Only the second game in the USL Championship for these teams and it's all to play for as Charleston Battery welcomes Charlotte Independence. Check out this preview!
Charleston Battery and Charlotte Independence should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Charleston Battery form and stats
Last season, Charleston Battery's league statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the USL Championship. Over these 15 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Charleston Battery managed 6-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 5 conceded.
Prior to that, an away loss at Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
Let's have a look at how Charlotte Independence performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 13/10 goals scored/conceded. Charlotte Independence have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the USL Championship were 5 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 8 fixtures.
A loss against Charleston Battery (after extra-time) was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It's early days yet, but Charlotte Independence has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Charleston victories, four draws and zero Charlotte Independence wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Charleston Battery missing players
Charlotte Independence missing players
| Charleston Battery | Charlotte Independence | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Charleston Battery | Last season | Charlotte Independence | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 47% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 18% | ||
| 53% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 71% | ||
| 35% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hartford Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Miami FC II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Charleston Battery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | New York RB II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Loudoun United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Charlotte Independence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Charleston Battery | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Miami FC II | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 16 |
| 4 | Atlanta United II | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 12 |