USA v Samoa
What the record holds about this fixture, beside what the model says about it.
16 – 25
20 September 2015Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton · neutral venue
What the model says about USA v Samoa
Conditions
- Kick-off
- 11:00 UTC
- Elevation
- 42 m
- Temperature
- 14.1 °C
- Rainfall
- 0.0 mm
- Wind
- 14 km/h
Daily means at the ground, from the ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo.
The ground from above
Matchday squads
USA
- 1Eric Fry
- 2Zach Fenoglio
- 3Titi Lamositele
- 4Hayden Smith
- 5Greg Peterson
- 6Al McFarland
- 7Andrew Durutalo
- 8Samu Manoa
- 9Mike Petri
- 10AJ MacGinty
- 11Chris Wyles(c)
- 12Thretton Palamo
- 13Seamus Kelly
- 14Takudzwa Ngwenya
- 15Blaine Scully
Replacements
- 16Phil Thiel
- 17Olive Kilifi
- 18Chris Baumann
- 19Cam Dolan
- 20Danny Barrett
- 21Shalom Suniula
- 22Folau Niua
- 23Brett Thompson
Samoa
- 1Sakaria Taulafo
- 2Ole Avei
- 3Anthony Perenise
- 4Filo Paulo
- 5Joe Tekori
- 6Maurie Fa'asavalu
- 7Jack Lam
- 8Ofisa Treviranus(c)
- 9Kahn Fotuali'i
- 10Tusi Pisi
- 11Alesana Tuilagi
- 12Rey Lee-Lo
- 13Paul Perez
- 14Ken Pisi
- 15Tim Nanai-Williams
Replacements
- 16Motu Matu'u
- 17Viliamu Afatia
- 18Census Johnston
- 19Faifili Levave
- 20Alafoti Fa'osiliva
- 21Vavao Afemai
- 22Michael Stanley
- 23Fa'atoina Autagavaia
What happened in the phases
Possession and territory
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 45.0% | Possession | 55.0% |
| 44.0% | Territory | 56.0% |
Attack
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 379m | Carry metres | 436m |
| 8 | Clean breaks | 8 |
| 19 | Defenders beaten | 29 |
| 5 | Offloads | 7 |
| 131 | Passes | 123 |
Defence
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 117 | Tackles made | 115 |
| 80.0% | Tackle success | 86.0% |
| 29 | Missed tackles(fewer is better) | 19 |
| 3 | Turnovers won | 5 |
Set pieces
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 69.2% | Lineout success | 95.0% |
| 9 | Lineouts won | 19 |
| 5 | Scrums won | 8 |
Breakdown
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | Rucks won | 85 |
| 1 | Mauls won | 6 |
Kicking
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Kicks from hand | 39 |
| 460m | Kick metres | 326m |
Discipline
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Penalties conceded(fewer is better) | 7 |
| 6 | Knock-ons(fewer is better) | 8 |
Scoring
| USA | Measure | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tries | 2 |
| 2 | Penalty goals | 5 |
Context beside the forecast, never inside it. Weather, team selection and match statistics are not model inputs, so a published probability does not move because any of them changed.