Jacksonville looks for points as The Championship race continues

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Sunday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. EST | Hodges Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)

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The Jacksonville Armada FC (2W-3D-3L, 9 pts, 6th NASL Fall) returns home to Hodges Stadium Sunday and is preparing for a tough battle against the league-leading Miami FC (5W-1D-2L, 16 pts, 1st NASL Fall).

Both clubs are on unbeaten streaks. Jacksonville is three games unbeaten on the road and Miami FC is six games unbeaten, winning five of those.

Jacksonville is coming off a disappointing 3-3 draw with the New York Cosmos. After Jacksonville took a 3-0 lead, the Cosmos came back to put up three goals of their own within a span of 15 minutes and forced the Armada FC to split the points. Ciarán Kilduff stood out with two goals in the first half action for the Armada FC.

The Miami FC has not played since Sept. 6 against the New York Cosmos. That match also ended 3-3 in a back-in-forth thriller, with a hat-trick by Miami’s Jaime Chávez. The Cosmos were the first to get on the board in the 10th minute, but Miami was finally able to equalize late in the first half. Chávez found his second goal to give Miami the 2-1 lead in the second half, then the Cosmos found their equalizer in the 81st minute. The hat-trick was scored in the 90th minute by Chávez, before the last goal by the Cosmos two minutes later.



Important points are on the line and Jacksonville goes into the match with a “nothing to lose, everything to gain” attitude. Miami sits four points above everyone else in the Fall Season standings and 16 points above in the combined standings. A win for Jacksonville on Sunday could allow the team to climb to second place overall, a prime position for a spot in the postseason Championship.

SERIES HISTORY

Miami FC leads, 4W-0D-2L

LAST RESULT

Armada FC 0, Miami FC 1 – 8/20/17 | RECAP

NOTABLES

Jacksonville has lost all three previous meetings with Miami this year, the last one on Aug. 20 and it ended 1-0.

Miami has not played since Sept. 6. Both teams are coming off 3-3 draws with the New York Cosmos.

Miami’s Jaime Chávez has scored seven goals in the last five games, and sits with Jack Blake and Lance Laing with the third-most goals in the league (8).

Miami and Jacksonville’s players lead the league with number of passes. Jacksonville’s Aaron Pitchkolan and Mechack Jérôme are the two players with the most though: 1,432 and 1,427.

Jacksonville has only conceded 28 goals this year (the third-least), while Miami has conceded the least with 21.

Miami (18%) and Jacksonville (16%) lead the league with the largest conversion rates.

Jacksonville’s Tony Taylor has been inactive since the last game with Miami due to an injury, but is now back training with the team and recovering well.

BY THE NUMBERS

6 ­– Games unbeaten by Miami

8 – Goals this year by Jack Blake, tied for third-most

11 – Goals by Miami’s Stéfano Pinho, the most in the NASL this year

47 ­– Goals scored total by Miami this year, the most of any team in the NASL

60 – Saves by Jacksonville’s Caleb Patterson-Sewell and Miami’s Daniel Vega

129 ­– Clearances by Mechack Jérôme, the most in the league

LOOKING AHEAD

Jacksonville quickly returns to Hodges Stadium Wednesday for the rescheduled match with Indy Eleven. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. and tickets can be purchased now on ArmadaFC.com/single-match!