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 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Charlotte FC 27 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#10	Position	#4
33	Points	43
26	Played	27
9 / 6 / 11	W / D / L	12 / 7 / 8
34	Scored	47
48	Conceded	38
-14	GD	+9
1.27	PPG	1.59
35%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Charlotte FC are 4th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/6

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Charlotte FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

7/5

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/7

61-75

5/4

76+

6/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	10 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Charlotte FC

Pep Biel	12 G	7 A
Idan Gorno	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Red Bull Arena. Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York Red Bulls and Charlotte FC.
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Dean Smith might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' Charlotte FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ashley Westwood scoring 1 goals.
14' New York Red Bulls is taking the lead after the goal scored by Wiktor Bogacz on 14.
19' Souleyman Doumbia has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 424 appearances.
24' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kerwin Vargas makes it 1-1.
29' What a strike from Mohammed Sofo! The score is 2-1.
34' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
39' The 24-year-old Adilson Malanda has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
40' Poor challenge from Pep Biel. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
45' Charlotte FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
50' Ronald Donkor is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Charlotte FC so far.
55' With 0 assists to his name this season, Dennis Gjengaar is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Charlotte FC.
60' 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.
64' Charlotte FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 64.
64' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Cameron Harper on, Dennis Gjengaar off on 64 minutes.
65' Maxim Choupo-Moting gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Wiktor Bogacz and will look to change the dynamic.
68' The referee has no hesitation. Andrew Privett is booked for Charlotte FC — card on 68.
70' A goal from the Cameroon international Maxim Choupo-Moting! He fires home on 70 to make it 3-1!
73' Time for substitution for Charlotte FC. Kerwin Vargas is replaced by Liel Abada.
76' Liel Abada has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 76 minutes.
78' Alexander Hack is replacing Wikelmann Carmona for the New York Red Bulls side.
81' It’s gonna be a card for Daniel Edelman.
83' It is a substitution in Charlotte FC team. Nick Scardina is replaced by Souleyman Doumbia on 83 minute.
87' Ronald Donkor is ready to make an impact after coming on for Peter Stroud at the 87 minute mark.
88' The whistle greets Mohammed Sofo as he departs to be replaced by Omar Valencia.
90' Ronald Donkor picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — New York Red Bulls 4-2 Charlotte FC.

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

2.44 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.69 Charlotte FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls56% Draw21% Charlotte FC23%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

76%

Draw or Charlotte FC

44%

New York Red Bulls or Charlotte FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls41% Draw36% Charlotte FC23%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 2

5.3%

2 – 0

4.9%

3 – 0

3.9%

4 – 1

3.9%

2 – 3

3.7%

1 – 0

3.6%

4 – 2

Actual

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Charlotte FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	16%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	19%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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