Evenly matched teams: Richmond Kickers vs Union Omaha match preview

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Competition: USA USL League One
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: City Stadium (25000 seats)

This should be quite a game, with Richmond Kickers placed 2nd and Union Omaha at 3rd. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Richmond Kickers have the most scored goals (39) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals (16) in USL League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Richmond Kickers form and stats

Richmond Kickers, who have the most scored goals (39) in USL League One, have played 11 USL League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at City Stadium.

A nice win for Richmond Kickers last time playing, versus Union Omaha. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

Before that, Richmond played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Central Valley Fuego.

This is expected to be a close game, with Richmond Kickers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Richmond Kickers as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Richmond Kickers has won 8 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Richmond Kickers can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 26 times. On the other hand, Richmond have conceded 12 goals.

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Union Omaha form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Union Omaha, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in USL League One, playing as the away team in the USL League One this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Union Omaha as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Richmond Kickers. That loss ended this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; eleven games in total!

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs North Carolina.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Union Omaha in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Union Omaha, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Omaha find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Richmond Kickers - Union Omaha 1-1. Previous four meetings with these squads: Richmond Kickers won one, Union Omaha triumphed in one and we saw two draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Richmond KickersE. Terzaghi
E. Terzaghi
12 goals
Union OmahaN. Meza
N. Meza
8 goals
Richmond KickersM. Bentley
M. Bentley
5 goals

Richmond Kickers missing players

Union Omaha missing players

Richmond Kickers Union Omaha
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 1 Played P 1 12 21
11 7 0 Won W 0 4 8
5 3 0 Drew D 1 6 10
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
40 27 1 Scored S 0 12 25
27 12 3 Conceded C 0 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 76%
74% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
43% 58% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 14%
13% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 10%
61% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 52%
26% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 42% 38%
13% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
4.9 4.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 4
4 4.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 9 4.1 4
2.7 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.4 9.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.2 8.2
3.5 4.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 2.9
51% 53% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 41%
 
9.1 9.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 4 6.8 6.3
3.9 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.6
Key stats in USL League One this season:
  • Richmond Kickers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Richmond Kickers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Richmond Kickers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Union Omaha have scored away.
  • Richmond Kickers have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers have the most points from losing position (14) in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers have the most scored goals (39) in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers have the the best goal difference (+12) in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in USL League One
  • Richmond Kickers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals (16) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in USL League One
  • Union Omaha have the most points (18) away in USL League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Greenville Triumph 22 11 5 6 31 27 11 7 1 3 13 9 11 4 4 3 18 18 4 38
2 Richmond Kickers 22 10 5 7 39 27 11 6 3 2 26 12 11 4 2 5 13 15 12 35
3 Union Omaha 20 8 10 2 25 16 9 4 4 1 13 7 11 4 6 1 12 9 9 34
4 Chattanooga Red Wolves 22 9 5 8 37 26 13 6 3 4 27 15 9 3 2 4 10 11 11 32
5 Forward Madison 22 7 10 5 28 28 11 4 5 2 14 11 11 3 5 3 14 17 0 31
6 Charlotte Independence 21 8 5 8 33 36 10 5 3 2 22 13 11 3 2 6 11 23 -3 29
7 Central Valley Fuego 21 7 6 8 25 29 10 2 4 4 10 12 11 5 2 4 15 17 -4 27
8 Tormenta 21 7 6 8 28 33 11 2 4 5 13 21 10 5 2 3 15 12 -5 27
9 Northern Colorado 23 6 8 9 29 31 11 4 2 5 16 14 12 2 6 4 13 17 -2 26
10 North Carolina 21 6 4 11 26 36 11 4 2 5 15 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -10 22
11 Tucson 19 4 4 11 19 31 9 0 3 6 7 14 10 4 1 5 12 17 -12 16

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.