This game involves two teams living in the basement of the USL League One, Tucson having 11th position and North Carolina sitting at 10th. A decent chance for one of the participants to better their situation.
- Tucson have the fewest scored goals (27) in USL League One
- North Carolina have the the worst goal difference (-12) in USL League One
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for North Carolina, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tucson and North Carolina.
Tucson form and stats
Tucson's struggle is real here at Kino North Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 USL League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kino North Stadium.
The home team returns to Kino North Stadium after drawing with Tormenta (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Galas made a successful contribution in the game against Tormenta, bringing on Garcia who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that, Tucson had a home game versus Union Omaha which ended with a victory 3-0.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 Tucson have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Take note that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tucson, as the USL League One home game vs Chattanooga Red Wolves is only four days away.
14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
North Carolina form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for North Carolina so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for North Carolina, whose manager Bradford could celebrate last time after the win against Forward Madison. That win felt nice as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory. Adams came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Forward Madison last time out, making the manager Bradford feel like a tactical genius.
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Northern Colorado's place.Carolina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the North Carolina manager Bradford as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Charlotte Independence.
North Carolina have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Carolina have conceded 25 goals in these games. When North Carolina is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Central Valley Fuego, North Carolina and Forward Madison.
Head 2 Head
North Carolina - Tucson 1-1 was the outcome when these two teams previously played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding four meetings): Tucson won one game, one match ended with a draw and North Carolina got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two. The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. McLaughlin 12 goals |   D. Toia 5 goals |  O. Anderson 5 goals |
Tucson missing players
North Carolina missing players
| Tucson | North Carolina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 36 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 42 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 83% |
| 54% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 21% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 33% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 67% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 79% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 21% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 8.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 39% |
| 10 | 9.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- North Carolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- North Carolina have the fewest points (11) away in USL League One
- North Carolina have the most conceded goals (25) away in USL League One
- North Carolina have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in USL League One
- North Carolina have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in USL League One
- North Carolina have the the worst goal difference (-12) in USL League One
- Tucson have the fewest points (9) at home in USL League One
- Tucson have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in USL League One
- Tucson have the fewest scored goals (27) in USL League One
- Tucson haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Richmond Kickers | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Union Omaha | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Greenville Triumph | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 5 | Tormenta | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | -1 | 37 |
| 6 | Charlotte Independence | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Northern Colorado | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Forward Madison | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | Central Valley Fuego | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 26 |
| 11 | Tucson | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 24 |
