It's ground zero in USL League One - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how North Texas and Richmond Kickers did in their pre-season friendlies!
It's no vacation for neither North nor Richmond Kickers 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.
Richmond Kickers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
North Texas form and stats
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how North have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.
North could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the USL League One. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games they witnessed 5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W7 - D2 - L1 from ten games.
Richmond Kickers form and stats
Richmond Kickers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
Let's have a look at how Richmond Kickers performed last season in the USL League One: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 11 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 4/7 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): North three wins, zero draws and Richmond Kickers zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Terzaghi 9 goals | ![]() R. Damus 5 goals | ![]() B. Redzic 3 goals |
North Texas missing players
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| North Texas | Richmond Kickers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 103 | 56 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 51 | 89 |
| 43 | 26 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 26 | 41 |
| 42% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 37% |
- All of North Texas's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- North Texas have not yet lost a game at home.
- North Texas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- North Texas have scored in all their home matches so far.
- North Texas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Forward Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Greenville Triumph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Inter Miami II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | New England II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Orlando City II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Richmond Kickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tormenta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Toronto II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Tucson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |