📊 Form Guide

Charlotte FC

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Charlotte FC enter this game following on from a 2-2 MLS drawn result against FC Cincinatti.

In that game, Charlotte FC had 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Charlotte FC, the goals were scored by Idan Toklomati (51') and Biel (52'). For their opponents, FC Cincinnati had 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. Kévin Denkey (36') and Evander (43') scored for FC Cincinatti.

Fixtures involving Charlotte FC have often been absorbing encounters recently with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 7 of them coming from Charlotte FC. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

New York City FC

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New York City FC will go into the meeting after a 3-0 MLS win with the eclipse of Columbus Crew in their most recent match.

In that match, New York City FC had 42% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for New York City FC was Hannes Wolf (12', 16', 66'). On the other side, Columbus Crew got 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Showing their fondness for action-packed matches, we’ve had goals 21 times in the last six matches in which New York City FC have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have got 10 of those goals.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 12/07/2025 shows us that Charlotte FC have won 2 of them & New York City FC 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Charlotte and 7 belonging to The Pigeons. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

📋 Team News: Charlotte FC

We think that Charlotte FC look set to line up in a 4-3-3 formation in the match featuring Kristijan Kahlina, Nathan Byrne, Morrison Agyemang, Tim Ream, David Schnegg, Brandt Bronico, Pep Biel, Djibril Diani, Kerwin Vargas, Idan Toklomati and Wilfried Zaha.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

We are inclined to think that The Pigeons will likely begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, Raul Gustavo, Nico Cavallo, Keaton Parks, Maxi Moralez, Kai Trewin, Agustin Ojeda, N. Fernandez Mercau and Hannes Wolf.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, New York City FC will have to perform well to score against this Charlotte FC lineup who we think might well manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We therefore see a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Charlotte FC when all is said and done.

Let’s see what happens.

Victor Martins, 23:03 13/05/2026