Charlotte Independence have come here for an appealing duel versus the home side North Carolina. Read up on the game with this thorough USL League One preview!
It's no vacation for neither North Carolina nor Charlotte Independence as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
North Carolina form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for North Carolina's two home games in the USL League One so far this season, having collected 3 points here at WakeMed Soccer Park.
The spoils were shared in North Carolina's previous game, also at home. Visiting Charlotte Independence (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Loudoun United in the US Open Cup.
At WakeMed Soccer Park, North Carolina has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
Charlotte Independence are yet to lose a point on their USL League One travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to North Carolina (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Appalachian in the US Open Cup (2-0).
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Charlotte Independence has managed {5 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Carolina, one draw and seven wins for Charlotte Independence. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Duizit Mentzingen 1 goals |  C. Dimick 1 goals | S. Dutey 1 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Charlotte Independence missing players
| North Carolina | Charlotte Independence | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 62% | 38% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 2 |
| North Carolina | Last season | Charlotte Independence | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 49 | ||
| 53 | 20 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 90% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 71% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 77% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 61% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 29% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | One Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Valley Fuego | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tormenta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Union Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lexington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 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 | Richmond Kickers | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 51 |
| 2 | Greenville Triumph | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 46 |
| 3 | Tormenta | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 45 |
| 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Union Omaha | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Northern Colorado | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Charlotte Independence | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | Central Valley Fuego | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | -3 | 40 |
| 9 | Forward Madison | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -10 | 33 |
| 10 | Tucson | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -10 | 32 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -18 | 30 |
