1st position in the USL Championship table for Charleston Battery so far this season, a tip-top achievement. The home team followers pray for more entertainment as 6th-placed Oakland Roots visit MUSC Health Stadium.
- Charleston Battery have the most points from losing position (14) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Charleston Battery and Oakland Roots 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
Charleston Battery have played 9 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Charleston Battery bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Charleston in their previous game, a fixture away at Birmingham Legion (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Dodson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pittsburgh Riverhounds in a game that was won 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charleston Battery handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
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. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Oakland Roots form and stats
Playing away, Oakland Roots have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the USL Championship this season. Oakland love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Oakland Roots delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Detroit City (placed 8th) in their previous match.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Las Vegas Lights.Oakland Roots are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
Oakland Roots are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As for defending, Oakland rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Williams 9 goals |   J. Rodriguez 9 goals |  N. Markanich 7 goals |
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| Charleston Battery | Oakland Roots | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 33 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 19 | 30 |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 91% | 82% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 73% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 55% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 45% |
| 27% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 55% | 27% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 55% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 50% |
| 32% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 36% |
| 23% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 18% | 23% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 42% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.2 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
- 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 (14) in USL Championship
- Oakland Roots have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oakland Roots haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 |
