With the nervous opening match done it’s time for the second USL League One meeting of the season. Tormenta eagerly anticipate Charlotte Independence in front of their home fans.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Tormenta form and stats
Last season, Tormenta's league results were 12 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 3rd position in the USL League One. During these 30 matches they scored {42 goals} and let in 40. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Tormenta generated 4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 24 conceded.
Happy days for Tormenta in their previous game, a fixture away at North Carolina (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that, Tormenta had a home game versus Chattanooga Red Wolves which ended with a victory 2-1.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 Tormenta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 6 and lost 7.
Charlotte Independence form and stats
Let's have a look at how Charlotte Independence performed last season in the USL Championship: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 15/28 goals scored/conceded.
Independence's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Richmond Kickers that finished 0-0.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tormenta wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Charlotte Independence are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 0 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Tormenta two wins, one draw and Charlotte Independence one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Akale 1 goals |
Tormenta missing players
Charlotte Independence missing players
| Tormenta | Charlotte Independence | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tormenta | Last season | Charlotte Independence | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 49 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Conceded | C | 30 | 50 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 90% | ||
| 79% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 45% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 71% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 61% | ||
| 30% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | ||
| 24% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 29% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | ||
| 10 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | One Knoxville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Tormenta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte Independence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Central Valley Fuego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Greenville Triumph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Forward Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lexington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
