In the early hours of Thursday, New York City FC hosts Charlotte at the Yankee Stadium in the Eastern Conference of MLS.
The home team is in 11th place in the Eastern Conference of MLS, two points adrift of the play-offs deciding positions. Neil Cushing’s team are in decent form in MLS as they head into this game on the back of a six-match unbeaten league run.
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Unfortunately for City, five of those unbeaten matches finished in draws. A 1-0 win at Montreal last time out ended an 11-game winless league run for the home team.
New York City has a poor recent record on home soil in MLS, as they have failed to win in their previous four league home matches.
Their recent MLS matches at the Yankee Stadium have been relatively high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in five of their last eight league games on home soil.
The visitors are level on points with their hosts, so they also need the points to climb into the league's top nine. However, their recent form in the MLS has been poor, as they are winless in five MLS games, having recorded three straight draws.
A 0-0 home draw with Montreal ended a run of high-scoring games, as their previous matches had all produced over 2.5 goals.
Charlotte has not been great on the road lately, as they have won just two of their last eight away games in MLS.
A 2-2 draw at New York RB last time out means they are winless in three away games in the league, although the result ended a mini-two-game losing run on their travels.
Forebet predicts that Charlotte will record a victory in a high-scoring game to improve their play-off hopes.