Charlotte FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Charlotte FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sat 4 Apr 2026 · 23:30 UTC Bank of America Stadium 25,865 HT 45' · FT 45'

Ashley Westwood 30' 1–0

1–1 78' Danley Jean Jacques

Wilfried Zaha 80' 2–1

Y 12' Frankie Westfield

Djibril Diani 19' Y

Wilfried Zaha 42' Y

Y 45' Bruno Damiani

Y 76' Nathan Harriel

Morrison Agyemang 83' Y

Kristijan Kahlina 87' Y

Y 90' Cavan Sullivan

Overview

Match Preview

Charlotte FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Bank of America Stadium.

Charlotte FC 17 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 17 games · 13 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Drew Fischer
Assistant 1 Mike Barwegen (Canada)
Assistant 2 Ben Pilgrim (USA)

17 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 11.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	17	39
2	Internacional CF Miami	17	37
3	New England Revolution	16	29
4	Chicago Fire FC	16	26
5	New York City FC	17	25
6	Charlotte FC	17	25
7	FC Cincinnati	17	23
8	D.C. United SC	17	22
9	New York Red Bulls	17	22
10	Orlando City SC	17	20
11	Columbus Crew SC	17	19
12	Toronto FC	17	16
13	Montreal Impact FC	17	15
14	Philadelphia Union	17	13
15	Atlanta United FC	17	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	16	33
17	Los Angeles FC	18	33
18	San Jose Earthquakes	17	33
19	FC Dallas	17	26
20	Real Salt Lake	16	26
21	Houston Dynamo	16	26
22	St. Louis City	17	25
23	Seattle Sounders FC	16	24
24	Minnesota United FC	17	23
25	Portland Timbers	17	21
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	18	21
27	San Diego FC	17	20
28	Colorado Rapids SC	17	19
29	Austin FC	17	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	17	14

Head-to-Head

Charlotte FC 9 games · Avg 2.3 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-04 Charlotte FC 2–1 Philadelphia Union 2025-10-18 Charlotte FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union 2025-06-14 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Charlotte FC 2024-06-22 Philadelphia Union 0–2 Charlotte FC 2024-05-25 Charlotte FC 0–0 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Charlotte FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
21 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	6–1	W
14 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D
08 Mar	Austin FC	H	3–1	W
01 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3	L
21 Feb	St. Louis City	A	1–1	D

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	Charlotte FC	A	1–2	L
21 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–2	L
14 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
08 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L
01 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–2	L
22 Feb	D.C. United SC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Charlotte FC		Philadelphia Union
#6	Position	#14
25	Points	13
17	Played	17
7 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 10
28	Scored	22
25	Conceded	31
+3	GD	-9
1.47	PPG	0.76
41%	Win %	18%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

28% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Charlotte FC are 6th (25 pts). Philadelphia Union are 14th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Charlotte FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/–

46-60

1/3

61-75

1/4

76+

4/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

3/3

16-30

1/5

31-45

3/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

4/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Charlotte FC

Pep Biel	8 G	5 A
Idan Gorno	4 G	1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Philadelphia Union gets underway.
5' Charlotte FC have won 225 goals from 153 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Kerwin Vargas is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
12' That looks like a foul for a card for Frankie Westfield.
17' It looks surprising Charlotte FC does not make any changes. Idan Gorno has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
19' Charlotte FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 19.
24' Charlotte FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Wilfried Zaha scoring 1 goals.
29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Charlotte FC winning 100% of all matches.
30' Ashley Westwood doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
35' It is a cagey affair so far. Charlotte FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Philadelphia Union's compact 4-4-2.
40' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-4-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
42' Poor challenge from Wilfried Zaha. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
45' Philadelphia Union receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
50' Philadelphia Union 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.
55' Ghana international Morrison Agyemang has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Charlotte FC and Philadelphia Union are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
64' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Jesus Bueno comes on to replace Ezekiel Alladoh.
65' Another change for Charlotte FC made on 65 minute. Djibril Diani leaves to be changed by Luca de la Torre.
70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
75' Harry Toffolo, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
76' Nathan Harriel catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 76.
77' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Cavan Sullivan comes on to replace Indiana Vassilev.
78' Against the run of play, Danley Jean Jacques has scored! This game has turned on its head.
80' What a moment for Wilfried Zaha! That strike on 80 puts his side firmly in control.
83' Charlotte FC player sees a card in front of him.
83' Time for substitution for Philadelphia Union. Bruno Damiani is replaced by Malik Jakupovic.
84' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Milan Iloski by Stas Korzeniowski on 84 minute.
87' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kristijan Kahlina on 87.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Cavan Sullivan.
90' The supporters are chanting for Brandt Bronico. He replaces Pep Biel on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Charlotte FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

Philadelphia Union Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

18
Andre Blake
5
Japhet Sery ↓ Philippe Ndinga 84'
19
Indiana Vassilev ↓ Cavan Sullivan 77'
10
Milan Iloski ↓ Stas Korzeniowski 84'
26
Nathan Harriel
21
Danley Jean Jacques
9
Bruno Damiani ↓ Malik Jakupovic 83'
29
Olwethu Makhanya
39
Frankie Westfield
4
Jovan Lukic
23
Ezekiel Alladoh ↓ Jesus Bueno 64'

Bench

Coach Bradley Carnell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Rios	4
Wilfried Zaha	3
Daniel Gazdag	2
Patrick Agyemang	2
Kerwin Vargas	1
Quinn Sullivan	1
Julian Carranza	1
Justin Meram	1

Head to Head

Charlotte FC Form

2026-04-04 Charlotte FC 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2026-03-21 Charlotte FC 6–1 New York Red Bulls W 2026-03-14 Charlotte FC 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2026-03-08 Charlotte FC 3–1 Austin FC W 2026-03-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Charlotte FC L 2026-02-21 St. Louis City 1–1 Charlotte FC D

Philadelphia Union Form

2026-04-04 Charlotte FC 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2026-03-21 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2026-03-14 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union L 2026-03-08 Philadelphia Union 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-03-01 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC L 2026-02-22 D.C. United SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.14 Charlotte FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.93 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Charlotte FC to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Charlotte FC64% Draw21% Philadelphia Union15%

Actual: Charlotte FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 3.07

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Charlotte FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

36%

Charlotte FC or Philadelphia Union

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Charlotte FC46% Draw41% Philadelphia Union13%

Actual: Charlotte FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.5%

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.4%

3 – 0

7.3%

3 – 1

6.8%

0 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

3.9%

4 – 1

3.7%

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Charlotte FC

Handicap	Charlotte FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	19%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	23%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.