Columbus Crew vs Charlotte FC Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

📊 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-1 MLS success over San Jose Earthquakes.

In that match, Columbus Crew had 62% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Columbus Crew, the goalscorers were Sean Zawadzki (28') and Max Arfsten (62'). On the other side, San Jose Earthquakes had 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Josef Martínez (40') was the scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Columbus Crew have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Columbus Crew have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 5 goals on the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, though.

Charlotte FC

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After a losing effort in their last game against New Eng. Revolution in MLS action, Charlotte FC will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Charlotte FC managed 58% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, New England Revolution got 7 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Carles Gil (77') scored for New Eng. Revolution.

Dean Smith's Charlotte FC have slotted home 10 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 5.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/06/2022 shows that Columbus Crew have won 1 of them & Charlotte FC 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 for The Crew and 9 coming from Charlotte. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was MLS match day 34 on 17/07/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Columbus Crew 1-1 Charlotte FC.

That time, Columbus Crew had 69% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Cucho Hernández (31').

Charlotte FC got 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Patrick Agyemang (83') scored.

The referee was Victor Rivas.

ℹ️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury), Lassi Lappalainen (Hip injury), Nicholas Hagen (Broken finger) and Andrés Herrera (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Columbus Crew gaffer Wilfried Nancy.

In all likelihood, The Crew should opt for a 4-3-3 formation, beginning the first half with Patrick Schulte, Mohamed Farsi, Steven Moreira, Malte Amundsen, Max Arfsten, Sean Zawadzki, Darlington Nagbe, Dylan Chambost, Diego Rossi, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Dániel Gazdag.

ℹ️ Team News: Charlotte FC

It’s our belief that Charlotte FC could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, going with Kristijan Kahlina, Nick Scardina, Adilson Malanda, Andrew Privett, Tim Ream, Ashley Westwood, Pep Biel, Brandt Bronico, Liel Abada, Patrick Agyemang and Wilfried Zaha.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Charlotte FC have the capability to find the net against this Columbus Crew outfit, although it is unlikely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Columbus Crew when all is said and done. Should be a good one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, a win for Columbus Crew can be had for 1.7, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.9 & taking a punt on victory for Charlotte FC gets you 4.75. They’re the best market prices on offer right now.

Lucas Pereira, 19:01 29/04/2025