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Columbus Crew v Charlotte : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 15th Oct, 00:30 BST, Lower.com Field, Columbus

's Columbus Crew side are on home soil in the Major League Soccer on Thursday morning, as Dean Smith's Charlotte arrive at the Lower.com Field. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Columbus may feel optimistic ahead of this game and, funnily enough, so might Charlotte. The bookmakers see them as well matched and so do we – there's no clear winner in this clash. So our tip looks to the both teams to score market, where there's far more reason to be certain. The form stats, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookmakers odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's what we'd recommend too.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Columbus 45%	24/25	-
Draw 23%	27/10	-
Charlotte 33%	12/5	-
Draw 1-1 10%	13/2	-
Columbus 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Charlotte 2-1 8%	11/1	-
Columbus 1-0 7%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 7%	11/1	-
Columbus 2-0 6%	11/1	-
Charlotte 1-0 6%	14/1	-
Columbus 3-1 5%	14/1	-
Charlotte 2-0 4%	20/1	-
Columbus 3-2 4%	20/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1	-
Charlotte 3-1 4%	22/1	-
Columbus 3-0 4%	18/1	-
Charlotte 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Columbus 4-1 2%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	4/7	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	27/20	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	4/6	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	6/5	-
No 1st Goal 2%	16/1	-
BTTS - Yes 64%	1/2	-
BTTS - No 36%	6/4	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	12/5	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	9/2	-
Home/draw 67%	3/10	-
Away/draw 55%	4/5	-
Home/away 77%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/6	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	4/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	11/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	8/15	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	3/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	2/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	7/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/12	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1	-
Home DNB 61%	1/2	-
Away DNB 49%	6/4	-
Columbus win to nil 19%	3/1	-
Charlotte win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Columbus / Columbus 26%	11/5	-
Columbus / Charlotte 3%	25/1	-
Columbus / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Columbus 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Charlotte 10%	7/1	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	-
Charlotte / Columbus 4%	20/1	-
Charlotte / Charlotte 15%	9/2	-
Charlotte / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Columbus	2 - 1	Miami
Columbus	0 - 1	NY Red Bulls
Columbus	3 - 0	Colorado
Columbus	1 - 3	New England
Columbus	1 - 2	Montreal
Columbus	2 - 1	Cincinnati
Columbus	1 - 2	NY City
Columbus	2 - 0	Atlanta
Columbus	2 - 3	Minnesota
Columbus	2 - 0	Philadelphia
Columbus	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
Columbus	1 - 1	Orlando
Columbus	0 - 1	Nashville
Columbus	0 - 0	Chicago
Columbus	4 - 0	Cincinnati
Columbus	3 - 1	NY Red Bulls
Columbus	1 - 1	Toronto
Columbus	1 - 2	New England
Columbus	1 - 3	Orlando
Columbus	2 - 1	DC United

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Miami
A	Columbus	2 - 0	Montreal
H	Columbus	0 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	1 - 2	DC United
H	Columbus	3 - 0	Colorado
H	Columbus	1 - 3	New England
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Nashville
H	Columbus	1 - 2	Montreal
A	Columbus	1 - 3	Charlotte
A	Columbus	2 - 2	Miami
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	1 - 2	NY City
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Atlanta
A	Columbus	1 - 1	Philadelphia
A	Columbus	2 - 3	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	0 - 3	NY City
H	Columbus	2 - 3	Minnesota
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Philadelphia
H	Columbus	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Columbus	1 - 2	New England

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
DC United	1 - 2	Charlotte
Cincinnati	3 - 3	Charlotte
Montreal	1 - 2	Charlotte
Atlanta	0 - 2	Charlotte
Toronto	3 - 3	Charlotte
Chicago	2 - 1	Charlotte
NY Red Bulls	0 - 2	Charlotte
New England	1 - 0	Charlotte
Nashville	4 - 2	Charlotte
Orlando	4 - 1	Charlotte
NY City	1 - 2	Charlotte
LA Galaxy	3 - 0	Charlotte
Saint Louis City	1 - 1	Charlotte
NY City	0 - 0	Charlotte
DC United	0 - 1	Charlotte
NY City	2 - 0	Charlotte
New England	1 - 2	Charlotte
Cincinnati	0 - 1	Charlotte
Atlanta	2 - 3	Charlotte
Chicago	3 - 2	Charlotte

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Charlotte	0 - 1	Chicago
A	Charlotte	2 - 1	DC United
A	Charlotte	3 - 3	Cincinnati
A	Charlotte	2 - 1	Montreal
H	Charlotte	0 - 0	Houston
A	Charlotte	2 - 0	Atlanta
H	Charlotte	3 - 1	DC United
A	Charlotte	3 - 3	Toronto
H	Charlotte	3 - 1	Columbus
A	Charlotte	1 - 2	Chicago
A	Charlotte	2 - 0	NY Red Bulls
H	Charlotte	2 - 2	Atlanta
H	Charlotte	1 - 0	New England
H	Charlotte	3 - 1	Toronto
H	Charlotte	0 - 1	NY City
H	Charlotte	2 - 2	Cincinnati
A	Charlotte	0 - 1	New England
A	Charlotte	2 - 4	Nashville
A	Charlotte	1 - 4	Orlando
A	Charlotte	2 - 1	NY City

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Columbus

Charlotte

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus	4 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Columbus	4 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Charlotte

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

0 / 5

CHA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Charlotte
Charlotte	3 - 1
Charlotte	3 - 2
Charlotte	2 - 0
Charlotte	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

	Columbus 12th	Charlotte 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals	0 22% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Charlotte will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Columbus have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	+5 Charlotte’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

better

COL

CHA

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Games scored	23		21
Failed to score	4		6
Scored first	14		13
Goals scored	39		47
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.7
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	17		20
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		0%

COL

CHA

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Games conceded	22		22
Clean sheets	5		5
Conceded first	12		12
Goals conceded	43		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		9
Conversion rate against	19%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+9%

Columbus v Charlotte Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	5	3	6
P Schulte	W Ali	M Farsi	R Camacho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Schulte GLK	27			2 -
S Zawadzki DEF	27		1	3 -
T Habroune MID	26	2	2	3 -
S Moreira DEF	25			3 -
D Chambost MID	23		2	3 -
M Amundsen DEF	22		1	2 -
R Camacho DEF	19			6 -
A Gomes MID	19	1		3 -
A Herrera DEF	18		1	2 -
S Bangoura MID	17	1		4 -
M Farsi MID	16	2	3	-
J Thiaré FWD	15	2		3 -
T. Karumanchi MID	10			3 -
B Méndez MID	10	3	1	2 -
J Martínez FWD	9	1	1	-
B Lennon DEF	7		1	1 -
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	7			2 -
A Sejdic MID	7			-
W Ali FWD	7	5	1	1 -
C. Adams FWD	6	1		-
S Rodríguez MID	5	2		2 -
G Tapia FWD	5	1	1	-
L Giaccone FWD	5			-
E Bailly DEF	3			1 -
A Zaroury FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	6
W Ali	B Méndez	M Farsi	T Habroune

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Ali FWD	5	9	1
B Méndez MID	3	10	1	1
T Habroune MID	2	8	2	6
M Farsi MID	2	4	3	3
J Thiaré FWD	2	3		1
S Rodríguez MID	2	4
A Gomes MID	1	3		1
S Bangoura MID	1	2
J Martínez FWD	1	3	1
C. Adams FWD	1	1
G Tapia FWD	1	3	1	2
S Zawadzki DEF		3	1
S Moreira DEF		3		1
D Chambost MID		3	2	4
M Amundsen DEF			1	3
R Camacho DEF		4
A Herrera DEF		5	1	2
T. Karumanchi MID				1
B Lennon DEF		2	1	1
A Sejdic MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1765	55	119
S Zawadzki	T Habroune	S Zawadzki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Zawadzki DEF	1765	54	119
R Camacho DEF	1481	18	49
S Moreira DEF	1383	20	48
D Chambost MID	1181	26	42
A Gomes MID	1075	28	72
M Amundsen DEF	1049	31	73
T Habroune MID	1000	55	107
P Schulte GLK	924		5
M Farsi MID	522	10	31
A Herrera DEF	455	21	41
S Bangoura MID	429	19	47
B Méndez MID	426	12	30
T. Karumanchi MID	338	21	37
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	263	5	15
B Lennon DEF	196	2	11
S Rodríguez MID	164	9	29
A Sejdic MID	125	6	9
W Ali FWD	116	5	23
E Bailly DEF	87	2	4
L Giaccone FWD	65	1	3
J Thiaré FWD	61	3	22
J Martínez FWD	61	1	5
A Zaroury FWD	59	2	7
G Tapia FWD	41	3	10
C. Adams FWD	31	3	10

Charlotte Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	12	7	11
K Kahlina	P Biel	P Biel	A Westwood

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Kahlina GLK	27			2 -
P Biel MID	27	12	7	4 -
Idan Toklomati FWD	26	9	2	1 -
A Westwood MID	24	3	4	10 1
D Diani MID	24		1	6 -
A. Goodwin FWD	24	3		1 -
N Byrne DEF	23			3 -
B Bronico MID	23	1		1 -
L Torre MID	23		1	-
M. Agyemang DEF	21	2		2 -
T Ream DEF	20		1	2 1
L Abada FWD	20	5	5	2 -
D Schnegg DEF	18	2	3	6 1
R. Aloko FWD	16	1	2	1 -
H Toffolo DEF	15		2	2 -
T. Smalls FWD	13			1 -
W. Cleary DEF	11	1	1	-
H Kessler DEF	11	1		1 -
A Saint-Maximin FWD	9	1	3	2 -
A Privett DEF	8			2 -
A. John MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	22	7	12
P Biel	P Biel	P Biel	P Biel

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Biel MID	12	22	7	12
Idan Toklomati FWD	9	18	2	3
L Abada FWD	5	21	5	5
A Westwood MID	3	6	4	6
A. Goodwin FWD	3	8		1
M. Agyemang DEF	2	5
D Schnegg DEF	2	4	3	4
B Bronico MID	1	2		2
R. Aloko FWD	1	3	2	3
W. Cleary DEF	1	1	1	1
H Kessler DEF	1	2
A Saint-Maximin FWD	1	8	3	7
D Diani MID		2	1	1
L Torre MID		1	1	1
T Ream DEF			1	1
H Toffolo DEF		1	2	1
T. Smalls FWD		3		1
A Privett DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1361	28	108
A Westwood	D Diani	Idan Toklomati

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Westwood MID	1361	14	43
T Ream DEF	1133	13	42
M. Agyemang DEF	987	20	78
N Byrne DEF	918	17	50
K Kahlina GLK	839	1	10
P Biel MID	816	24	77
H Kessler DEF	626	8	37
D Schnegg DEF	578	16	47
H Toffolo DEF	554	26	55
D Diani MID	546	28	59
L Torre MID	503	16	30
B Bronico MID	405	23	37
L Abada FWD	358	11	31
A Privett DEF	347	6	15
Idan Toklomati FWD	304	15	108
W. Cleary DEF	302	8	24
A Saint-Maximin FWD	217	3	46
R. Aloko FWD	125	19	46
T. Smalls FWD	49	5	15
A. Goodwin FWD	46	4	20
A. John MID	7