Sports bettors believe North Carolina will beat Memphis 901 at WakeMed Soccer Park

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Competition: USA USL Championship
Competition: Sun 13.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park (10000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the USL Championship, North Carolina holding 4th place and Memphis 901 lying 3rd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Carolina and Memphis 901.

It's quite the trip for Memphis 901 when visiting North Carolina as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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North Carolina form and stats

1-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the USL Championship numbers at home for North Carolina, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in USL Championship, so far this season. With North Carolina having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Sarachan.

The Carolina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Memphis 901 here at WakeMed Soccer Park in a USL Championship match. Heartbreak before that as Carolina lost 1-3 at Charlotte Independence's place.

Heartbreak for Carolina in their last match as Memphis 901's M. Hundley scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Carolina's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn zero and lost two.

Carolina have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Carolina defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Memphis 901 form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Memphis 901, who have the most conceded goals (22) in USL Championship, playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.

Two travels in a row for Memphis, whose manager T. Mulqueen could celebrate last time after the USL Championship win against North Carolina. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Birmingham Legion.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager T. Mulqueen when M. Hundley scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute. The end of the last match, against North Carolina, was very satisfying as M. Hundley scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Memphis 901 when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

Memphis has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Memphis 901 have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Carolina - Memphis 901 2-3 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Carolina, one draw and one win for Memphis 901. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

CarolinaA. Fortune
A. Fortune
4 goals
Memphis 901R. Duizit Mentzingen
R. Duizit Mentzingen
3 goals
Memphis 901K. Marsh-Brown
K. Marsh-Brown
3 goals

North Carolina missing players

Memphis 901 missing players

North Carolina Memphis 901
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 5 11
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 4 0 Lost L 0 2 5
9 3 0 Scored S 0 9 15
16 9 0 Conceded C 0 12 22
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 82%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 64%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 80% 55%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 27%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 64%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
40% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
5.5 7.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.4 4.1
4.6 3.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 4.3
1.6 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
103 60 0 Total Shots T S 0 43 81
29 15 0 Shots on Target S O 0 18 28
31% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
Key stats in USL Championship this season:
  • All of Memphis 901's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest clean sheets (1) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest points (5) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals (12) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals (22) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 has the the worst goal difference (-3) away in USL Championship
  • Memphis 901 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Memphis 901 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Memphis 901 have scored at least twice as many goals away as North Carolina have scored home.
  • Memphis 901 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Memphis 901 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • North Carolina has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest points (3) at home in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest points from losing position (1) in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest scored goals (9) in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in USL Championship
  • North Carolina has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in USL Championship
  • North Carolina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • North Carolina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • North Carolina have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • North Carolina is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 13 6 4 3 23 14 7 3 2 2 13 9 6 3 2 1 10 5 9 22
2 Charlotte Independence 12 6 3 3 21 19 6 3 2 1 10 9 6 3 1 2 11 10 2 21
3 Memphis 901 11 2 4 5 15 22 6 1 2 3 6 10 5 1 2 2 9 12 -7 10
4 North Carolina 10 3 1 6 9 16 5 1 0 4 3 9 5 2 1 2 6 7 -7 10

Read more about USL Championship

The USL Championship, formerly known as United Soccer League (USL) is the second level of league football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. The USL Championship has 36 teams divided into two conference, Eastern and Western. Nearly half the teams are reserve teams/affiliates of the biggest US clubs.