego Loyal | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 3 | Orange County | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Tacoma Defiance | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 30 |
| 5 | Oakland Roots | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 6 | Sacramento Republic | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 29 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy II | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 39 | -29 | 17 |