For the United Soccer League, on September 06 at 23:00 GMT, Detroit City FC will host Orange Country at the Keyworth Stadium. For the hosts it will be their 23rd match, while for the visitors it will be their 21st as their confrontations against San Antonio has been postponed. At this time, both sides have a spot that will take them to the playoffs if they can hold on to it.
6th vs 8th
Detroit City are now 6th on the table of the Eastern Conference with 28 points, a remarkable 7-7-7 record of wins, draws and losses, and an equally noteworthy 24 – 24 on the goals scored and conceded. Their immediate chasers are Hartford Athletic while the team at 8th are Indy Eleven 5 points behind. On the other hand, the visitors are barely holding the 8th spot of the Western Conference with 27 points, 8 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. They have sent the goal at the back of the net of their opponents 28 times. However, they also picked it up from the bottom of their own another 25.
The numbers explain why the initial offers say @2.23 for Orange County and @1.83 for Detroit City. The draw pays at @3.54. The bookmakers have awarded the home field advantage to the hosts, as expected, but do allow for enough leeway to consider that the victors may also be the visitors.
The home field for Detroit
Bore Orange County, it will also be San Antonio that will be hosted at Keyworth. The locals have been lucky enough to have had 3 consecutive matches at home. On the other hand, the visiting Orange County will have a game at home against Birmingham Legion. Given that the Blues still have to fight every time to secure their playoff spot, they are the ones with the backs to the wall. However, they do have some small place to breath having two more matches to play than the opposition.
Both sides have enough of a motive to fight to win. Any bet on this match will probably produce good gains if the prediction is correct. What we will do is what we always do when it comes to serve those who open an account at the best betting platform . Pay attention to the details and provide some solid advice a week from now when it will be time for the update.
Update
An interesting development for this one. Both the hosts and the visitors have drawn their in-between matches against San Antonio and Birmingham. While for Detroit it was a regular 1-1 score, what happened at Championship Soccer Stadium was quite unbelievable and unexpected. In a roar of offensive power, the final score was 4-4!
Playoff spots still in danger
Detroit is still 6th but now, only 1 point ahead of Pittsburgh and 4 points from Rhode Island. Arguably, there’s still same safety even if they drop to 7th. However, they do need some positive results to make sure that it stays that way. On the other hand, this draw, managed to lift Orange County to spot 6 of the western conference. However, they are tied with Lexington and only just a point ahead of Switchbacks FC. They need to win the confrontation with Detroit to solidify their position and maybe go after Phoenix being just 1 point ahead.
Somehow, the bookmakers seem to think that the home field advantage is overwhelmingly in favor of the hosts, so, the odds for their victory have dropped to @1.75. At the same time, the odds for the victory of the visitors have jumped to @4.41. In our opinion, this is quite unjustifiable. Some of the other offers that exist, are just as absurd…
There is only one price that makes sense and can provide a decent return of the investment, provided, of course, that people open an account at the best betting platform. And this will be our suggestion for this one. The total number of goals to be scored will be between 2 and 3 with a payout of @1.83.