With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Tulsa Roughnecks fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rio Grande Valley.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the USL Championship. This match was also played here at ONEOK Field. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Rio Grande Valley have had more rest.
Tulsa Roughnecks form and stats
Tulsa Roughnecks have played three USL Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Roughnecks's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Swope Park Rangers. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at San Antonio.
There will be little rest for Tulsa Roughnecks after this match as they are travelling to Austin Bold for a USL Championship game in only three days.
The Roughnecks fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Rio Grande Valley form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (21) in USL Championship, on their USL Championship travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Grande are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the LA Galaxy II fixture.
Grande's previous game was their home loss versus San Antonio (1-3). A loss against Austin Bold was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The schedule is very tough for Grande now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A USL Championship game at San Antonio is waiting in only three days.
Goals are few and far between in Grande's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. 7 goals have been conceded by Rio Grande Valley in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rio Grande Valley - Roughnecks 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tulsa Roughnecks victories, two draws and three Rio Grande Valley wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Da Costa 2 goals | A. Martínez González 2 goals | D. Suárez Castro 2 goals |
Tulsa Roughnecks missing players
Rio Grande Valley missing players
| Tulsa Roughnecks | Rio Grande Valley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 70% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 50% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 70% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 36 | 71 |
| 31 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 16 | 27 |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 12% | 19% |
- Rio Grande Valley has the fewest points (2) away
- Rio Grande Valley has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- Rio Grande Valley has the most conceded goals (21)
- Rio Grande Valley has the the worst goal difference (-13)
- Rio Grande Valley have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rio Grande Valley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rio Grande Valley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rio Grande Valley have yet to win a game.
- Rio Grande Valley is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Tulsa Roughnecks has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Tulsa Roughnecks has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
- Tulsa Roughnecks have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tulsa Roughnecks have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Antonio | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Austin Bold | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | OKC Energy | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 5 | Rio Grande Valley | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 3 |