USL League One preview: Can Central Valley Fuego edge out victory against Tucson?

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Competition: USA USL League One
Competition: Sun 19.June
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fresno State Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium

Carrying a 6 point dominance in the league table, Central Valley Fuego followers expect to see their gladiators get full points from this fixture hosting Tucson.

Insights:
  • Central Valley Fuego have yet to win a game at home.
  • Tucson have the fewest scored goals (9) in USL League One

It's no vacation for neither Central Valley Fuego nor Tucson as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Central Valley Fuego form and stats

Three USL League One home games done for Central Valley Fuego, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.

The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Tucson last time out and are looking for a win here.

Before that game, the home loss against Chattanooga Red Wolves with the scoreline 0-2.

Central Valley Fuego have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Central's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tucson form and stats

Playing away, Tucson, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in USL League One, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL League One this season.

Tucson are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Central Valley Fuego (placed 6th).

A loss against Union Omaha was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tucson when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.

The visiting Tucson have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Central Valley FuegoV. Bijev
V. Bijev
5 goals
CentralC. Chaney
C. Chaney
2 goals
Central Valley FuegoV. Falck
V. Falck
2 goals

Central Valley Fuego missing players

Tucson missing players

Central Valley Fuego Tucson
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 6 10
3 0 0 Won W 1 2 2
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
14 2 1 Scored S 4 6 9
12 4 1 Conceded C 4 10 17
90% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 90%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 10%
40% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
40% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
30% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 30%
 
3.8 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 4.2
3.4 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.7
3.9 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.4 8.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7 6.8
2.6 1.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.8
52% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 32%
 
9.3 9.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.2 8.1
3.3 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 3.1
Key stats in USL League One this season:
  • Central Valley Fuego have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Central Valley Fuego have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Central Valley Fuego have yet to win a game at home.
  • Tucson have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tucson have scored at least twice as many goals away as Central Valley Fuego have scored home.
  • Tucson have the fewest scored goals (9) in USL League One
  • Tucson have the the worst goal difference (-8) in USL League One
  • Tucson is in the worst form (1-0-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Richmond Kickers 11 5 3 3 21 11 8 4 3 1 18 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 10 18
2 North Carolina 10 5 2 3 14 12 7 3 1 3 10 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 17
3 Greenville Triumph 11 5 2 4 12 10 5 3 0 2 5 4 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 17
4 Chattanooga Red Wolves 11 4 2 5 15 14 7 2 2 3 10 9 4 2 0 2 5 5 1 14
5 Charlotte Independence 11 4 2 5 13 19 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 1 1 3 2 9 -6 14
6 Central Valley Fuego 9 3 4 2 14 12 3 0 2 1 2 4 6 3 2 1 12 8 2 13
7 Union Omaha 9 3 4 2 10 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 6 2 3 1 7 6 2 13
8 Forward Madison 10 3 4 3 12 13 5 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 3 1 4 5 -1 13
9 Tormenta 10 3 4 3 10 11 5 0 2 3 0 6 5 3 2 0 10 5 -1 13
10 Northern Colorado 9 2 4 3 11 14 2 0 2 0 2 2 7 2 2 3 9 12 -3 10
11 Tucson 9 2 1 6 9 17 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 2 0 3 6 10 -8 7

Read more about USL League One

USL League One is the third level of football in the United States and Canada. It is brand new; launched in 2019. The league currently holds ten teams but this is likely to expand. Regular season has 28 games played from March to October, followed by a playoff.