Charlotte Independence vs Charleston Battery: Match guide and preview

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Fri 30.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Matthews Sportsplex

Charlotte Independence hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 25 points and a 26th position in the USL Championship table. Visiting Charleston Battery holds 24th place with 30 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Charlotte Independence form and stats

When playing at home in the USL Championship, Charlotte Independence have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Charlotte Independence, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The fans are hoping that Charlotte Independence will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the USL Championship game against Indy Eleven. Preceding that match was a defeat to Nashville (1-3).

Charlotte Independence have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Matthews Sportsplex with 18 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Charlotte Independence defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Charleston Battery form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

Charleston Battery play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Nashville. A 1-2 loss hosting Louisville City before that.

Charleston Battery are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Charleston Battery have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Charleston Battery - Charlotte Independence 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Charlotte Independence 1 win, 3 draws and Charleston Battery 6 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Svantesson
3 goals
H. Roberts
1 goals
D. Oduro
1 goals

Charlotte Independence missing players

Charleston Battery missing players

Charlotte Independence Charleston Battery
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
26 12 1 Played 5 11 23
5 5 1 Won 3 3 7
10 1 0 Drew 1 3 9
11 6 0 Lost 1 5 7
30 18 4 Scored 8 14 31
42 21 1 Conceded 7 19 35
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 96%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 80% 82% 87%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 60% 55% 52%
35% 42% 100% Over 3.5 40% 36% 35%
19% 25% 100% Over 4.5 20% 27% 17%
65% 67% 100% BTTS 80% 82% 78%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets 20% 9% 13%
27% 17% 0% Failed To Score 0% 9% 13%
 
4.2 4.1 1 Corners For (avg) 3.2 3.5 3.6
4.3 3.3 2 Corners Against (avg) 3.4 4.4 4.1
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.2 1.6
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • Charleston Battery have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Charleston Battery haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Charlotte Independence have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Charlotte Independence haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Charlotte Independence
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
28-07-19 USL Birmingham Legion 1 - 0 Charlotte Independence
03-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 0 - 1 Louisville City
09-08-19 USL Loudoun United 3 - 3 Charlotte Independence
17-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 1 - 3 Nashville
25-08-19 USL Indy Eleven 3 - 1 Charlotte Independence
30-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Charleston Battery
07-09-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Tampa Bay Rowdies
13-09-19 USL New York RB II 23:00 Charlotte Independence
22-09-19 USL Charlotte Independence 18:00 Swope Park Rangers
28-09-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Hartford Athletic
Charleston Battery
All US Open Cup Carolina Challenge Cup USL Championship
All Home Away
03-08-19 USL Charleston Battery 0 - 5 Tampa Bay Rowdies
11-08-19 USL Saint Louis FC 1 - 1 Charleston Battery
14-08-19 USL Loudoun United 1 - 2 Charleston Battery
17-08-19 USL Charleston Battery 1 - 2 Louisville City
25-08-19 USL Nashville 2 - 1 Charleston Battery
30-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Charleston Battery
07-09-19 USL Charleston Battery 23:30 Indy Eleven
14-09-19 USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 23:00 Charleston Battery
22-09-19 USL Charleston Battery 18:00 North Carolina
27-09-19 USL New York RB II 23:30 Charleston Battery

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Phoenix Rising 24 18 4 2 65 22 13 10 3 0 42 12 11 8 1 2 23 10 43 58
2 New York RB II 26 16 5 5 64 31 15 10 2 3 39 14 11 6 3 2 25 17 33 53
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 25 14 7 4 46 20 13 7 4 2 24 9 12 7 3 2 22 11 26 49
4 Nashville 26 14 6 6 47 23 12 6 3 3 22 10 14 8 3 3 25 13 24 48
5 Fresno FC 24 13 8 3 41 24 13 8 4 1 23 13 11 5 4 2 18 11 17 47
6 Indy Eleven 21 14 4 3 34 15 12 8 4 0 16 4 9 6 0 3 18 11 19 46
7 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 24 12 8 4 44 28 13 8 5 0 25 9 11 4 3 4 19 19 16 44
8 North Carolina 25 12 7 6 43 23 12 7 4 1 27 10 13 5 3 5 16 13 20 43
9 Reno 1868 24 13 4 7 51 39 11 7 2 2 28 16 13 6 2 5 23 23 12 43
10 Louisville City 24 12 6 6 36 25 13 8 2 3 22 12 11 4 4 3 14 13 11 42
11 Ottawa Fury 23 10 9 4 37 24 12 7 4 1 21 10 11 3 5 3 16 14 13 39
12 OKC Energy 26 9 9 8 39 38 14 5 5 4 20 20 12 4 4 4 19 18 1 36
13 Austin Bold 25 10 6 9 37 39 13 8 3 2 26 15 12 2 3 7 11 24 -2 36
14 Real Monarchs 22 10 4 8 44 36 11 8 1 2 31 15 11 2 3 6 13 21 8 34
15 New Mexico United 25 8 10 7 45 44 10 4 5 1 22 14 15 4 5 6 23 30 1 34
16 San Antonio 24 9 6 9 41 32 13 7 4 2 27 13 11 2 2 7 14 19 9 33
17 Sacramento Republic 23 10 3 10 34 27 11 6 2 3 20 9 12 4 1 7 14 18 7 33
18 LA Galaxy II 25 8 9 8 42 49 12 3 5 4 21 25 13 5 4 4 21 24 -7 33
19 Birmingham Legion 25 9 6 10 26 39 12 5 2 5 10 11 13 4 4 5 16 28 -13 33
20 Orange County 24 8 8 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 28 17 10 1 4 5 10 17 4 32
21 El Paso Locomotive 24 8 8 8 26 26 12 5 3 4 17 14 12 3 5 4 9 12 0 32
22 Portland Timbers II 24 8 7 9 44 42 12 4 4 4 20 20 12 4 3 5 24 22 2 31
23 Las Vegas Lights 25 8 7 10 33 38 12 7 4 1 24 8 13 1 3 9 9 30 -5 31
24 Charleston Battery 23 7 9 7 31 35 12 4 6 2 17 16 11 3 3 5 14 19 -4 30
25 Rio Grande Valley 24 7 7 10 39 43 13 6 3 4 19 13 11 1 4 6 20 30 -4 28
26 Charlotte Independence 26 5 10 11 30 42 12 5 1 6 18 21 14 0 9 5 12 21 -12 25
27 Saint Louis FC 22 5 8 9 25 29 9 3 5 1 15 10 13 2 3 8 10 19 -4 23
28 Bethlehem Steel 24 6 5 13 32 47 14 2 3 9 18 31 10 4 2 4 14 16 -15 23
29 Memphis 901 25 5 7 13 23 39 11 2 3 6 12 16 14 3 4 7 11 23 -16 22
30 Colorado Springs 26 6 4 16 24 49 13 5 2 6 15 17 13 1 2 10 9 32 -25 22
31 Loudoun United 23 5 6 12 31 41 9 2 3 4 16 17 14 3 3 8 15 24 -10 21
32 Atlanta United II 25 5 5 15 29 60 12 4 1 7 15 25 13 1 4 8 14 35 -31 20
33 Tulsa Roughnecks 24 4 7 13 30 53 10 3 2 5 14 15 14 1 5 8 16 38 -23 19
34 Hartford Athletic 26 5 4 17 33 64 12 3 3 6 18 27 14 2 1 11 15 37 -31 19
35 Swope Park Rangers 23 3 6 14 29 55 13 3 4 6 22 31 10 0 2 8 7 24 -26 15
36 Seattle Sounders II 23 3 5 15 21 59 11 3 2 6 17 24 12 0 3 9 4 35 -38 14

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