Charlotte FC and New York Red Bulls will face each other for the first time ever in the Major League Soccer regular season this weekend at the Bank of America Stadium. Kickoffs on June 11, 2022 at 22:00 EAT.
The Crown are currently contending for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, just two points back of Inter Miami through their opening 14 fixtures. At home, Charlotte has been incredibly competitive for the majority of the season, winning five of their seven league affairs at Bank of America Stadium. Their current form isn’t great though with three losses in the last four games and that includes a 3-1 away defeat at New York Red Bulls in the US Open Cup.
Charlotte FC will want to bounce back from 2-1 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Seattle Sounders FC. In that match, Charlotte FC managed 43% possession, 11 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Ben Bender (21′). Seattle Sounders FC got 16 shots with three of them on target and goals by Jordan Morris (72′) and Raúl Ruidíaz (80′).
On the other side, New York Red Bulls sits just three points behind their arch-rivals across the Hudson River, New York City FC, having dropped only one of their last 11 competitive fixtures, the Pigeons is currently leading the Eastern Conference standings. The Red Bulls have the best away record in the conference with five wins, a draw and one loss. However, they won their first five away MLS games of the season and have only a point from the last two.
The Red Bulls gets into this meeting in high spirits coming off 4-1 MLS victory to beat D.C. United in their last game. In that match, New York Red Bulls had 53% possession, 14 shots with six on target and goals scored by Luquinhas (54′, 58′) and Lewis Morgan (63′). D.C. United got four shots with one of them on target and goals by Ola Kamara (87′) and Antonio Alfaro (90′ OG).
Charlotte FC vs. New York Red Bulls head to head
This will be second competitive head to head meeting between these two sides since the Open Cup in May this year, won by New York Red Bulls.
- New York 3-1 Charlotte 26/05/22
Home
- Seattle 2-1 Charlotte
- New York 3-1 Charlotte
- Charlotte 2-1 Vancouver
- Charlotte 0-2 Montreal
- Richmond 1-5 Charlotte
Away
- New York 4-1 DC United
- New York 3-1 Charlotte
- Miami 2-0 New York
- New York 3-3 Chicago
- Philadelphia 1-1 New York
Charlotte team news
Vinicius, Adam Armour, Yordy Reyna, and Pablo, Chris Hegardt and Harrison Afful have been ruled out of this game as they recover from injuries.
New York Red Bulls team news
Andres Reyes, Wikelman Carmona, Lucas Monzon, Ashley Fletcher, Serge Ngoma and Cameron Harper will be unavailable for Gerhard Struber’s squad through injuries.
Prediction and odds
We expect an exciting match day as Charlotte won five of the past six league fixtures at home while New York Red Bulls won seven of the past nine on road outings across all competitions and they lost once on road so far this season.
- Draw
- New York Red Bulls win
- Double Chance 1 or 2
