USL Championship match preview: Charlotte Independence versus Nashville

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Matthews Sportsplex

The visiting Nashville side should be favourites in this visit to Charlotte Independence, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.

Charlotte Independence and Nashville 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.

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Charlotte Independence form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Charlotte Independence have to build on here at Matthews Sportsplex.

Charlotte Independence drew their last game, 3-3 away at Loudoun United. Ahead of that match, Charlotte Independence lost 0-1 at home to Louisville City.

The Charlotte Independence fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Nashville form and stats

7-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nashville in their matches away. Momentum is building for Nashville in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

There were no winners in Nashville's previous match, a USL Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Bethlehem Steel. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Hartford Athletic.

Nashville has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 22 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Nashville as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Charlotte Independence and Nashville have met before this season: Nashville - Charlotte Independence 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Charlotte Independence won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Nashville has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 4

Top Goalscorers

H. Roberts
1 goals
D. Oduro
1 goals

Charlotte Independence missing players

Nashville missing players

Charlotte Independence Nashville
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played 5 13 23
5 5 1 Won 5 7 12
10 1 0 Drew 0 3 6
9 5 3 Lost 0 3 5
28 17 4 Scored 13 22 41
36 18 8 Conceded 3 12 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 91%
71% 73% 75% Over 1.5 100% 77% 74%
46% 73% 75% Over 2.5 40% 46% 39%
29% 36% 25% Over 3.5 40% 31% 30%
21% 27% 25% Over 4.5 40% 15% 17%
62% 64% 50% BTTS 40% 46% 39%
17% 18% 25% Clean Sheets 60% 46% 48%
29% 18% 25% Failed To Score 0% 15% 22%
 
4 4 4.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 3.9 5
4.2 3.2 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 4.4 4.3 3.8
1.3 1 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.8 1.3
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • 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.
  • Nashville have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nashville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nashville have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Charlotte Independence
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
13-07-19 USL Charlotte Independence 2 - 1 Saint Louis FC
24-07-19 USL Atlanta United II 2 - 2 Charlotte Independence
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 23:00 Nashville
24-08-19 USL Indy Eleven 23:00 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
Nashville
All US Open Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
18-07-19 USL Memphis 901 0 - 2 Nashville
28-07-19 USL Nashville 2 - 0 Indy Eleven
04-08-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 0 - 2 Nashville
08-08-19 USL Nashville 4 - 0 Hartford Athletic
11-08-19 USL Nashville 0 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
17-08-19 USL Charlotte Independence 23:00 Nashville
25-08-19 USL Nashville - Charleston Battery
31-08-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 Nashville
08-09-19 USL Saint Louis FC 00:30 Nashville
18-09-19 USL Nashville - Birmingham Legion

  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 21 15 4 2 55 17 11 8 3 0 36 9 10 7 1 2 19 8 38 49
2 New York RB II 23 14 5 4 56 27 14 10 2 2 38 12 9 4 3 2 18 15 29 47
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 23 13 7 3 39 16 12 6 4 2 19 9 11 7 3 1 20 7 23 46
4 Fresno FC 22 12 7 3 38 22 11 7 3 1 20 11 11 5 4 2 18 11 16 43
5 Reno 1868 23 13 4 6 49 35 11 7 2 2 28 16 12 6 2 4 21 19 14 43
6 Nashville 23 12 6 5 41 19 10 5 3 2 19 7 13 7 3 3 22 12 22 42
7 Indy Eleven 19 12 4 3 29 13 10 6 4 0 11 2 9 6 0 3 18 11 16 40
8 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 21 10 8 3 41 22 12 7 5 0 24 9 9 3 3 3 17 13 19 38
9 North Carolina 22 10 7 5 34 20 10 5 4 1 18 8 12 5 3 4 16 12 14 37
10 Ottawa Fury 21 8 9 4 32 22 11 6 4 1 19 9 10 2 5 3 13 13 10 33
11 Real Monarchs 20 10 3 7 42 32 11 8 1 2 31 15 9 2 2 5 11 17 10 33
12 New Mexico United 22 8 9 5 41 34 9 4 4 1 20 12 13 4 5 4 21 22 7 33
13 Louisville City 21 9 6 6 28 23 11 6 2 3 16 11 10 3 4 3 12 12 5 33
14 Austin Bold 23 9 6 8 30 34 12 7 3 2 21 14 11 2 3 6 9 20 -4 33
15 LA Galaxy II 24 8 8 8 40 47 12 3 5 4 21 25 12 5 3 4 19 22 -7 32
16 Sacramento Republic 21 9 3 9 29 25 10 5 2 3 16 9 11 4 1 6 13 16 4 30
17 OKC Energy 24 7 9 8 31 34 13 4 5 4 16 18 11 3 4 4 15 16 -3 30
18 San Antonio 22 8 5 9 34 30 11 6 3 2 20 11 11 2 2 7 14 19 4 29
19 El Paso Locomotive 22 7 8 7 24 25 11 4 3 4 15 14 11 3 5 3 9 11 -1 29
20 Portland Timbers II 21 7 7 7 39 35 10 3 4 3 15 14 11 4 3 4 24 21 4 28
21 Charleston Battery 20 6 9 5 27 30 11 4 6 1 16 14 9 2 3 4 11 16 -3 27
22 Las Vegas Lights 22 7 6 9 31 34 11 6 4 1 23 8 11 1 2 8 8 26 -3 27
23 Orange County 22 6 8 8 32 33 12 5 4 3 22 16 10 1 4 5 10 17 -1 26
24 Birmingham Legion 22 7 5 10 21 36 11 4 2 5 9 11 11 3 3 5 12 25 -15 26
25 Charlotte Independence 24 5 10 9 28 36 11 5 1 5 17 18 13 0 9 4 11 18 -8 25
26 Saint Louis FC 20 5 8 7 23 25 9 3 5 1 15 10 11 2 3 6 8 15 -2 23
27 Rio Grande Valley 21 6 5 10 33 38 12 5 3 4 18 13 9 1 2 6 15 25 -5 23
28 Bethlehem Steel 23 6 5 12 30 44 13 2 3 8 16 28 10 4 2 4 14 16 -14 23
29 Colorado Springs 23 6 3 14 20 40 12 5 1 6 12 14 11 1 2 8 8 26 -20 21
30 Loudoun United 19 5 5 9 28 34 6 2 2 2 13 11 13 3 3 7 15 23 -6 20
31 Memphis 901 22 4 7 11 21 32 11 2 3 6 12 16 11 2 4 5 9 16 -11 19
32 Tulsa Roughnecks 22 4 6 12 28 47 9 3 1 5 13 14 13 1 5 7 15 33 -19 18
33 Atlanta United II 21 4 5 12 23 49 10 3 1 6 12 22 11 1 4 6 11 27 -26 17
34 Hartford Athletic 25 4 4 17 30 62 11 2 3 6 15 25 14 2 1 11 15 37 -32 16
35 Swope Park Rangers 21 3 6 12 27 48 12 3 4 5 21 26 9 0 2 7 6 22 -21 15
36 Seattle Sounders II 21 3 5 13 19 53 10 3 2 5 15 20 11 0 3 8 4 33 -34 14

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