Charlotte FC vs Atlanta United FC Prediction: A tight Affair

The MLS season is finally picking up pace as we enter into the 3rd round match. Charlotte FC welcomes Atlanta United to the Bank of America Stadium. Charlotte FC have not started the season as they hoped during the pre-season, as they lost the opening 2 matches, while Atlanta managed 1 win and 1 draw. 

Charlotte FC are in dire need of a positive result to help them climb up the table and Atlanta United are in a good position and can remain there with a positive result from this match. 

Charlotte's opening 2 games were a disaster. They lost 1-0 to New England Revolution and then 3-1 against Saint Louis City. Prior to the league opener, they had 2 pre-season matches against DC United and Vancouver Whitecaps. They beat DC United 3-2 and the game against Vancouver Whitecaps was cancelled halfway into the match. 

In the loss against New England Revolution, Charlotte FC looked brilliant as they had 54% possession and 4 shots on target. Unfortunately they suffered a late goal from Henry Kessler in the 89th minute. And against Saint Louis City, Charlotte FC had 61% possession with 3 shots on target. They opened the scoring in the 25th minute through an Enzo Copetti attempt. But their goal was cancelled out by an own-goal by Bill Tuiloma. Eduard Lowen doubled Saint Louis' lead from the spot in the 50th minute. Joao Klauss 0ut the game to bed in the 71st minute to give Charlotte FC a defeat. 

Despite playing just 2 matches in the new season, Atlanta United are doing very fine already and they will hope this continues for a long time. Atlanta won San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 in the season opener and then drew 1-1 against Toronto. However, Atlanta had a poor pre-season. In 5 games, they had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. It is a miracle they have had a brilliant start to the season. 

Against Toronto, Atlanta had 67% possession, 7 shots on target and 9 corner kicks. 

Federico Bernadeschi was first to score for Toronto in the 52nd minute before Matheus Rossetto equalized in the 60th minute. 

And against San Jose Earthquakes, they had 60% possession, 5 shots on target and 8 corner kicks. 

Charlotte FC and Atlanta United have met just 2 times before now and each team have 1 win to their name.

Atlanta United are unbeaten in 3 matches while Charlotte FC have not kept a clean sheet in 4 matches. Atlanta United have also not kept a clean sheet in 9 matches. They have also played more than 2.5 goals in 8/9 matches. Both teams has scored in Atlanta's last 5 matches. Charlotte FC have seen less than 4.5 cards shown in ⅘ matches and Atlanta in 7/7 matches.

Atlanta United are an exciting team to watch. They like to dominate and gather lots of attempts on goal. Charlotte FC are not a bad team despite their bad results. I think Charlotte FC's bad run will end pretty soon and they will get a deserved win. For this match, I see a tight affair with less than 3 goals scored by both sides. It is an open game and anyone can win here.

• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.86 Odds
• Bet on 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 1-1 at 8.3 Odds