With the edgy opening match out of the way it’s time for the second USL League One battle of the season. North Carolina are eager to welcome Chattanooga Red Wolves in front of their stadium regulars.
North Carolina's stadium, WakeMed Soccer Park, has a grass surface. Chattanooga Red Wolves have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Chattanooga Red Wolves when playing on grass; 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from nine matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 13.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
North Carolina form and stats
The previous season, North Carolina's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 17 losses, providing 12th spot in the USL Championship. During these 28 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 50. Appearing as the home side in the previous season North Carolina delivered 5-0-9 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 25 conceded.
A nice win for Carolina last time playing, versus Chattanooga Red Wolves. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Erik lost again
Chattanooga Red Wolves form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chattanooga Red Wolves performed last season in the USL League One: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.
Chattanooga Red Wolves play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to North Carolina (placed 3rd).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - zero - four (North Carolina wins - draws - Chattanooga Red Wolves wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. Galindrez likes to meet North Carolina and have scored 4 goals in these matches.Top Goalscorers
  J. Villalobos 1 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Chattanooga Red Wolves missing players
| North Carolina | Chattanooga Red Wolves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| North Carolina | Last season | Chattanooga Red Wolves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 71% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 67% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 46% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 63% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 39% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 27% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Valley Fuego | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Richmond Kickers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Charlotte Independence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Forward Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tormenta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Greenville Triumph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Tucson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | Union Omaha | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 51 |
| 2 | Greenville Triumph | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | North Texas | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Tucson | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Richmond Kickers | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 40 |
| 7 | Toronto II | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | New England II | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -6 | 37 |
| 9 | Forward Madison | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Inter Miami II | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -9 | 31 |
| 11 | Tormenta | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -11 | 30 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 25 |
