North Carolina vs New England II preview

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Competition: USA USL League One
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park (10000 seats)

USL League One: We're previewing an intriguing and vital scrap featuring North Carolina and New England II at WakeMed Soccer Park. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • North Carolina have the fewest scored goals (19) in USL League One
  • New England II have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in USL League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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North Carolina form and stats

With 3 USL League One wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, North Carolina are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 262 minutes without scoring a league goal. N. Martinez was the last player to find the net.

The Carolina fans got no joy from their last match, a USL League One game also here at WakeMed Soccer Park: A 0-3 defeat against Union Omaha (placed 1st).

Before that, Carolina played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Richmond Kickers.

North Carolina has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Carolina are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).

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New England II form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New England II so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). England has drawn their two previous away games.

England delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Tormenta (placed 10th) in their previous match; a USL League One game.

A loss against Tucson was the result prior to that, in a home game.

England are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. As for defending, England rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

New England II - North Carolina 3-0 was the scoreline in these squads' latest head-to-head match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

New England IID. Rivera
D. Rivera
5 goals
CarolinaR. Kristo
R. Kristo
4 goals
New England IIN. Buck
N. Buck
4 goals

North Carolina missing players

New England II missing players

North Carolina New England II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 3 8 19
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
11 6 0 Lost L 1 4 8
19 13 1 Scored S 3 12 25
33 18 0 Conceded C 2 15 27
79% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 89% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 68%
68% 89% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 53%
32% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 26%
21% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 16%
47% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 42%
32% 22% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 37%
42% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 21%
 
3.4 3.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 5.8
6.1 4.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 4.9
1.8 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 8.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.2 11.6
3.4 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 4.8
29% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 43% 27%
Key stats in USL League One this season:
  • New England II have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in USL League One
  • New England II have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in USL League One
  • New England II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • North Carolina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • North Carolina have the fewest points (9) at home in USL League One
  • North Carolina have the fewest scored goals (19) in USL League One
  • North Carolina have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in USL League One
  • North Carolina have the most conceded goals (18) at home in USL League One
  • North Carolina have the the worst goal difference (-14) in USL League One
  • North Carolina have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in USL League One
  • North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • North Carolina is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  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 18 9 7 2 24 12 7 3 4 0 10 5 11 6 3 2 14 7 12 34
2 Chattanooga Red Wolves 19 8 10 1 28 19 10 5 5 0 16 11 9 3 5 1 12 8 9 34
3 Greenville Triumph 20 7 6 7 26 25 9 3 3 3 15 12 11 4 3 4 11 13 1 27
4 North Texas 19 6 8 5 28 23 10 5 4 1 20 8 9 1 4 4 8 15 5 26
5 Inter Miami II 21 7 5 9 31 33 11 4 3 4 17 17 10 3 2 5 14 16 -2 26
6 Tucson 20 7 5 8 28 30 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 4 3 4 15 16 -2 26
7 Richmond Kickers 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 4 5 1 13 9 9 2 2 5 11 14 1 25
8 Toronto II 20 6 7 7 24 25 9 4 3 2 11 8 11 2 4 5 13 17 -1 25
9 New England II 19 7 4 8 25 27 11 5 2 4 13 12 8 2 2 4 12 15 -2 25
10 Tormenta 22 7 4 11 27 33 12 4 3 5 15 16 10 3 1 6 12 17 -6 25
11 Forward Madison 18 5 9 4 21 22 10 4 4 2 10 9 8 1 5 2 11 13 -1 24
12 North Carolina 19 4 4 11 19 33 9 3 0 6 13 18 10 1 4 5 6 15 -14 16

Read more about USL League One

USL League One is the third level of football in the United States and Canada. It is brand new; launched in 2019. The league currently holds ten teams but this is likely to expand. Regular season has 28 games played from March to October, followed by a playoff.