New York Red Bulls vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

New York Red Bulls

4 – 2

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Charlotte FC

Wed 28 May 2025 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 40' Pep Biel

Y 64' Wilfried Zaha

Y 68' Andrew Privett

Daniel Edelman 81' Y

Ronald Donkor 90' Y

Y 90' Adilson Malanda

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Charlotte FC 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 10 games · Avg 3.2 goals Charlotte FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-28 New York Red Bulls 4–2 Charlotte FC 2024-08-24 Charlotte FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2024-05-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Charlotte FC 2023-06-21 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Charlotte FC 2023-03-25 Charlotte FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 May	Charlotte FC	H	4–2	W
24 May	D.C. United SC	A	2–0	W
17 May	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
15 May	Nashville SC	A	1–2	L
10 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	7–0	W
03 May	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–4	L

Charlotte FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 May	New York Red Bulls	A	2–4	L
24 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W
17 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–4	L
14 May	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L
11 May	Nashville SC	A	1–2	L
03 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–4	L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Charlotte FC
#8	Position	#7
25	Points	25
18	Played	18
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	7 / 4 / 7
29	Scored	29
39	Conceded	27
-10	GD	+2
1.39	PPG	1.39
39%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). Charlotte FC are 7th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Charlotte FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/4

76+

4/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Charlotte FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York Red Bulls to score. At the same time, Charlotte FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' 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.
14' Brilliant from the ! Wiktor Bogacz makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 14.
19' The 29-year-old Sean Nealis has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
24' Pep Biel is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kerwin Vargas makes it 1-1.
29' Mohammed Sofo has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 29 minutes.
34' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
40' Charlotte FC player sees a card in front of him.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Charlotte FC that had 154 games and scored 226 goals.
50' Wilfried Zaha is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
55' It looks like no one’s ball. Charlotte FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
60' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
64' Wilfried Zaha catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 64.
64' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Dennis Gjengaar departs to be replaced by Cameron Harper.
65' Time for substitution for New York Red Bulls. Wiktor Bogacz is replaced by Maxim Choupo-Moting.
68' Andrew Privett is having his name booked by the referee on 68.
70' Maxim Choupo-Moting doubles the advantage! 3-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
73' Liel Abada gets the nod from Charlotte FC. He replaces Kerwin Vargas and will look to change the dynamic.
76' The deadlock is broken! Liel Abada gets on the scoresheet on 76 minutes.
78' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Wikelmann Carmona is replaced by Alexander Hack on 78 minute.
81' Daniel Edelman picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
83' Charlotte FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Souleyman Doumbia is hanging Nick Scardina on the field on 83 minute.
87' The crowd applauds Peter Stroud as he leaves the pitch. Ronald Donkor steps in for New York Red Bulls.
88' New York Red Bulls make a change. Mohammed Sofo trudges off to be replaced by Omar Valencia on 88 minutes.
90' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
The points are shared — New York Red Bulls 4-2 Charlotte FC. Honours even.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

6
Kyle Duncan
44
Raheem Edwards
15
Sean Nealis
3
Noah Eile
31
Carlos Coronel
75
Daniel Edelman
19
Wikelmann Carmona ↓ Alexander Hack 78'
8
Peter Stroud ↓ Ronald Donkor 87'
22
Dennis Gjengaar ↓ Cameron Harper 64'
37
Mohammed Sofo ↓ Omar Valencia 88'
7
Wiktor Bogacz ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 65'

Bench

13
Maxim Choupo-Moting ↑ 65'
42
Alexander Hack ↑ 78'
10
Emil Forsberg
26
Tim Parker
17
Cameron Harper ↑ 64'
1
AJ Marcucci
81
Serge Ngoma
48
Ronald Donkor ↑ 87'
5
Omar Valencia ↑ 88'

Coach Sandro Schwarz

Charlotte FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Wilfried Zaha
8
Ashley Westwood
19
Eryk Williamson
2
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
29
Adilson Malanda
1
Kristijan Kahlina
18
Kerwin Vargas ↓ Liel Abada 73'
33
Patrick Agyemang ↓ Tyger Smalls 73'
4
Andrew Privett
35
Nick Scardina ↓ Souleyman Doumbia 83'
16
Pep Biel

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ben Bender	4
Elias Manoel	4
Kerwin Vargas	2
Emil Forsberg	2
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Mohammed Sofo	1
Wiktor Bogacz	1
Derrick Jones	1

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2025-05-28 New York Red Bulls 4–2 Charlotte FC W 2025-05-24 D.C. United SC 0–2 New York Red Bulls W 2025-05-17 New York City FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2025-05-15 Nashville SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-05-10 New York Red Bulls 7–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-05-03 Internacional CF Miami 4–1 New York Red Bulls L

Charlotte FC Form

2025-05-28 New York Red Bulls 4–2 Charlotte FC L 2025-05-24 Charlotte FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-05-17 Charlotte FC 1–4 Chicago Fire FC L 2025-05-14 Orlando City SC 3–1 Charlotte FC L 2025-05-11 Nashville SC 2–1 Charlotte FC L 2025-05-03 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 Charlotte FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.65 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Charlotte FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls57% Draw20% Charlotte FC23%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.43

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

77%

Draw or Charlotte FC

43%

New York Red Bulls or Charlotte FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls43% Draw35% Charlotte FC22%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.4%

1 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

6.4%

3 – 2

5.6%

1 – 2

2 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

4 – 2

Actual

3 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Charlotte FC covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	16%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	19%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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