Preview

• As week 22 of the 2025 MLS arrives, New York RB take on Charlotte at Sports Illustrated Stadium on 2025-05-29 (kick-off 00:30 GMT).
• Over 2 head-to-head encounters, S. Schwarz has 1 win and D. Smith has no wins with 1 draw.
• New York RB are 9th in the standings with 21 points, followed by Charlotte in 8th on 22 points.
• New York RB misses 4 players: R. Mitchell (Knee Injury), D. Nealis (Hamstring Injury), F. Carballo (Muscle Injury), L. Morgan (Knee Injury) but Charlotte misses 7 players: N. Berchimas (Foot Injury), N. Byrne (Neck Injury), B. Cambridge (Hamstring Injury), S. Doumbia (Hamstring Injury), I. Toklomati (Thigh Injury), J. Forbes (Hamstring Injury), T. Ream (Muscle Injury).
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, New York RB should be met by Charlotte's expected 4-3-3.
• Both sides left it all on the pitch: New York RB won 2-0 against D.C. United\t, and Charlotte secured a victory 3-2 over Columbus Crew.
• Neither side is flying – New York RB 2-1-2 and Charlotte 1-1-3 over the last 5 matches.
• Dominance for New York RB: across 8 clashes, they've won 4 games and only lost 1 game to Charlotte, with 3 stalemates.
• We predict New York RB to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (5-1-1) and 2.43 goals/game.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

28/05/2025 23:30

Sports Illustrated Stadium

D. Fischer

MLS

Team Kits

Events

14'	K. Duncan W. Bogacz	1 - 0
26'		1 - 1	K. A. Calderon Vargas
29'	W. Carmona M. Sofo	2 - 1
40'			P. Biel
HT 2 - 1
64'			W. Zaha
64'	C. Harper D. Gjengaar
64'	E. M. Choupo-Moting W. Bogacz
68'			A. Privett
69'	VAR - Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	Penalty confirmed
70'	E. M. Choupo-Moting (PEN)	3 - 1
71'			T. Smalls P. Agyemang
71'			L. Abada K. A. Calderon Vargas
74'	E. M. Choupo-Moting
76'		3 - 2	L. Abada
77'	A. Hack W. Carmona
81'	D. Edelman
83'			S. Doumbia N. Scardina
87'	R. Donkor P. Stroud
87'	O. Valencia M. Sofo
90+2'	R. Donkor
90+5'			A. Malanda
90+7'	E. M. Choupo-Moting (PEN)	4 - 2

Stats

Lineups

FC New YorkCharlotte

FC New York 4-2-3-1 S. Schwarz

6.6

Carlos Coronel

6.9

Kyle Duncan

6.9

Sean Nealis

6.7

Noah Eile

7.3

Raheem Edwards

6.9

Daniel Edelman

6.5

Ronald Donkor

6.9

Cameron Harper

6.7

Alexander Hack

6.7

Omar Valencia

7.3

Wiktor Bogacz

Substitute Players

8

Peter Stroud

22

Dennis Gjengaar

19

Wikelman Carmona

37

Mohammed Sofo

10

Emil Forsberg

26

Tim Parker

81

Serge Ngoma

13

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

1

AJ Marcucci

Excluded Players

R. MitchellKnee InjuryD. NealisHamstring InjuryF. CarballoMuscle InjuryM. MoralesThigh InjuryL. MorganKnee Injury

Charlotte 4-2-3-1 D. Smith

6.5

Kristijan Kahlina

6.9

Patrick Agyemang

6.7

Souleyman Doumbia

6.3

Adilson Malanda

6.3

Andrew Privett

6.6

Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty

7.2

Ashley Westwood

6.7

Eryk Williamson

7.5

Liel Abada

6.6

Pep Biel

6.6

Wilfried Zaha

Substitute Players

35

Nicholas Scardina

18

Kerwin Calderón Vargas

6

Bill Tuiloma

39

Jack Neeley

28

Djibril Diani

23

Nikola Petković

38

Iuri Tavares

25

Tyger Smalls

22

David Bingham

Excluded Players

N. BerchimasFoot InjuryB. BronicoYellow CardsN. ByrneNeck InjuryB. CambridgeHamstring InjuryJ. ForbesHamstring InjuryT. ReamMuscle InjuryI. ToklomatiThigh Injury

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Eastern Conference

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	San Diego FC	20	12	3	5	41	25	16	39	W W W W L
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	19	11	5	3	35	19	16	38	W L L W D
3	Minnesota United	20	9	7	4	33	23	10	34	D W L W D
4	Portland Timbers	19	8	6	5	28	27	1	30	L D W W L
5	Seattle Sounders	19	8	5	6	27	25	2	29	W L L W W
6	San Jose Earthquakes	20	7	6	7	40	32	8	27	D W D L W
7	Los Angeles FC	17	7	5	5	30	24	6	26	L W D D W
8	Colorado Rapids	20	7	5	8	23	28	-5	26	D W L L L
9	Austin FC	20	7	5	8	15	23	-8	26	L W W L D
10	Houston Dynamo	20	6	5	9	25	31	-6	23	W L L L W
11	FC Dallas	19	5	6	8	26	35	-9	21	L L W D D
12	Sporting Kansas City	20	5	5	10	31	37	-6	20	D W L L W
13	Real Salt Lake	19	5	4	10	19	26	-7	19	D W L D L
14	St. Louis City	20	3	6	11	19	31	-12	15	L L D L W
15	Los Angeles Galaxy	20	1	6	13	19	42	-23	9	D L D W L

Western Conference

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Philadelphia Union	20	12	4	4	35	20	15	40	L W W D W
2	FC Cincinnati	20	12	3	5	31	26	5	39	W W W L D
3	Nashville SC	20	11	5	4	36	23	13	38	W W W D D
4	Columbus Crew	20	10	7	3	33	26	7	37	W W W L D
5	Orlando City	20	9	6	5	37	26	11	33	L W W L L
6	New York City	20	9	4	7	27	22	5	31	W L W D L
7	Inter Miami	16	8	5	3	36	27	9	29	W W D L D
8	New York Red Bulls	20	8	5	7	32	24	8	29	D D L W W
9	Chicago Fire	19	8	4	7	38	34	4	28	W L L W W
10	Charlotte	20	8	1	11	32	34	-2	25	L L L W L
11	New England Revolution	18	6	6	6	24	21	3	24	D L L W D
12	DC United	20	4	6	10	17	39	-22	18	L L L W D
13	Toronto FC	20	4	5	11	23	28	-5	17	L W D L L
14	Atlanta Utd	19	4	5	10	22	37	-15	17	L L L W W
15	CF Montreal	20	3	5	12	17	36	-19	14	W L W L L