Soccer betting preview: North Texas welcomes Union Omaha in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA USL League One
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)

This has the potential to be an action-packed match as North Texas have their presumed home advantage, while Union Omaha lead them by 11 points in the USL League One table.

Insights:
  • North Texas have the most scored goals (27) at home in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the most scored goals (43) in USL League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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North Texas form and stats

North Texas, who have the most scored goals (27) at home in USL League One, have played 13 USL League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

North's last game was hosting New England II (placed 8th) and winning 4-1. M. Salas was on the receiving end of a red card in the North Texas-New England II match, being sent off in the 27th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 4-1 victory.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Inter Miami II.

This is expected to be a close game, with North Texas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with North Texas as a small favourite), we find two games. North Texas has won zero of these, drawn two and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), North's attacking play is working. On the other hand, North Texas have conceded 13 goals.

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Union Omaha form and stats

Playing away, Union Omaha, who have the most scored goals (43) in USL League One, have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the USL League One this season.

Omaha had fun at their own home last time out, beating Richmond Kickers 2-0. T. Otieno and G. Hurst scored.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Forward Madison.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Omaha in our archives, and the results are: one win for Union Omaha, two draws and two defeats.

Omaha are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. Omaha are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other already this season, with the final score North - Union Omaha 2-2 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - four - one (North wins - draws - Union Omaha wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union OmahaG. Hurst
G. Hurst
13 goals
Union OmahaE. Conway
E. Conway
10 goals
NorthG. Rayo
G. Rayo
7 goals

North Texas missing players

Union Omaha missing players

North Texas Union Omaha
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
10 6 1 Won W 3 7 14
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
8 2 2 Lost L 0 2 5
39 27 5 Scored S 5 20 43
31 13 4 Conceded C 2 9 21
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 70%
44% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 37%
26% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
52% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 52%
30% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 33%
26% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
4.4 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 4.5
3.5 3.3 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4 3.5
2.3 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.9
6 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 11.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 9.6
4 4.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.3
36% 45% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 48%
Key stats in USL League One this season:
  • North Texas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • North Texas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • North Texas have the most scored goals (27) at home in USL League One
  • North Texas have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Omaha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals (21) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the most points (25) away in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the most scored goals (43) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the the best goal difference (+11) away in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the the best goal difference (+22) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Union Omaha 27 14 8 5 43 21 14 7 4 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 20 9 22 50
2 Chattanooga Red Wolves 27 11 11 5 36 27 14 7 5 2 21 15 13 4 6 3 15 12 9 44
3 Greenville Triumph 27 11 9 7 34 29 14 6 5 3 21 15 13 5 4 4 13 14 5 42
4 Richmond Kickers 27 11 7 9 33 32 14 8 5 1 19 11 13 3 2 8 14 21 1 40
5 North Texas 27 10 9 8 39 31 13 6 5 2 27 13 14 4 4 6 12 18 8 39
6 Toronto II 28 10 8 10 34 32 14 7 4 3 18 11 14 3 4 7 16 21 2 38
7 Tucson 27 10 7 10 40 40 13 5 2 6 19 19 14 5 5 4 21 21 0 37
8 New England II 28 11 4 13 33 39 14 8 2 4 18 13 14 3 2 9 15 26 -6 37
9 Forward Madison 27 7 12 8 30 33 13 5 6 2 14 12 14 2 6 6 16 21 -3 33
10 Inter Miami II 28 8 7 13 40 49 14 4 5 5 23 24 14 4 2 8 17 25 -9 31
11 Tormenta 28 8 6 14 36 47 14 5 3 6 17 20 14 3 3 8 19 27 -11 30
12 North Carolina 27 7 4 16 30 48 13 5 0 8 20 23 14 2 4 8 10 25 -18 25

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.