Charlotte Independence vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds — USL Championship 2021
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 17+ matches
Charlotte Independence53%
Pittsburgh Riverhounds23%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Charlotte Independence creates 66% more chances
Season form · 17 home / 91 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Charlotte Independence ↓
Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Charlotte Independence at home — creates 2.29, concedes 0.88 · 17 matches
Pittsburgh Riverhounds away — creates 1.18, concedes 1.14 · 91 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Charlotte Independence attack 2.29 + Pittsburgh Riverhounds defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.71
Pittsburgh Riverhounds attack 1.18 + Charlotte Independence defence 0.88 → ÷2 → 1.03
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 53%?"
Charlotte Independence at 53% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 53% does not mean "Charlotte Independence will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Charlotte Independence host Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday, 18 September 2021 at 23:00. The match is part of the USL Championship 2021/2022 season.
Charlotte Independence 1 – 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Charlotte Independence beat Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1-0 in USL Championship on September 18, 2021.
Goals: I. Parra (81').
The match was played at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte.