North Carolina and Forward Madison are both riding high in the USL League One with their 1st and 4th places respectively. Let's hope for a grand fixture!
- North Carolina is in the best form (4-1-1) in USL League One
- Forward Madison have the fewest conceded goals (2) in USL League One
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 North Carolina and Forward Madison.
North Carolina form and stats
When playing at home in the USL League One, North Carolina have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
The Carolina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Forward Madison here at WakeMed Soccer Park. Up until that game this team had gone six consecutive league games without a defeat.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Central Valley Fuego.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how North Carolina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.
North Carolina has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
Forward Madison form and stats
Playing away, Forward Madison have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the USL League One this season.
Forward have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Bernd Schipmann. It's been 312 minutes since they last conceded in USL League One.
It's the second away game in a row for Forward Madison, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus North Carolina (placed 1st) last time out.
Before that, Forward Madison travelled to One Knoxville and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Forward Madison playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 2 Forward Madison wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Forward when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Forward Madison's manager Glaeser has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
North Carolina and Forward Madison have duelled already this season: Carolina - Forward Madison 0-2. Stats for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for North Carolina, one draw and two wins for Forward Madison. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Duizit Mentzingen 6 goals | L. Perez 3 goals | O. Anderson 2 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Forward Madison missing players
| North Carolina | Forward Madison | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 88% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 13.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 38% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 9.1 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
- Forward Madison have not yet lost a game.
- Forward Madison have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Forward Madison have the fewest conceded goals (2) in USL League One
- Forward Madison have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- North Carolina have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in USL League One
- North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- North Carolina is in the best form (4-1-1) in USL League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Charlotte Independence | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Tormenta | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Forward Madison | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Richmond Kickers | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Greenville Triumph | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Union Omaha | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Northern Colorado | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | One Knoxville | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Lexington | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Central Valley Fuego | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 4 |
