League round two of the Major League Soccer campaign and the squads have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the Saint Louis City - Charlotte guide:
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.
Saint Louis City form and stats
Happy days for Saint Louis City in their previous game, a fixture away at Austin (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Midfield player Stroud got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Stroud scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Charlotte form and stats
Let's have a look at how Charlotte performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 3 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 12 with 16/36 goals scored/conceded.
Charlotte aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Shinyashiki was the last player to find the net.
Charlotte might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. New England proved too strong as Charlotte slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans. Westwood got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Westwood hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Charlotte manager Lattanzio faced defeat when travelling to New York RB and losing 0-2.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. De Mello 1 goals |  J. Stroud 1 goals |  T. Parker 1 goals |
Saint Louis City missing players
Charlotte missing players
| Saint Louis City | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
