Season ticket holders at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with North Carolina languishing in the 3rd position so far. The guesting Charlotte Independence will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The hosts Carolina saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the USL Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at New York RB II.
North Carolina form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the USL Championship this season. North Carolina, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in USL Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Carolina enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at New York RB II's place. The match ended 3-0 with B. Speas and A. Fortune scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Birmingham Legion and winning 2-1.
The 3-0 win against New York RB II was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Carolina are traveling soon after this match as the USL Championship match at Loudoun United awaits in one day.
North Carolina have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the North Carolina defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the USL Championship. Independence have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a USL Championship home defeat versus Memphis 901 with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Miami FC II.
Independence has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Independence have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Carolina - Charlotte Independence 0-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Carolina, two draws and four wins for Charlotte Independence. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kelly 11 goals |  A. Fortune 6 goals | L. Haakenson 3 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Charlotte Independence missing players
| North Carolina | Charlotte Independence | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 60% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 73% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 120 | 71 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 55 | 135 |
| 35 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 19 | 63 |
| 40% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 32% |
- Charlotte Independence has the most points from losing position (7) in USL Championship
- Charlotte Independence has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in USL Championship
- Charlotte Independence have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte Independence have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Charlotte Independence haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Charlotte Independence is in the best form (4-1-1)
- North Carolina has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
- North Carolina has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in USL Championship
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals (17) in USL Championship
- North Carolina has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in USL Championship
- North Carolina has the most matches under the total-line (7) in USL Championship
- North Carolina has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in USL Championship
- 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 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -9 | 13 |