The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Charlotte Independence are in the 2nd position while the guesting North Carolina worry at 3rd.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
Charlotte Independence have played 5 USL Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Charlotte Independence against Memphis 901 the last match, as L. Haakenson were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Birmingham Legion with the scoreline 1-4.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Independence have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.
The Independence fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Independence defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
North Carolina form and stats
As the visiting team in USL Championship matches, North Carolina have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Carolina, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Birmingham Legion (placed 1st) in the USL Championship last time out. A 0-1 defeat away at Charlotte Independence before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Carolina playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero North Carolina wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Carolina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 4 goals have been conceded by Carolina in these games.
Head 2 Head
Independence and North Carolina have met before this season: Charlotte Independence - North Carolina 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Independence won two games, two matches ended with a draw and North Carolina has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  D. Kelly 5 goals | L. Haakenson 3 goals |  A. Fortune 3 goals |
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| Charlotte Independence | North Carolina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 51 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 77 |
| 41 | 30 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 32% | 23% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 25% |
- Charlotte Independence has the most points from losing position (7)
- Charlotte Independence has the most scored goals in the second half (10)
- Charlotte Independence have scored in all their matches so far.
- Charlotte Independence have scored more than double the goals of North Carolina.
- Charlotte Independence haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- North Carolina has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- North Carolina has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- North Carolina has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals (5) away
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals (6)
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- North Carolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- North Carolina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- North Carolina 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 | Birmingham Legion | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 6 |