The campaign has been strenuous for Charlotte so far, while New York City have won many games. Will the highest placed triumph again at Bank of America Stadium?
- Charlotte is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- New York City have the most clean sheets (7) away in Major League Soccer
The visiting New York City played their last game only three days ago, a Major League Soccer match.
Charlotte form and stats
All-inclusive Major League Soccer statistics at home this season for Charlotte are 8-0-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Charlotte hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Philadelphia Union, Montreal Impact and New York RB), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Charlotte to get some points in this home game.
Charlotte haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 204 minutes ago. II scored that one.
No payout for Charlotte in their previous match, an away game at Cincinnati that ended in defeat 0-2. The striker Vargas was announced as "man of the match" for Charlotte with a rating of 7.55/10. Vargas hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Charlotte lost 0-2 at home to Toronto.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Charlotte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has contained three goals or more.
A decent goal production from Charlotte in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches.
New York City form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of New York City, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. New York City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
New York City's last game was the home draw against Cincinnati (1-1). Midfielder Moralez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.23. Moralez hit eight key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 87 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New England wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by York in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for New York City, 5 draws and 12 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far New York City have scored 18 goals in 15 league games away. New York City have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result New York City - Charlotte 1-3 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 13 goals |   K. Świderski 8 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 7 goals |
Charlotte missing players
New York City missing players
| Charlotte | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 34 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 51 |
| 46 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 38 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 83% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 59% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 50% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 47% |
| 21% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 47% | 43% |
| 34% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12 | 14.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | 31% |
| 13.3 | 13.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Charlotte is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- New York City have the most clean sheets (7) away 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 | Philadelphia Union | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 42 | 60 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | New York RB | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 39 |
| 8 | New England | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Toronto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | DC United | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 26 |
