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- North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lexington have yet to win a game away.
Lexington could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a USL League One game only four sleeps ago.
North Carolina form and stats
The overall USL League One stats playing at home this season for North Carolina are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
North Carolina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Forward Madison (0-3).
A strong away win before that one, visiting One Knoxville and winning 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how North Carolina have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 7.
A decent goal production from Carolina in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. North Carolina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lexington form and stats
0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lexington in their USL League One matches away.
Lexington are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Chattanooga Red Wolves (placed 11th). That win felt good as this team had gone four league games without winning.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tormenta that ended 1-1.The schedule is very tough for Lexington now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A USL League One game at Forward Madison is waiting in only four days.
Lexington have the goal stats of 5-10 (for/against) from 5 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded scoreline involving both these sides is the North Carolina - Lexington 2-1 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Duizit Mentzingen 6 goals | O. Anderson 4 goals | L. Perez 4 goals |
North Carolina missing players
Lexington missing players
| North Carolina | Lexington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 31% |
| 10 | 9.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
- All of Lexington's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lexington have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lexington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lexington have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Lexington have yet to win a game away.
- Lexington haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Northern Colorado | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | One Knoxville | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Greenville Triumph | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Tormenta | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Lexington | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Union Omaha | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Central Valley Fuego | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
