Charlotte FC vs Colorado Rapids Prediction: The home team should earn at least a draw

After 7 matches played so far in the campaign, Charlotte are left in 14th in the eastern conference, while Colorado Rapids occupy 11th spot in the western conference. And now in round 8, Charlotte FC and Colorado Rapids will play against each other at the Bank of America Stadium. Charlotte’s overall statistics is 4 losses, 2 draws and 1 win and that of Colorado Rapids is 3 losses, 3 draws and 1 win. Which team will be able to pick up an important second win of the season?

Charlotte FC are ranked 14th in the eastern conference after 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats in 7 matches played. They have a total of 5 points and a goal ratio of 7:14. Charlotte are also ranked 18th on the home table with 1 draw and 2 losses in 3 home matches played this season. They have just 1 point at home and a goal ratio of 1:5.

In their last 5 matches, they had 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Their most recent game was against Real Salt Lake, where they lost 3-1 at the Rio Tinto Stadium. Karol Swiderski opened the scoring for Charlotte in the 27th minute and in the second half, Pablo Ruiz equalised for Real Salt Lake and then they Real Salt Lake went ahead for the first time through Anderson Julio In the 59th minute. And in the 62nd minute, Jefferson Savarino put the home side further ahead with the 3rd goal. Charlotte stats in that game was 60% possession, 6 shots on target, 5 corner kicks, 5 fouls, 3 yellow cards.

Team streak: no wins (3), without a clean sheet (9), more than 2.5 goals (5/6), both teams scoring (5/6), More than 4.5 cards (5/6), less than 10.5 corners (5/6).

Colorado Rapids find themselves in the 11th spot on the western conference table, after 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats in 7 matches played so far. They have 6 points and a goal ratio of 3:8. And on the away ranking, Colorado Rapids are ranked 5th, with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 4 away matches they have played. That is a total of 4 points and a goal ratio of 2:6.

Their last 5 matches ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Their most recent match was against Sporting Kansas City at the Children’s Mercy Park, where they won 1-0. The pair played out a goalless first half and in the 68th minute, Diego Rubio scored the only goal in the game to put Colorado Rapids in the lead. At the end, Colorado Rapids had the following statistics: 40% possession, 2 shots on target, 4 corner kicks, 17 fouls, 4 yellow cards.

Team streaks: no wins (3), without a clean sheet (9), less than 2.5 goals (5/6), both teams scoring (5/6), more than 4.5 cards (5/6), less than 10.5 corners (5/6).

The head to head record shows that these two teams have played each other only once. That match was a year ago and it ended with a 0-0 scoreline at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

• Charlotte FC (4-3-3): George Marks, Harrison Afful, Bill Tulimona, Adilson Malanda, Jaylin Lindsey, Kerwin Calderon Vargas, Brandt Bronico, Benjamin Bender, Karol Swiderski, Enzo Copetti, Kamil Jozwiak.
• Colorado Rapids (3-4-2-1): William Yarbrough, Danny Wilson, Andrea Maxso, Lalas Abubakar, Sam Nicholson, Connor Ronan, Bryan Acosta, Keegan Rosenberry, Max, Diego Rubio, Jonathan Lewis.

This will be the first ever meeting between these two in this stadium, where Charlotte have never won and have conceded 5 goals in 3 games played so far this season. The visitors have a slightly better away record even though the goal tally is very small.

Charlotte FC have played out more than 2.5 goals in their last 2 matches and in their last 4, they have scored at least 1 goal in each game. Charlotte only managed 1 goal in their last game, after playing a blank draw with Los Angeles FC. I expect the hosts to score a goal here and end up with either a win or a draw in this match

• Bet on Home Win or Draw and Under 4.5 Goals at 1.69 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score No at 2.14 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 1-0 at 8.2 Odds