Indy faces Hartford for second time in three weeks
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Hartford Athletic vs Indy Eleven
Saturday, June 24, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Trinity Health Stadium – Hartford, Connecticut
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2023 USL Championship Records:
Hartford Athletic: 2W-9L-4D (-12); 10pts; 12th in Eastern Conference
Indy Eleven: 4W-6L-4D (-2), 16 pts; 7th in Eastern Conference
Community Health Network Sports Medicine Indy Eleven Injury Report:
OUT: DF B. Rebellon (L adductor), MF S. Velasquez (L adductor)
QUESTIONABLE: None
SETTING THE SCENE
The Boys in Blue return to action Saturday when they travel to Hartford Athletic for the second of two matches with the club. In the first meeting on June 10, the teams played to a 1-1 draw at Carroll Stadium. Indy leads the all-time series 3-2-1.
The Eleven are coming off a 2-1 defeat at Birmingham Legion FC and are 2-2-1 in their last five games. With a 4-6-4 record, Indy is seventh in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference.
Hartford sits at 2-9-4 and 12th in the division and is 0-3-2 in its last five matches coming off a 4-3 loss to Eastern Conference leader Charleston.
SERIES VS. HARTFORD ATHLETIC
Saturday marks the seventh meeting between the two teams, with Indy holding the 3-2-1 all-time advantage in USL Championship action. The is the second meeting of the 2023 season, with the teams playing to a 1-1 draw on June 10 in Indianapolis.
IND leads: 3-2-1
GF 9, GA 5
Recent Meetings
6.10.23 home D, 1-1
8.13.22 at HFD L, 2-1
4.30.22 home W, 1-0
7.29.20 home W, 4-0
7.13.19 at HFD L, 2-1
LAST MATCH
USL Championship Regular Season
Indy Eleven 1:1 Hartford Athletic
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis, Ind.
Scoring Summary
HFD – Kyle Edwards 11’
IND – Jack Blake (Sebastian Guenzatti) 85’
Discipline Summary
IND – Adrian Diz Pe (ejection) 6’
HFD – Antoine Hoppenot (caution) 6’
HFD – Triston Hodge (caution) 45+1’
HFD – Triston Hodge (caution-ejection) 49’
IND – Cam Lindley (caution) 50’
HFD – Luke Merrill (caution) 58’
IND – Douglas Martinez (caution) 64’
HFD – Danny Barrera (caution) 77’
IND – Gustavo Rissi (ejection) 90+3’
LAST TIME OUT
JUNE 17, 2023
BHM 2:1 IND
Indy Eleven fell, 2-1, at Birmingham Legion FC as the Legion’s Enzo Martinez scored in the 89th minute to earn Birmingham three points.
Birmingham struck first in the 55th minute when Diba Nwegbo took a pass from Anderson Asiedu and scored his first professional goal to give Legion FC a 1-0 lead.
Indy Eleven responded right away. Just over a minute later, Eleven captain Guenzatti took a pass from Harrison Robledo and ricocheted a shot off a Birmingham defender into the back of the net to tie it at 1-1, scoring his third goal of the season, which ties for the team lead.
In the 89th minute, Martinez took a feed from Neco Brett and beat Yannik Oettl to the far post for his sixth goal this season, giving Birmingham the 2-1 lead.
Scoring Summary
BHM – Diba Nwegbo 55’
IND – Sebastian Guenzatti (Harrison Robledo) 56’
BHM – Enzo Martinez (Neco Brett) 89’
Discipline Summary
IND – Younes Boudadi (caution) 8’
BHM – Gabriel Alves (caution) 21’
IND – Jesus Vazquez (caution) 24’
BHM – Alex Crognale (caution) 62’
BHM – Anderson Asiedu (caution) 64’
