USL Championship match preview and statistics: Charleston Battery fight Charlotte Independence

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Fri 23.July
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)

Charleston Battery hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 6th position in the USL Championship table. Visiting Charlotte Independence holds 5th place with 16 pts.

Insights:
  • Charleston Battery have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Charlotte Independence have the most matches over the total-line (7) in USL Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Charleston Battery form and stats

The story so far in the USL Championship for Charleston Battery at their home stadium is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The Charleston supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hartford Athletic in USL Championship and win 3-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting New Mexico United (1-2).

There will be little rest for Charleston after this match as they are travelling to Loudoun United for a USL Championship game in only four days.

Charleston Battery have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Charleston's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Charlotte Independence form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlotte Independence so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Independence, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

There were no winners in Independence's previous match, a USL Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Phoenix Rising.

A 2-3 loss hosting New York RB II before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Charlotte Independence have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Charlotte Independence have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Charlotte Independence - Charleston 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Charleston victories, four draws and two Charlotte Independence wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Charlotte IndependenceD. Kelly
D. Kelly
6 goals
Charlotte IndependenceI. Parra
I. Parra
4 goals
Charleston BatteryN. Daley
N. Daley
3 goals

Charleston Battery missing players

Charlotte Independence missing players

Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 7 12
4 3 2 Won W 0 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 6
14 11 5 Scored S 1 7 17
15 8 2 Conceded C 3 11 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 75%
64% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 67%
18% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
55% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 50%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 33%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 17%
 
3.4 4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.5 2.9
4.5 4.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.6
3 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.3 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.3 8.2
3.3 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.5
39% 48% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 44%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • All of Charleston Battery's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Charleston Battery have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Charleston Battery haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Charlotte Independence have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Charlotte Independence have the most matches over the total-line (7) in USL Championship
  • Charlotte Independence haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 8 0 5 18 11 8 6 0 2 14 6 5 2 0 3 4 5 7 24
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 14 7 3 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 5 4 8 4 2 2 12 10 3 24
3 Miami FC II 14 7 2 5 21 18 8 5 0 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 9 7 3 23
4 Hartford Athletic 11 6 2 3 22 13 5 2 2 1 12 5 6 4 0 2 10 8 9 20
5 Charlotte Independence 12 5 1 6 17 17 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 2 0 5 7 11 0 16
6 Charleston Battery 11 4 3 4 14 15 6 3 2 1 11 8 5 1 1 3 3 7 -1 15
7 New York RB II 13 3 4 6 17 27 7 1 2 4 7 11 6 2 2 2 10 16 -10 13
8 Loudoun United 12 2 0 10 10 23 6 1 0 5 6 13 6 1 0 5 4 10 -13 6

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.