Charlotte FC

Charlotte FC are 0.85 units up for anyone who backed them to win all 27 MLS games so far, and only seven clubs have returned more. Sixteen of the 27 finished over the posted total; only two clubs went over at a higher rate.

Twelve wins, and the bet still standing

Charlotte are 12-7-8. Backing them to win every game, draws counted as losses, would have left us 0.85 units ahead. Twenty of the 30 MLS clubs are in the red on that bet; seven are further in front.

The money came on the road. Away, the record is 5-3-5 and the moneyline is up 1.15 units, with the best price of the season cashed in April: 2-1 at New York City FC at +300. At home, where Charlotte were the favorite all 14 times, they went 7-4-3 and gave back 0.3.

Favorite in 17, and in profit

As the favorite Charlotte went 9-4-4 and made 1.45 units; seven clubs did better in that spot. As the underdog, 3-3-4 and 0.6 down. Seven draws in all, four of them as favorite, each one a full unit lost on the moneyline.

Who paid, who did not

The New York Red Bulls lost both meetings, 6-1 at home and 2-0 away at +180: 2.85 units. D.C. United lost both too, worth 2.12. The other side of the ledger: two defeats each to the Chicago Fire FC and Nashville SC, and two draws with FC Cincinnati, 2-2 and 3-3.

August was the best month, 3-1-1 and 1.47 units up; February the worst, 0-1-1 and two down. Charlotte’s ten one-goal games split five wins, five defeats.

Over, mostly at 2.5

Sixteen overs against 11 unders in Charlotte’s 27. Philadelphia Union and Cincinnati went over more often; six clubs matched Charlotte. Twenty of the 27 totals were posted at 2.5, and 14 of those went over.

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