Charlotte vs Columbus Crew Prediction & Match Preview

• Columbus crew pulled off a magnificent display in the 3-0 drubbing of NY Red Bulls seven days ago.
• The Crew have four wins and two draws in six outings across competitions in 2024.
• Only one of Charlotte’s four MLS matches provided three or more goals.

Columbus Crew continued their extraordinary form at the start of the 2024 season with a 3.0 thumping of New York Red Bulls. It was another dominant performance from Wilfried Nancy’s men from the first to the final minute. They kept the Red Bulls’ stars at bay, limiting them to just three total attempts in the 90 minutes of action at Lower.com Field.

The reigning MLS Cup champions now head to North Carolina. They will battle the 2022 expansion club Charlotte FC on Saturday evening at Bank of America Stadium. Charlotte FC will come into this off the back of successive defeats to Toronto and Nashville. They play tight, defensive-minded football under former Aston Villa boss Dean Smith this season.

That said, Charlotte have played only a single game on the home patch this term. It was a 1-0 victory over New York City almost a month ago. Can Smith’s troops pull off another big result against the MLS Cup holders?

Recent Meetings

Three of the previous five head-to-head games between Charlotte and Columbus Crew ended without a winner.

Columbus Crew celebrated a convincing 4-2 victory in the most recent encounter against Charlotte in June last year.

Both teams were on target in three of the previous four H2H clashes.

Charlotte vs Columbus Crew Prediction

Columbus Crew seem to have managed to translate last season’s form into the new calendar year. Wilfried Nancy’s troops are flying high with four wins and two draws in six outings across competitions in 2024. They were especially impressive in the last weekend’s match against New York Red Bulls. Colombian forward Juan Camilo Hernandez already has three goals to his name in four appearances in MLS this season. He was on target in the 3-0 thumping of the Red Bulls seven days ago. Charlotte enter this after back-to-back defeats to Toronto and Nashville. We have to go for the away win pick at the 2.40 odds here.

The second bet would be Under 2.5 goals at the 1.85 odds. Charlotte play defensive football under Dean Smith. They’ve scored just three goals since the beginning of the season. Three of the last four games they played ended with fewer than three goals scored. Columbus Crew have also been fairly difficult to break down at the start of the year. Only two of their six matches across competitions have seen three or more goals scored.

Steffen Schmidt- March 22, 2024

Charlotte vs Columbus Crew Betting Tips

Columbus Crew to win

OK

2.40 Odds

Under 2.5 goals

OK

1.88 Odds

Correct Score: Columbus Crew 1-0

OK

8.50 Odds