Charlotte manager Lattanzio looking for three points in DC United showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bank of America Stadium

Charlotte are depending on their home fans to help them to win this meeting against DC United. Who is the winner at Bank of America Stadium?

Insights:
  • Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Charlotte form and stats

Charlotte, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer, have collected 18 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-6-3.

The home team returns to Bank of America Stadium after drawing with Nashville SC (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Arfield was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Nashville SC after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Malanda got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Malanda served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Before that, Charlotte drew at home versus Orlando City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlotte handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the latest 10 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Charlotte as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Philadelphia Union are visiting.

The Charlotte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Charlotte have conceded 19 goals.

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DC United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for DC United so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, DC United are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The DC United goalkeeper Alexander Bono is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 232 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

DC United played 0-0 against SJ Earthquakes in their previous match. Birnbaum, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Birnbaum won 5 of 6 duels.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Chicago Fire.

DC United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

A new game in only four days for DC United, the Major League Soccer home match versus Atlanta United. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. DC United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the result DC United - Charlotte 3-0 entered in the official records. Charlotte-DC United H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Charlotte one win, DC United two wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedC. Benteke Liolo
C. Benteke Liolo
10 goals
CharlotteK. Świderski
K. Świderski
7 goals
CharlotteE. Copetti
E. Copetti
5 goals

Charlotte missing players

DC United missing players

Charlotte DC United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
10 6 1 Drew D 0 2 7
9 3 2 Lost L 3 8 12
34 18 3 Scored S 5 12 37
43 19 6 Conceded C 7 21 38
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
81% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 79%
62% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 61%
38% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 32%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
69% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 50%
12% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 32%
23% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 29%
 
4.7 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.1
4.4 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.2 4.6
2.8 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 11 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.3 13.1
3.2 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.5
41% 41% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 24% 30%
 
12.2 10 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 11.3 11.7
5 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
  • Charlotte have the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 27 17 6 4 44 30 14 12 1 1 27 9 13 5 5 3 17 21 14 57
2 New England 27 13 9 5 46 32 14 10 4 0 32 12 13 3 5 5 14 20 14 48
3 Orlando City 27 13 8 6 41 31 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 21 18 10 47
4 Philadelphia Union 26 14 4 8 47 31 12 9 2 1 27 8 14 5 2 7 20 23 16 46
5 Columbus Crew 27 13 6 8 54 37 14 10 3 1 35 12 13 3 3 7 19 25 17 45
6 Atlanta United 28 11 9 8 51 43 14 8 3 3 32 17 14 3 6 5 19 26 8 42
7 Nashville SC 27 11 7 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 22 9 14 3 4 7 10 18 5 40
8 Montreal Impact 27 11 2 14 28 40 13 9 0 4 20 9 14 2 2 10 8 31 -12 35
9 DC United 28 9 7 12 37 38 14 5 5 4 25 17 14 4 2 8 12 21 -1 34
10 Chicago Fire 27 8 8 11 32 42 14 5 6 3 20 17 13 3 2 8 12 25 -10 32
11 Charlotte 26 7 10 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 19 13 3 4 6 16 24 -9 31
12 New York City 28 6 12 10 28 36 13 5 5 3 17 16 15 1 7 7 11 20 -8 30
13 New York RB 27 7 8 12 24 33 14 6 4 4 17 15 13 1 4 8 7 18 -9 29
14 Inter Miami 26 8 4 14 30 39 13 5 3 5 18 17 13 3 1 9 12 22 -9 28
15 Toronto 27 4 10 13 23 39 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 24 -16 22

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