Football preview: North Carolina vs Tucson - predictions and statistics

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Competition: USA USL League One
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park (10000 seats)

USL League One: Tipsway are expecting an action-packed and vital match featuring North Carolina and Tucson at WakeMed Soccer Park. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • North Carolina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in USL League One
  • Tucson have the fewest scored goals (19) in USL League One

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Carolina and Tucson.

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North Carolina form and stats

North Carolina have played 11 USL League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

North Carolina's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Tucson (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league win after three matches without one.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Forward Madison the opponent.

Sports bettors should know that 16 of the latest 21 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

North Carolina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Carolina have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Tucson form and stats

As the visiting team in USL League One matches, Tucson have produced an overall stat of 4-1-5 so far. When Tucson is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Tormenta, Northern Colorado and Tucson is teams we like to compare North Carolina with.

Tucson lost away at North Carolina (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

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

Tucson have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Tucson have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Tucson - North Carolina 1-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (North Carolina wins - draws - Tucson wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CarolinaG. McLaughlin
G. McLaughlin
10 goals
North CarolinaO. Anderson
O. Anderson
5 goals
North CarolinaJ. Servania
J. Servania
3 goals

North Carolina missing players

Tucson missing players

North Carolina Tucson
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 12 2 Played P 2 11 20
7 5 0 Won W 2 4 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
11 5 2 Lost L 0 6 12
27 16 3 Scored S 3 12 19
36 16 5 Conceded C 1 18 32
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
77% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 75%
59% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 55%
32% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 20%
23% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
73% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 65%
23% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 10%
9% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 30%
 
3.3 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.5 4
5.8 6.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 11 5.1 4.4
2.6 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
8 7.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.1 7.5
3.1 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.2
39% 44% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 29%
 
9 8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8 8.8
3.9 3.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.1 3.5
Key stats in USL League One this season:
  • North Carolina have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • North Carolina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in USL League One
  • North Carolina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tucson have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tucson have the fewest clean sheets (2) in USL League One
  • Tucson have the fewest scored goals (19) in USL League One
  • Tucson have the the worst goal difference (-12) in USL League One
  • Tucson is in the worst form (1-0-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Greenville Triumph 22 11 5 6 31 27 11 7 1 3 13 9 11 4 4 3 18 18 4 38
2 Richmond Kickers 22 10 5 7 39 27 11 6 3 2 26 12 11 4 2 5 13 15 12 35
3 Union Omaha 20 8 10 2 25 16 9 4 4 1 13 7 11 4 6 1 12 9 9 34
4 Chattanooga Red Wolves 22 9 5 8 37 26 13 6 3 4 27 15 9 3 2 4 10 11 11 32
5 Forward Madison 22 7 10 5 28 28 11 4 5 2 14 11 11 3 5 3 14 17 0 31
6 Charlotte Independence 21 8 5 8 33 36 10 5 3 2 22 13 11 3 2 6 11 23 -3 29
7 Central Valley Fuego 21 7 6 8 25 29 10 2 4 4 10 12 11 5 2 4 15 17 -4 27
8 Tormenta 21 7 6 8 28 33 11 2 4 5 13 21 10 5 2 3 15 12 -5 27
9 Northern Colorado 23 6 8 9 29 31 11 4 2 5 16 14 12 2 6 4 13 17 -2 26
10 North Carolina 21 6 4 11 26 36 11 4 2 5 15 16 10 2 2 6 11 20 -10 22
11 Tucson 19 4 4 11 19 31 9 0 3 6 7 14 10 4 1 5 12 17 -12 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.