Late October in MLS, playoff nerves crackling, and Columbus Crew host a Charlotte side that has lost just once in their last five. The Crew have been leaky at both ends, conceding in 4 of their last 5 games, and the h2h record gives Columbus no comfort: two losses and a draw in their last four meetings, including a 1-3 home defeat earlier this season.
Charlotte arrive with 10 goals in 5 games and a zero clean-sheet run that shows they come to play. The model puts away probability at 40%, while the bookmakers price Charlotte at 3.25-3.50. Four of Columbus's last five ended with both teams scoring, and Charlotte have kept no clean sheet in five straight, so goals are almost guaranteed on both sides.
Give me Charlotte at 3.25 (WilliamHill). The visitors are in better recent shape, carry four absentees but still look dangerous, and the price is generous for a side the model rates as slight favourites. BTTS at 1.44 is the safer companion if you want to hedge.
The numbers behind the tip
Form · last five
Goals per game · last five
Head-to-head · last five
| 16.08.26 | MLS | 3–1 | O2.5 |
| 25.05.25 | MLS | 3–2 | O2.5 |
| 04.05.25 | MLS | 4–2 | O2.5 |
| 18.07.24 | MLS | 1–1 | U2.5 |
| 24.03.24 | MLS | 2–0 | U2.5 |
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