Charlotte vs Orlando City SC — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow1 clip- 6′Charlotte, goal:1–0assist
- 25′Orlando City SC, yellow card:
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Orlando City SC, substitution:off
- 46′Orlando City SC, substitution:off
- 49′Charlotte, goal:2–0assist
- 61′Charlotte, yellow card:
- 62′Orlando City SC, substitution:off
- 68′Orlando City SC, substitution:off
- 68′Charlotte, substitution:off
- 73′Orlando City SC, substitution:off
- 75′Charlotte, substitution:off
- 81′Charlotte, substitution:off
- 81′Charlotte, substitution:off
- 82′Orlando City SC, yellow card:
- 84′Charlotte, missed penalty:Missed penalty
- 84′Charlotte, goal:3–0
- 88′Charlotte, VAR review:Card upgrade
- 89′Charlotte, red card:
- 90+3′Charlotte, yellow card:
- 90+4′Charlotte, goal:4–0assist
- Full-time4 – 0
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Charlotte beat Orlando City 4-0 at Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte won 4-0 against Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer on Matchday 33, a result that lifted them from ninth to sixth in the table. Henry Kessler headed Charlotte in front after six minutes, converting Ashley Westwood's assist, and the hosts led 1-0 at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Allan Saint-Maximin doubled the lead four minutes into the second half, finishing from Harry Toffolo's pass. The numbers suggested a closer contest than the scoreline, with Orlando enjoying 56% of the possession and having 8 shots on target to Charlotte's 6, yet they could not find a way past the home defence.
Abdoulaye Doucouré made it 3-0 in the 84th minute, and Charlotte had to finish with ten men after Saint-Maximin was sent off in the 89th minute. The numerical disadvantage made no difference: R. Aloko struck in the 90+4 minute, set up by Tyger Smalls, to complete the rout and end Orlando's run of five games unbeaten.
Charlotte now stand 10 points clear of Orlando City SC, who remain 14th. Both sides are in Major League Soccer action on Saturday 7 November, Charlotte away to Inter Miami and Orlando at home to New England Revolution.
Kristijan Kahlina earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 8.64, as Charlotte kept a clean sheet despite Orlando's 15 shots. Kessler, who scored the opener, was rated 7.72.
Orlando City SC had 56% of the possession but still lost by four goals.
Charlotte beat Orlando City SC 4–0 (half-time 1–0).
Charlotte met Orlando City SC in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 33). Kick-off was Saturday, 31 October 2026, 17:00 UTC at Bank of America Stadium. Referee: Victor Rivas. Attendance: 28,538.
Team pages: Charlotte · Orlando City SC · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 6' Goal: Henry Kessler (assist: Ashley Westwood) — 1–0
- 49' Goal: Allan Saint-Maximin (assist: Harry Toffolo) — 2–0
- 84' Goal: Abdoulaye Doucouré — 3–0
- 89' Red card: Allan Saint-Maximin
- 90+4' Goal: R. Aloko (assist: Tyger Smalls) — 4–0
Starting line-ups
Charlotte (4-2-3-1)
Orlando City SC (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Charlotte 50%, the draw 24%, Orlando City SC 26%. It finished Charlotte 4–0 Orlando City SC.
Strong home advantage gives Charlotte a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, Charlotte lead at 50% mainly because home sides in Major League Soccer do better than the global norm, though Orlando City's control of the ball pulls a little the other way. The draw drops from a usual 27.5% to 24%, mostly because both teams' recent games average 4.1 goals.
Why Charlotte in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1523 to 1505. Sides this close won 46.0% of 14,561 home games (draw 27.5%, visitors 26.6%). Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.0% of 5,282 games vs 44.6% across all 108,210 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Orlando City SC scored +0.87 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,653 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 50%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Orlando City SC hold 8 more possession points (54 to 46 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.8% across 5,938 games, from 44.0% when styles were level. Charlotte scored +0.44 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.6% of 1,663 games, vs 27.9% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 24%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.5%. These teams' recent games average 4.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 18,505. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw. The cool-off factor takes 2.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Orlando City SC are 6 games into a new manager (M. Perelman), appointed 34 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Doubtful: Tim Ream, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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