Charlotte FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Charlotte FC vs New York City FC — MLS at Bank of America Stadium.
- Charlotte FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May New York City FC H 0–1 L 09 May FC Cincinnati H 0–0 D 02 May New England Revolution A 0–0 D 26 Apr Nashville SC A 2–4 L 22 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–4 L 18 Apr New York City FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Charlotte FC A 1–0 W 10 May Columbus Crew SC H 3–0 W 03 May D.C. United SC H 0–2 L 25 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L 22 Apr FC Cincinnati H 4–4 D 18 Apr Charlotte FC H 1–2 L Season Stats
Charlotte FC New York City FC #6 Position #8 21 Points 19 15 Played 15 6 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6 24 Scored 25 23 Conceded 21 +1 GD +4 1.40 PPG 1.27 40% Win % 33% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this seasonCharlotte FC are 6th (21 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Charlotte FC0-15–/216-302/431-453/–46-601/261-751/376+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Charlotte FC to score. At the same time, New York City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Charlotte FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 8' New York City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Nicolas Fernandez Marcau on 8.
- 13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 18' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nico Cavallo, as he is very good at scoring at Bank of America Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 23' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 28' Charlotte FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 29' That looks like a foul for a card for Nicolas Fernandez Marcau.
- 34' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tayvon Gray suffering a number of foals already.
- 44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 49' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 54' It’s high time Dean Smith made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 59' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 64' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 284 games and scored 453 goals.
- 69' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 69.
- 74' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 79' Morrison Agyemang needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 84' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
- With this win, New York City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Charlotte FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 10
- 3
- 17
- 14
- 23
- 28
- 1
- 18
- 16
- 9
- 44
Bench
- 21
- 13
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 25
- 37
- 48
- 35
Coach Dean SmithNew York City FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 17
- 13
- 10
- 55
- 49
- 5
- 24
- 34
- 26
- 7
- 2
Bench
- 19
- 8
- 30
- 29
- 32
- 88
- 99
- 87
- 15
Coach Pascal Jansen -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kerwin Vargas 3 Alonso Martinez 3 Daniel Rios 2 Enzo Copetti 2 Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 2 Idan Gorno 2 Orrin McKinze Gaines II 1 Gabriel Pereira 1 Head to Head
Charlotte FC Form
New York City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 31.04 Charlotte FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 New York City FC xGI would bet for: Charlotte FC or New York City FC 69% + Under 2.5 goals 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.21Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 65% 35% ± 2.5 38% 62% ± 3.5 19% 81% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Charlotte FC or Draw 65%Draw or New York City FC 66%Charlotte FC or New York City FC 69%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.3%0 – 0 13.3%0 – 1 Actual1 – 0 10.2%1 – 2 7.5%0 – 2 7.2%2 – 1 6.7%2 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 4.1%1 – 3 3%0 – 3 2.8%3 – 1 2.4%Asian Handicap — Charlotte FC
Handicap Charlotte FC covers Push New York City FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 19% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 21% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 11% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet 32% ✓New York City FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.