Match preview USL Championship: North Carolina - Bethlehem Steel at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park (10017 seats)

The league table in USL Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with North Carolina leading Bethlehem Steel by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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North Carolina form and stats

North Carolina are steadily winning USL Championship games and points here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park.

In their previous game, the manager D. Sarachan led his North Carolina to a defeat in the USL Championship match away at Loudoun United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. Prior to that, an away loss at Louisville City.

The North Carolina manager D. Sarachan has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. North Carolina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Bethlehem Steel form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship.

The supporters enjoyed Bethlehem Steel's previous game versus Swope Park Rangers, a USL Championship 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Birmingham Legion.

Bethlehem Steel are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bethlehem Steel have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bethlehem Steel - North Carolina 0-1. North Carolina-Bethlehem Steel H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: North Carolina 1 win, Bethlehem Steel 1 win, 1 draw. 1 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

F. Moumbagna
6 goals
J. Chambers
3 goals / 2 assists

North Carolina missing players

Bethlehem Steel missing players

North Carolina Bethlehem Steel
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
27 13 6 Played 4 10 25
13 8 4 Won 1 4 7
7 4 2 Drew 1 2 5
7 1 0 Lost 2 4 13
47 31 15 Scored 1 14 34
28 11 5 Conceded 5 16 47
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 75% 90% 96%
74% 85% 100% Over 1.5 25% 70% 80%
56% 54% 50% Over 2.5 25% 60% 68%
30% 38% 33% Over 3.5 25% 30% 40%
19% 38% 33% Over 4.5 0% 20% 20%
56% 62% 67% BTTS 0% 30% 48%
30% 38% 33% Clean Sheets 50% 40% 20%
22% 8% 0% Failed To Score 75% 40% 36%
 
4.5 5.3 3.5 Corners For (avg) 2.5 3 3.4
5.1 4.1 4 Corners Against (avg) 8.2 5.7 5.4
1.2 1.2 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.8 2.2
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 8
Key stats this season:
  • North Carolina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • North Carolina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bethlehem Steel have scored away.

North Carolina
All US Open Cup NASL Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
11-08-19 USL Memphis 901 1 - 2 North Carolina
17-08-19 USL North Carolina 5 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
21-08-19 USL North Carolina 4 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
24-08-19 USL Louisville City 1 - 0 North Carolina
31-08-19 USL Loudoun United 4 - 0 North Carolina
07-09-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
14-09-19 USL Swope Park Rangers 21:00 North Carolina
22-09-19 USL Charleston Battery 18:00 North Carolina
28-09-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Ottawa Fury
05-10-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 New York RB II
Bethlehem Steel
All Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
28-07-19 USL Saint Louis FC 3 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
01-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 0 - 3 Hartford Athletic
11-08-19 USL Nashville 0 - 0 Bethlehem Steel
25-08-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Birmingham Legion
01-09-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 2 - 0 Swope Park Rangers
07-09-19 USL North Carolina 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
14-09-19 USL Indy Eleven 23:00 Bethlehem Steel
18-09-19 USL Bethlehem Steel 23:30 Loudoun United
21-09-19 USL Tampa Bay Rowdies 23:30 Bethlehem Steel
29-09-19 USL Memphis 901 - Bethlehem Steel

  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 25 19 4 2 68 22 13 10 3 0 42 12 12 9 1 2 26 10 46 61
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 Nashville 27 15 6 6 49 24 12 6 3 3 22 10 15 9 3 3 27 14 25 51
4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 14 7 5 47 22 14 7 4 3 25 11 12 7 3 2 22 11 25 49
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 25 13 8 4 48 28 13 8 5 0 25 9 12 5 3 4 23 19 20 47
6 Indy Eleven 22 14 5 3 35 16 12 8 4 0 16 4 10 6 1 3 19 12 19 47
7 Fresno FC 25 13 8 4 42 26 13 8 4 1 23 13 12 5 4 3 19 13 16 47
8 North Carolina 26 12 7 7 43 27 12 7 4 1 27 10 14 5 3 6 16 17 16 43
9 Louisville City 25 12 7 6 37 26 14 8 3 3 23 13 11 4 4 3 14 13 11 43
10 Reno 1868 25 13 4 8 52 42 12 7 2 3 29 19 13 6 2 5 23 23 10 43
11 Ottawa Fury 24 10 9 5 37 28 13 7 4 2 21 14 11 3 5 3 16 14 9 39
12 Austin Bold 26 11 6 9 40 39 14 9 3 2 29 15 12 2 3 7 11 24 1 39
13 OKC Energy 27 9 10 8 41 40 14 5 5 4 20 20 13 4 5 4 21 20 1 37
14 LA Galaxy II 26 9 9 8 43 49 13 4 5 4 22 25 13 5 4 4 21 24 -6 36
15 Real Monarchs 23 10 5 8 46 38 12 8 2 2 33 17 11 2 3 6 13 21 8 35
16 Orange County 25 9 8 8 40 34 14 7 4 3 28 17 11 2 4 5 12 17 6 35
17 Portland Timbers II 25 9 7 9 47 43 12 4 4 4 20 20 13 5 3 5 27 23 4 34
18 New Mexico United 26 8 10 8 45 46 11 4 5 2 22 16 15 4 5 6 23 30 -1 34
19 Sacramento Republic 24 10 3 11 34 28 11 6 2 3 20 9 13 4 1 8 14 19 6 33
20 San Antonio 25 9 6 10 42 37 13 7 4 2 27 13 12 2 2 8 15 24 5 33
21 Birmingham Legion 25 9 6 10 26 39 12 5 2 5 10 11 13 4 4 5 16 28 -13 33
22 El Paso Locomotive 24 8 8 8 26 26 12 5 3 4 17 14 12 3 5 4 9 12 0 32
23 Charleston Battery 24 7 10 7 31 35 12 4 6 2 17 16 12 3 4 5 14 19 -4 31
24 Las Vegas Lights 25 8 7 10 33 38 12 7 4 1 24 8 13 1 3 9 9 30 -5 31
25 Rio Grande Valley 25 7 7 11 39 46 13 6 3 4 19 13 12 1 4 7 20 33 -7 28
26 Saint Louis FC 23 6 8 9 28 31 10 4 5 1 18 12 13 2 3 8 10 19 -3 26
27 Charlotte Independence 27 5 11 11 30 42 13 5 2 6 18 21 14 0 9 5 12 21 -12 26
28 Bethlehem Steel 25 7 5 13 34 47 15 3 3 9 20 31 10 4 2 4 14 16 -13 26
29 Loudoun United 24 6 6 12 35 41 10 3 3 4 20 17 14 3 3 8 15 24 -6 24
30 Memphis 901 25 5 7 13 23 39 11 2 3 6 12 16 14 3 4 7 11 23 -16 22
31 Tulsa Roughnecks 25 5 7 13 32 54 11 4 2 5 16 16 14 1 5 8 16 38 -22 22
32 Colorado Springs 27 6 4 17 24 52 14 5 2 7 15 20 13 1 2 10 9 32 -28 22
33 Atlanta United II 25 5 5 15 29 60 12 4 1 7 15 25 13 1 4 8 14 35 -31 20
34 Hartford Athletic 27 5 4 18 35 67 12 3 3 6 18 27 15 2 1 12 17 40 -32 19
35 Seattle Sounders II 24 4 5 15 26 60 12 4 2 6 22 25 12 0 3 9 4 35 -34 17
36 Swope Park Rangers 24 3 6 15 29 57 13 3 4 6 22 31 11 0 2 9 7 26 -28 15

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