National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Charleston Battery or Charlotte Independence that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Charleston Battery form and stats
Charleston Battery have not come this way in the US Open Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Savannah Clovers. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for Charleston Battery so far this season.
Charleston drew their last game, also a home match. Louisville City was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Tulsa Roughnecks and winning 2-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the USL Championship game versus Colorado Springs in only four days. This game is also played here at MUSC Health Stadium.
Charleston Battery have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MUSC Health Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Charleston Battery have conceded only 3 goals.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Appalachian in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The seven points Charlotte Independence have gathered from their first three away trips in the USL League One is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
The Charlotte Independence goalkeeper Austin Pack is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 238 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Independence go into this game after a win, the home game against Central Valley Fuego that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Union Omaha in the USL League One.The schedule is very tough for Charlotte Independence now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A USL League One game at Forward Madison is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Charlotte Independence has managed {6 goals} and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Charleston Battery wins - draws - Charlotte Independence wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Williams 4 goals |  N. Markanich 3 goals | A. Booth 1 goals |
Charleston Battery missing players
Charlotte Independence missing players
| Charleston Battery | Charlotte Independence | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 48% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 8.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Louisville City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 4 | Loudoun United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Miami FC II | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Memphis 901 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Detroit City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Tormenta | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenville Triumph | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Union Omaha | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Richmond Kickers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | One Knoxville | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Lexington | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Central Valley Fuego | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
