Hartford Athletic have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts North Carolina. Prepare for the match with this USL Championship preview!
North Carolina and Hartford Athletic 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.
North Carolina form and stats
Two home games so far for North Carolina, who are yet to win here at Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, having collected only 2 points so far. Two draws in a row at home now for North Carolina.North Carolina are returning here after visiting Charlotte Independence in a USL Championship game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as North Carolina lost 1-2 at Atlanta United II's place.
Early season goal statistics from North Carolina's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Hartford Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hartford Athletic so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-7 (win-draw-lose). The manager J. Nielsen is not happy with the away performances so far, as all 7 matches have been lost. Hartford Athletic are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 6 days since they avoided defeat. (The Atlanta United II game.) It's all red in the travel logs of Hartford Athletic, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.Two away games in a row for Hartford Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus New York RB II in the USL Championship. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds's place.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Hartford Athletic's away games this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Hartford Athletic's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 18 goals in 7 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Lomis 5 goals | T. McCabe 2 goals |  A. da Luz 1 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Hartford Athletic missing players
| North Carolina | Hartford Athletic | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | Played | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | Scored | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Conceded | 18 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 86% |
| 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 71% | 71% |
| 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 43% | 43% |
| 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | Both teams to score | 43% | 43% |
| 33% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 57% | 57% |
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners For (avg) | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- North Carolina has scored in all of their 3 home matches.
- North Carolina has failed to keep a clean sheet in 3 home matches.
- Hartford Athletic has failed to keep a clean sheet in 7 matches.
| 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 | New York RB II | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | New Mexico United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers II | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Indy Eleven | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Charleston Battery | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Saint Louis FC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Reno 1868 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Nashville | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Real Monarchs | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Atlanta United II | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Louisville City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Bethlehem Steel | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | OKC Energy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Phoenix Rising | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | Fresno FC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | Sacramento Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | LA Galaxy II | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Rio Grande Valley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 23 | Colorado Springs | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 24 | Orange County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | Austin Bold | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Birmingham Legion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 27 | Las Vegas Lights | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 7 |
| 28 | Ottawa Fury | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 29 | San Antonio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 30 | El Paso Locomotive | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| 31 | Loudoun United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 32 | Memphis 901 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 33 | Charlotte Independence | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 4 |
| 34 | Seattle Sounders II | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | -20 | 3 |
| 35 | Swope Park Rangers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 36 | Hartford Athletic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 0 |
