United States - USL ChampionshipData current as of 16 July 2026

Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive: match statistics

Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Monterey Bay play El Paso Locomotive in USL Championship (United States). The match date is 21 June 2026 at 04:00. Final score: 1:0.

Current form

Monterey Bay: 3-1-1, 2.00 points/match. El Paso Locomotive: 1-2-2, 1.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Monterey Bay scores 0.93 and concedes 1.47 goals per match. El Paso Locomotive scores 1.79 and concedes 1.71. League average: 2.80 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Monterey Bay 47%, El Paso Locomotive 79%. Over 2.5: Monterey Bay 47%, El Paso Locomotive 79%. League level: BTTS 57%, Over 2.5 52%.

xG, shots and style

El Paso Locomotive has higher xG: 1.34 vs 1.23. Monterey Bay: 9.9 shots per match, El Paso Locomotive: 11.4.

Match halves

Monterey Bay: half-time lead 20%, second-half goals 0.67. El Paso Locomotive: half-time lead 36%, second-half goals 0.79.

Goals by minute

Monterey Bay: 76-90+ (5 goals). El Paso Locomotive: 46-60 (8 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

USL Championship: 2.80 goals per match, BTTS 57%, Over 2.5 52%.

Head-to-head

3 H2H matches: 0-1-2. Average goals 3.33, BTTS 67%.

Match description

I predict a win for the home side (Monterey Bay) based on a clear uptick in form over the last five matches: Monterey have scored 9 goals and recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss (PPG 2), while El Paso in the same period have scored 6 goals and had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses (PPG 1). Season-long figures still favor the visitors — El Paso have 23 goals this season versus Monterey's 13, and away they score on average 2.17 goals per game with a conversion rate of 19% compared to 1.29 and 12% for the hosts; visitors average 11.17 shots (4.33 on target) per away game, Monterey 10.71 (4.0 on target) at home. In terms of xG, both teams show similar attacking expected chances (xG For 1.33), but defensively Monterey look more stable at their stadium — the hosts have average xG against 1.19 and concede 1.14 goals per game, whereas El Paso away have a higher xG against 1.75 despite officially conceding 1.00 goal per away match. Additionally, El Paso have never had a goalless away game (FTS 0%), and Monterey have failed to score in 43% of home matches, however the hosts' last 5 games have yielded 9 goals scored and only 5 conceded, indicating improved finishing and defensive solidity. On that basis I give Monterey a slight edge, expecting a tight but home-advantage match.

Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
1 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

40Possession (%)60
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
14Shots9
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
5Shots on target2
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1.69xG1.2
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
4Corners3
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
64Dangerous attacks68
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
17Fouls11
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0Cards1
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0.93Goals scored / match1.79
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1.47Goals conceded / match1.71
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
50%Average possession48%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
3Shots on target / match4.21
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

9.87Shots per match11.36
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
3Shots on target4.21
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
9.5%Shot conversion15.7%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
50%Possession48%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1.23xG for1.34
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1.41xG against1.57
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Shooting quality

Monterey Bay: BalancedEl Paso Locomotive: Efficient finishing
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
Accuracy (shots on target)30%37%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.310.43

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Monterey Bay is 100% better for: last-5 form.

2 pts / match - Monterey Bay · 1 pts / match - El Paso Locomotive

Monterey Bay
WWLWD
Season result split
27% W20% R53% P
Season (W-D-L)
4-3-8
1.00 pts / match · goal difference -8
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
4-1-3
Last 5 at home
4-0-1
LWWWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.46Opponent xG: 1.21BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%
El Paso Locomotive
LDDLW
Season result split
36% W29% R36% P
Season (W-D-L)
5-4-5
1.36 pts / match · goal difference +1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-2-2
1.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-2-2
Last 5 away
1-2-2
DLDLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 0.97Opponent xG: 1.82BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

El Paso Locomotive is 92% better for: goals scored per match.

0.93 goals / match - Monterey Bay · 1.79 goals / match - El Paso Locomotive

Monterey Bay is 16% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.47 goals / match - Monterey Bay · 1.71 goals / match - El Paso Locomotive

Monterey Bay scoring profile: very strong

Monterey Bay scores in 60% of matches (9 of 15 matches), while El Paso Locomotive keeps a clean sheet in 14% (2 of 14 matches).

El Paso Locomotive scoring profile: very strong

El Paso Locomotive scores in 93% of matches (13 of 14 matches), while Monterey Bay keeps a clean sheet in 27% (4 of 15 matches).

14Goals scored (season)25
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
22Goals conceded (season)24
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
2.4Average goals in match3.5
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
7Goals scored (last 5)5
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
4Goals conceded (last 5)8
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

How often they score at least...

60%1 goal93%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
20%2 goals57%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
7%3 goals21%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
7%4 goals7%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

How often they concede at least...

73%1 goal86%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
40%2 goals50%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
27%3 goals21%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
7%4 goals14%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

79%
El Paso Locomotive - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.11 of 14 matches
57%
League average

Goal patterns

0%BTTS at half-time43%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0%BTTS in both halves21%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
13%Scored in both halves50%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

BTTS and goal count

40%Min. 3 goals and BTTS64%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
7%Min. 3 goals without BTTS14%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
40%BTTS - last 580%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

53%Min. 1 goal before half-time86%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
20%Min. 2 goals before half-time64%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time29%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

2nd half

87%Min. 1 goal after half-time100%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
60%Min. 2 goals after half-time50%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
20%Min. 3 goals after half-time14%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

El Paso Locomotive is 34% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.07 pts / match - Monterey Bay · 1.43 pts / match - El Paso Locomotive

Monterey Bay - half-time state
20% leading47% draw33% trailing
El Paso Locomotive - half-time state
36% leading36% draw29% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.07Points per match (1st half)1.43
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0.27Goals scored (1st half)1
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0.47Goals conceded (1st half)0.79
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0.73Average goals (1st half)1.79
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
67%Clean sheet before half-time43%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
80%No goal before half-time29%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

After half-time (2nd half)

0.93Points per match (2nd half)1.14
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
0.67Goals scored (2nd half)0.79
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1Goals conceded (2nd half)0.93
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
1.67Average goals (2nd half)1.71
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
27%Clean sheet after half-time29%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive
47%No goal after half-time29%
Monterey BayEl Paso Locomotive

Monterey Bay - second-half results

20% W33% R47% P
16
Half-time points
4
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
14
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.07
PPG before half-time
Lead holding135%

Leads at half-time in 20% of matches and wins 27%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.5

Concedes 0.5 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

El Paso Locomotive - second-half results

29% W29% R43% P
20
Half-time points
14
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
16
Second-half points
-2
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.43
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 36% of matches and wins 36%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Concedes 0.1 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Monterey Bay - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.601.60
Goals scored / match0.60.8
Goals conceded / match0.20.6
Average goals in match0.81.4
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference+2+1
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 3
El Paso Locomotive - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.200.80
Goals scored / match0.40.6
Goals conceded / match0.61.0
Average goals in match1.01.6
1 goal60%100%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference-1-2
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Monterey Bay
ScoredConceded
2
1
0-15
2
4
16-30
0
2
31-45
3
9
46-60
2
5
61-75
5
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (5 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): +4 - wins late phases.

El Paso Locomotive
ScoredConceded
4
3
0-15
5
3
16-30
5
5
31-45
8
3
46-60
1
4
61-75
2
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (8 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): -4 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.95
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 1.6
Estimated goal split
home : away
105%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
63%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+13%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
56%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
3%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 33 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Monterey Bay

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.18
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.36
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+2.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.30
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.06
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
61%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
116%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+1.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
36% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 14% come in the first quarter-hour.
36%

El Paso Locomotive

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.23
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.31
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.45
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
141%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
112%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.36
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.2
Late goals
8% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 16% come in the first quarter-hour.
8%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (USL Championship).

Teams vs league

Monterey BayLigaEl Paso Locomotive
Average goals in match 2.402.80 3.50
Both teams scored 47%57% 79%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 47%52% 79%
Clean sheets 27%26% 14%
Goal before half-time 53%67% 86%
Goal after half-time 87%80% 100%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.80
Average goals per match
57%
Both teams scored
52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
26%
Clean sheets
1.53
Home goals / match
1.27
Away goals / match
+20%
Home attack advantage
+17%
Home defence advantage
+16%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
67%
1 goal
37%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
49%
2 goals
22%
3 goals
8%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (3): Monterey Bay 0 - 1 - 2 El Paso Locomotive. Average goals 3.33, both teams scored in 67% matches.

Monterey Bay FC
0 : 3
El Paso Locomotive FC
El Paso Locomotive FC
2 : 2
Monterey Bay FC
Monterey Bay FC
1 : 2
El Paso Locomotive FC

FAQ

What was the result of Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive?

The USL Championship match finished Monterey Bay 1:0 El Paso Locomotive. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What is the head-to-head record between Monterey Bay and El Paso Locomotive?

In the last 3 head-to-head matches Monterey Bay won 0, El Paso Locomotive won 2 and 1 ended level. These games averaged 3.33 goals, with both teams scoring in 67% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive?

Monterey Bay score 0.93 goals per game on average and El Paso Locomotive 1.79. The USL Championship average is 2.80 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 52% of games. Both teams score in 47% of Monterey Bay's matches and 79% of El Paso Locomotive's.

What form are Monterey Bay and El Paso Locomotive in?

Over the last 5 games Monterey Bay have a 3-1-1 record (2.00 points per game) and El Paso Locomotive 1-2-2 (1.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.