CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Independence and Richmond Kickers come in Saturday night's match at the Sportsplex at Matthews with differing results from last week, although not how their respective positions in the USL Eastern Conference standings would suggest. Charlotte will be looking to bounce back from a loss while Richmond want to get a run of results going. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Charlotte Independence news and notes

• Current record: 12-5-8, 44pts

• The Independence were stunned last Saturday as they lost at home to the side at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, Toronto FC II, falling 3-2.

• After taking a two-goal lead through goals to Enzo Martinez and Jaime Siaj, an Alex Martinez red card let Toronto back in to the match, seeing them score three goals in seven minutes to take the result away from Charlotte.

• Despite going down a man Charlotte had the bulk of possession (54.8 percent) but lost the aerial battle, winning only 26.7 percent of the aerial duels.

• It was just the second lost at home for the Independence this season, and their first since moving into the Sportsplex at Matthews. While it was just the fifth win for Toronto FC II this year, and its second on the road.

Richmond Kickers news and notes

• Current record: 5-12-8, 23pts

• The Kickers stunned the Charleston Battery at home last Saturday, managing a 3-1 win against a team chasing the top position in the Eastern Conference.

• After conceding early Richmond fought back with Sunny Jane managing a goal and an assist. Oliver and Yudai Imura added the other two goals.

• Jane’s performance earned him USL Team of the Week honors as he starred in the match with Braeden Troyer being named to the bench.

• The result marked the start of the first winning streak for Richmond for the season following on from its victory against Toronto FC II one week earlier.

Series Notes

• The Independence lead the all-time series between the two sides 4-2-3, and have not lost to Richmond since June 7 2015.

Squads

• Charlotte – GK: Cody Mizell, Kainoa Likewise, Kyle Renfro; D: Dennis Castillo, Austin Yearwood, Bilal Duckett, Joel Johnson, Henry Kalungi, Luke Waechter, Ashani Fairclough, Donnie Smith, Sam Vines; M: Zev Taublieb, Jun Marques Davidson, Yann Ekra, David Estrada, Lewis Hilton, David Spies, Callum Ross; F: Casey Townsend, Jorge Herrera, Jaime Siaj, Enzo Martinez, Caleb Calvert, Denis Tchinde

• Richmond – GK: Marcel DeBellis, Alex Wimmer, Travis Worra; D: William Yomby, Chris Odoi-Atsem, Conor Shanosky, Evan Lee, Mallan Roberts, Alex Lee, Chris Durkin, Braeden Troyer, Jalen Robinson; M: Fred Owusu Sekyere, Finnlay Wyatt, Yudai Imura, Patrick McCann, Oscar Umar, Raul Gonzalez, Samuel Asante, Matt Bolduc, Brandon Eaton, Luiz Fernando Nascimento; F: Oliver Minatel, Sunny Jane, Mikey Minutillo, Jackson Eskay, Franck Tayou

Discipline

• Charlotte – Suspended: Alex Martinez; Accumulation warning: Enzo Martinez

• Richmond – None

Officials

• REF: GUSTAVO SOLORIO

• AR1: Gregory Brigman

• AR2: Christian Frey

• 4TH: John Rush

Game hashtag:

• #CLTvRIC

Twitter social handles

• Charlotte Independence- @CLTIndependence

• Richmond Kickers - @RichmondKickers