United States - USL ChampionshipData current as of September 22, 2026

Charleston Battery vs Rhode Island: match statistics

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Charleston Battery vs Rhode Island: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Charleston Battery plays Rhode Island in USL Championship (United States). The game is scheduled for September 26, 2026.

Recent form

Charleston Battery has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss over its last five games, averaging 2.00 points per game. Rhode Island has 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, with 1.40 points per game.

Scoring records

Charleston Battery scores 1.94 goals per game and allows 1.38. Rhode Island scores 1.71 and allows 1.29. Games in this league average 2.79 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 50% of Charleston Battery's games and 71% of Rhode Island's. The Over 2.5 rates are 56% and 57%, compared with league averages of 58% for BTTS and 52% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Rhode Island has the higher season xG average, 1.88 to 1.61 per game. Charleston Battery takes 13.1 shots per game, while Rhode Island takes 16.5.

First-half and second-half trends

Charleston Battery leads at halftime in 44% of its games and scores 1.00 goals per game after halftime. Rhode Island leads at halftime in 29% and scores 1.14 after halftime.

When the teams score

Charleston Battery's most productive scoring window is minutes 76-90+ (8 goals). For Rhode Island, it is minutes 16-30 (7 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

USL Championship games average 2.79 goals. Both teams score in 58% of games, and 52% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

Before this game, 7 previous meetings were available. The record was 1 home win, 3 draws and 3 away wins. Those games averaged 1.71 goals, with both teams scoring in 29% of them.

Before kickoff

1X2 odds

(1.83)
(3.54)
(3.60)

Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.94Goals scored / game1.71
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.38Goals allowed / game1.29
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
56%Average possession48%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
5.44Shots on target / game6
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

13.06Shots per game16.5
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
5.44Shots on target6
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
14.8%Shot conversion10.4%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
56%Possession48%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.61xG for1.88
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.27xG against1.14
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

Shooting quality

Charleston Battery: Efficient finishingRhode Island: Attacking
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
Accuracy (shots on target)42%36%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.360.28

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Charleston Battery is 43% better for: last-5 form.

2 pts / game - Charleston Battery · 1.4 pts / game - Rhode Island

Charleston Battery
WWWLD
Season result split
50% W19% D31% L
Season (W-D-L)
8-3-5
1.69 pts / game · goal difference +9
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
6-2-0
Last 5 at home
4-1-0
WWWWD
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 3.0Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.78Opponent xG: 1.20BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 60%
Rhode Island
LWDLW
Season result split
36% W29% D36% L
Season (W-D-L)
5-4-5
1.36 pts / game · goal difference +6
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
2-0-4
Last 5 away
2-0-3
LWLWL
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.90Opponent xG: 0.87BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Charleston Battery is 13% better for: goals scored per game.

1.94 goals / game - Charleston Battery · 1.71 goals / game - Rhode Island

Rhode Island is 7% better for: goals allowed per game.

1.38 goals / game - Charleston Battery · 1.29 goals / game - Rhode Island

Charleston Battery scoring profile: very strong

Charleston Battery scores in 69% of games (11 of 16 games), while Rhode Island keeps a clean sheet in 21% (3 of 14 games).

Rhode Island scoring profile: very strong

Rhode Island scores in 86% of games (12 of 14 games), while Charleston Battery keeps a clean sheet in 19% (3 of 16 games).

31Goals scored (season)24
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
22Goals conceded (season)18
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
3.31Average goals per game3
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
15Goals scored (last 5)7
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
7Goals conceded (last 5)5
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

How often they score at least...

69%1 goal86%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
56%2 goals36%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
31%3 goals29%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
25%4 goals21%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

How often they concede at least...

81%1 goal79%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
38%2 goals29%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
13%3 goals14%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
6%4 goals7%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

58%
League average

Goal patterns

13%BTTS at half-time21%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
6%BTTS in both halves7%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
38%Scored in both halves29%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

BTTS and goal count

38%Min. 3 goals and BTTS50%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
19%Min. 3 goals without BTTS7%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
80%BTTS - last 560%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

63%Min. 1 goal before half-time64%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
44%Min. 2 goals before half-time29%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
19%Min. 3 goals before half-time7%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

2nd half

94%Min. 1 goal after half-time79%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
63%Min. 2 goals after half-time64%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
31%Min. 3 goals after half-time29%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Charleston Battery is 24% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.69 pts / game - Charleston Battery · 1.36 pts / game - Rhode Island

Charleston Battery - half-time state
44% leading38% draw19% trailing
Rhode Island - half-time state
29% leading50% draw21% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.69Points per game (1st half)1.36
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
0.94Goals scored (1st half)0.57
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
0.44Goals conceded (1st half)0.43
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.38Average goals (1st half)1
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
69%Clean sheet before half-time64%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
56%No goal before half-time50%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

After half-time (2nd half)

1.56Points per game (2nd half)1.36
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1Goals scored (2nd half)1.14
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
0.94Goals conceded (2nd half)0.86
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
1.94Average goals (2nd half)2
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
31%Clean sheet after half-time36%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island
38%No goal after half-time36%
Charleston BatteryRhode Island

Charleston Battery - second-half results

44% W25% D31% L
27
Half-time points
15
Half-time goals
+8
Goal difference (1st half)
25
Second-half points
+1
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.69
PPG before half-time
Lead holding114%

Leads at halftime in 44% of games and wins 50%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.5

Allows 0.5 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Rhode Island - second-half results

29% W50% D21% L
19
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
+2
Goal difference (1st half)
19
Second-half points
+4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.36
PPG before half-time
Lead holding124%

Leads at halftime in 29% of games and wins 36%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.4

Allows 0.4 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Charleston Battery - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game2.202.00
Goals scored / game1.61.4
Goals allowed / game0.41.0
Average goals per game2.02.4
1 goal60%100%
2 goals60%100%
3 goals40%40%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal40%20%
Goal difference+6+2
Half-time: 60% leading - 40% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 8
Rhode Island - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.601.20
Goals scored / game0.60.8
Goals allowed / game0.40.6
Average goals per game1.01.4
1 goal60%60%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal40%60%
Goal difference+1+1
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 60% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Charleston Battery
ScoredConceded
4
2
0-15
6
3
16-30
5
2
31-45
5
3
46-60
3
5
61-75
8
7
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (8 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (7). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

Rhode Island
ScoredConceded
0
1
0-15
7
4
16-30
1
1
31-45
4
6
46-60
6
2
61-75
6
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (7 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): +2 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

3.16
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.6 : 1.5
Estimated goal split
home : away
113%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
61%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-46%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
59%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
4%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 25 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Charleston Battery

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.34
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.22
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-4.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.33
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.11
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
126%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
110%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.31
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
26% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
26%

Rhode Island

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.74
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.32
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-7.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.17
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.15
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
137%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
84%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.04
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.6
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (USL Championship).

Teams vs league

Charleston BatteryLigaRhode Island
Average goals per game 3.312.79 3.00
Both teams scored 50%58% 71%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 56%52% 57%
Clean sheets 19%26% 21%
Goal before half-time 63%67% 64%
Goal after half-time 94%80% 79%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.79
Average goals per game
58%
Both teams scored
52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
26%
Clean sheets
1.54
Home goals / game
1.25
Away goals / game
+23%
Home attack advantage
+19%
Home defensive advantage
+17%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
67%
1 goal
36%
2 goals
10%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
50%
2 goals
22%
3 goals
8%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Record from Charleston Battery's perspective: 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses against Rhode Island. Games average 1.71 goals, and both teams scored in 29% of them.

Rhode Island FC
4 : 0
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery
0 : 0
Rhode Island FC
Rhode Island FC
1 : 0
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery
2 : 0
Rhode Island FC
Charleston Battery
1 : 2
Rhode Island
Charleston Battery
1 : 1
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
0 : 0
Charleston Battery

FAQ

When do Charleston Battery and Rhode Island play?

Charleston Battery face Rhode Island on September 26, 2026 in USL Championship. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Charleston Battery and Rhode Island?

In the last 7 head-to-head matches Charleston Battery won 1, Rhode Island won 3 and 3 ended level. These games averaged 1.71 goals, with both teams scoring in 29% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Charleston Battery vs Rhode Island?

Charleston Battery score 1.94 goals per game on average and Rhode Island 1.71. The USL Championship average is 2.79 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 52% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Charleston Battery's matches and 71% of Rhode Island's.

What form are Charleston Battery and Rhode Island in?

Over the last 5 games Charleston Battery have a 3-1-1 record (2.00 points per game) and Rhode Island 2-1-2 (1.40 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Charleston Battery vs Rhode Island?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.