Cleansheet: Wilmington Hammerheads 1 - 3 Richmond Kickers

Fri, 01 August 2014 - 19:30

Stadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium

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#	Team	MP	Clean Sheet	Overall
1	Orlando City	29	11	38%
2	Phoenix Rising	28	5	18%
3	Penn FC	31	5	16%
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	6	21%
5	OKC Energy	28	10	36%
6	LA Galaxy II	30	7	23%
7	Sacramento Republic	31	10	32%
8	Charleston Battery	29	11	38%
9	Richmond Kickers	30	7	23%
10	Orange County	28	4	14%
11	Rochester Rhinos	29	12	41%
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	29	10	34%
13	Charlotte Eagles	28	6	21%
14	Dayton Dutch Lions	28	3	11%
15	Seattle Sounders Res.	7	2	29%
16	Chivas USA Res.	7	1	14%
17	Colorado Rapids Res.	6	0	0%
18	Real Salt Lake Res.	7	3	43%
19	Montreal Impact Res.	8	2	25%
20	New York RB Res.	8	2	25%
21	Chicago Fire Res.	9	3	33%
22	Dallas Res.	8	3	38%

#	Team	MP	Clean Sheet	Home
1	Orlando City	15	6	40%
2	Phoenix Rising	14	3	21%
3	Penn FC	14	2	14%
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	14	4	29%
5	OKC Energy	14	6	43%
6	LA Galaxy II	15	2	13%
7	Sacramento Republic	17	6	35%
8	Charleston Battery	14	5	36%
9	Richmond Kickers	16	5	31%
10	Orange County	14	1	7%
11	Rochester Rhinos	14	7	50%
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	14	6	43%
13	Charlotte Eagles	14	2	14%
14	Dayton Dutch Lions	14	0	0%
15	Seattle Sounders Res.	4	1	25%
16	Chivas USA Res.	3	0	0%
17	Colorado Rapids Res.	2	0	0%
18	Real Salt Lake Res.	4	2	50%
19	Montreal Impact Res.	4	1	25%
20	New York RB Res.	3	2	67%
21	Chicago Fire Res.	5	2	40%
22	Dallas Res.	5	3	60%

#	Team	MP	Clean Sheet	Away
1	Orlando City	14	5	36%
2	Phoenix Rising	14	2	14%
3	Penn FC	17	3	18%
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	14	2	14%
5	OKC Energy	14	4	29%
6	LA Galaxy II	15	5	33%
7	Sacramento Republic	14	4	29%
8	Charleston Battery	15	6	40%
9	Richmond Kickers	14	2	14%
10	Orange County	14	3	21%
11	Rochester Rhinos	15	5	33%
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	15	4	27%
13	Charlotte Eagles	14	4	29%
14	Dayton Dutch Lions	14	3	21%
15	Seattle Sounders Res.	3	1	33%
16	Chivas USA Res.	4	1	25%
17	Colorado Rapids Res.	4	0	0%
18	Real Salt Lake Res.	3	1	33%
19	Montreal Impact Res.	4	1	25%
20	New York RB Res.	5	0	0%
21	Chicago Fire Res.	4	1	25%
22	Dallas Res.	3	0	0%

The number of clean sheets, or matches a team has without conceding a single goal, in a competition is a strong indicator of how well their defence is playing. The more times a team can completely keep their opponents from scoring, the more likely it is the team’s actual ability rather than just random chance.

We keep track of all the clean sheet information here, and these are the stats for Wilmington Hammerheads vs Richmond Kickers:

Wilmington Hammerheads has played 29 matches and kept opponents from scoring a single goal in 10 of them. In other words, they have kept a clean sheet in 34% of their matches.
In 14 home matches in the USL Championship, Wilmington Hammerheads has had 6 matches without conceding a goal. Richmond Kickers has played 29 matches and has shut out opponents on 7 occasions. That means they have held clean sheets in 23% of their matches.
In 14 home matches played in the USL Championship, Richmond Kickers has had 2 matches without conceding a single goal. And away from home, they have a 14% clean sheet rate as the visiting side.

If both clubs have a high rate of keeping clean sheets, then there’s a decent chance of seeing a low-scoring battle between two strong defensive clubs. But for matches between clubs with low rates of clean sheets, then it’s fair to expect a goal or two.