The season has been a struggle for Charlotte so far, and the same description fits Vancouver Whitecaps. These students from the school of hard knocks would trade their mothers for some important points here.
- Charlotte have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have lost all their away matches so far.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.
Charlotte form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bank of America Stadium as Charlotte have scored 7 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Charlotte hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Inter Miami, New England, Chicago Fire, Toronto and Charlotte), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
The Charlotte crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Montreal Impact here at Bank of America Stadium. Defender Lindsey got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Lindsey hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Charlotte are traveling soon after this match as the US Open Cup match at New York RB awaits in three days.
Charlotte has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Charlotte are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bank of America Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. A depressing five defeats in a row for Vancouver in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Columbus Crew.
Vancouver Whitecaps go into this game after a win, the home game against Dallas that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Dallas, was very satisfying as Cavallini scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Gutiérrez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Gutiérrez hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting SJ Earthquakes.Vancouver Whitecaps are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Cavalry.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Vancouver are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 4 goals |   L. Cavallini 3 goals |  R. Raposo 2 goals |
Charlotte missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Charlotte | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 73% |
| 42% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 73% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.6 | 11.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 19% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 13.5 | 15.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.2 | 13.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 5 |
- All of Vancouver Whitecaps's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Charlotte have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vancouver Whitecaps have scored away.
- Charlotte have the fewest scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have lost all their away matches so far.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | DC United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | New England | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Toronto | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
