A crucial game in USL Championship as both sides are struggling for the top league positions. With Charleston Battery in 1st position and Pittsburgh Riverhounds located at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!
- Charleston Battery have the most points from losing position (11) in USL Championship
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
It should be mentioned that Pittsburgh Riverhounds play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Pittsburgh Riverhounds on grass are 5 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 16 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 22-21. You can compare this with overall results below.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Charleston Battery form and stats
When playing at home in the USL Championship, Charleston Battery have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
The Charleston Battery coach Rensing and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Miami FC II (placed 10th). The hometeam coach Rensing made a successful contribution in the game against Miami FC II, bringing on Booth who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that, Charleston played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Indy Eleven.With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Charleston Battery defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pittsburgh Riverhounds playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Pittsburgh Riverhounds as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jahmali Waite. It's been 408 minutes since they last conceded in USL Championship.
Fahling and Kizza scored in Riverhounds's previous match, the home game against Detroit City that ended 2-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Louisville City at their stadium, the result 1-0.Lacking goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
A new game in only four days for Pittsburgh Riverhounds, the USL Championship home match versus Indy Eleven. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other earlier this match year: Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Charleston Battery 2-0. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Charleston won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Pittsburgh Riverhounds got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dikwa Lega 10 goals |  A. Williams 8 goals |  N. Markanich 7 goals |
Charleston Battery missing players
Pittsburgh Riverhounds missing players
| Charleston Battery | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 15% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 35% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 34% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 26% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 9.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
- Charleston Battery have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Charleston Battery have the most conceded goals (16) at home in USL Championship
- Charleston Battery have the most points from losing position (11) in USL Championship
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in USL Championship
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in USL Championship
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds have the most clean sheets (10) in USL Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charleston Battery | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | -3 | 28 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Memphis 901 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Birmingham Legion | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Louisville City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Detroit City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Loudoun United | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Miami FC II | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Hartford Athletic | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 10 |
