Hartford Athletic have journeyed here for an intriguing duel against the home side Charleston Battery. Get smart on the game with this thorough USL Championship preview!
- Charleston Battery have the most points (7) at home in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic have the most conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charleston and Hartford Athletic.
Charleston Battery form and stats
Charleston Battery have collected seven points from their first three USL Championship games here at MUSC Health Stadium, a promising start.
Charleston Battery's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Hartford Athletic (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Charleston Battery made it very difficult for themselves, when Polvara got a red card in the 76th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Charleston Battery won the match 3-2!
A home win before that one, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Savannah Clovers and won 4-1. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Charleston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The Charleston Battery manager Pirmann has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
Still no away game victory in the USL Championship for Hartford Athletic with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Hartford Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Charleston Battery. Hartford Athletic were so close to getting something from the game against Charleston Battery, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Lansdowne Bhoys in the US Open Cup (3-0). We have checked recent matches where Hartford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Hartford Athletic have the goal stats of 6-9 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Charleston Battery - Hartford Athletic 3-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - zero - three (Charleston wins - draws - Hartford Athletic wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Saydee 3 goals |  A. Williams 2 goals |  N. Markanich 2 goals |
Charleston Battery missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| Charleston Battery | Hartford Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.3 | 10 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 38% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- Charleston Battery have the most points (7) at home in USL Championship
- Charleston Battery have the most scored goals (7) at home in USL Championship
- Charleston Battery have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic have the most conceded goals (11) in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic have the most conceded goals (9) away in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in USL Championship
- Hartford Athletic have the most scored goals (6) away in USL Championship
| Charleston Battery | Last season | Hartford Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 77 | 35 | Conceded | C | 29 | 57 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 65% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 65% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 15% | ||
| 59% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 65% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Birmingham Legion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Louisville City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 3 | Charleston Battery | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Loudoun United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Detroit City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Miami FC II | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Hartford Athletic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Memphis 901 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
