Game week two of the USL League One season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Forward Madison - North Carolina preview:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Forward Madison form and stats
Last season, Forward Madison's league statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the USL League One. Over these 16 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Forward Madison managed 4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 3 conceded.
North Carolina form and stats
Let's have a look at how North Carolina performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 11/8 goals scored/conceded. Momentum is building for Carolina in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The game before that, in the USL Championship, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Charlotte Independence.
Head 2 Head
Forward Madison missing players
North Carolina missing players
| Forward Madison | North Carolina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Forward Madison | Last season | North Carolina | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 11 | 17 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 81% | 62% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 53% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 27% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 40% | ||
| 38% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Greenville Triumph | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Union Omaha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Inter Miami II | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | New England II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | North Texas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Tormenta | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tucson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Greenville Triumph | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Union Omaha | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | North Texas | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Tucson | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Forward Madison | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Tormenta | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | New England II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Inter Miami II | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Orlando City II | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 6 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Birmingham Legion | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 16 |