The home fans bank on a victory in this game, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. New York City are in 10th position while the guesting Charlotte lose sleep at 11th.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Charlotte have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
These are active days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Montreal Impact.
New York City form and stats
The Major League Soccer stats at home this season for New York City are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A strong away win for York against Montreal Impact the last match, as Pellegrini were on target. This was their first victory after eleven straight league games without winning! The goalie Barraza was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Barraza topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, New York City played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Portland Timbers.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier York matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 8 games).
The manager Cushing will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Columbus Crew in only three days.
New York City has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. York have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Charlotte form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Charlotte have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far. The last three matches for Charlotte have all ended in a draw.
There were no winners in Charlotte's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Montreal Impact (placed 9th). Attacker Vargas got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Vargas hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus New York RB that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Charlotte playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
After this away game Charlotte return home for a Major League Soccer game against Cincinnati. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Charlotte find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Charlotte - York 3-2 was the result in these teams' previous h2h match, played this season. Last three meetings with these squads: New York City won zero, Charlotte were winners in three and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Pereira dos Santos 6 goals |   K. Świderski 5 goals |  S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |
New York City missing players
Charlotte missing players
| New York City | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 35 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 33% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 60% | 45% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 62% | 78% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 19% | 22% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 29% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 14.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 25% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 40% | 39% |
| 11.4 | 11.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.2 | 12.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5 |
- Charlotte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Cincinnati | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | New England | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | DC United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | New York City | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Toronto | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
