For their first home game this month, the Charleston Battery (5-3-6) will face off against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (6-1-6) at 7 p.m. on Saturday at MUSC Health Stadium. This will be the first match between the teams this season.

So far in the 2018 season, Charleston has had half of its games on the road and half at home. The last match the Battery won was a home game on May 12 against Bethlehem Steel FC with a final score of 2-1. The club’s most recent game was a 1-1 tie on the road against the Charlotte Independence.

Charleston has yet to play the Hounds this year, but last season lost its first game to Pittsburgh at home with a final score of 2-1 and tied its second game 2-2 on the road against the Hounds. The Battery’s standing is 0-1-4 in their last five games played.

Forward Ataulla Guerra leads Charleston in goals (seven), points (16), shots (23) and chances created (22). Of the team’s 16 goals forwarded this year, Guerra has almost half of them. The last goal scored by the striker was three games ago against Indy Eleven, which ended in a tied match.

Strengths

Tackles: The club has a success challenge rate of 69.6 percent. Charleston has won 181 tackles and has only lost 79 of them.

Clean Sheets: Charleston is ranked fifth in clean sheets this season in the Eastern Conference. Four of these shutouts were at home.

Weaknesses

Fouls: The club ranks second in the Eastern Conference in fouls with a total of 195 fouls conceded. The squad also has 27 yellow cards (fourth most in the Eastern Conference) and two red cards (tied for the most in the Eastern Conference).

Possession: Charleston has on average conceded the possession battle this season with 45 percent possession.