Charlotte 3-1 Columbus Crew — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 16 Aug 2026

📅16/08/2026 · 🕒02:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
46%
2.02
Draw
24%
3.54
Away
30%
3.02
Under/Over 2.5
Under Pick
52%
2.15
Over
48%
1.64
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.56
No
50%
2.27
Total Goals
0-1
30%
4.06
2-3
41%
1.84
4-5
20%
2.96
6+
9%
9.08
Value flag · 0-1 at 4.06 — our 30% vs market 19.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
2.85
1/2
6%
30.5
1/X
7%
12.75
X/1
16%
5.08
X/2
9%
7.08
X/X
11%
5.35
2/1
7%
22.5
2/2
15%
4.75
2/X
5%
13.3
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Under 2.5 — 52%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our Pick is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
46%
Home Win
46%
+0.6pp
24%
Draw
25%
-1.1pp
30%
Away Win
30%
+0.5pp
52%
Under 2.5
43%
+9.4pp
48%
Over 2.5
57%
-9.4pp
50%
BTTS Yes
60%
-9.9pp
50%
BTTS No
40%
+9.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Charlotte EU Bookmakers 50%
Head to Head
AWAY Columbus Crew EU Bookmakers 33%
+5% / +19% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -26%
1.53/1.22 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.23/1.46
-6% / +41% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +2% / -10%
47% Ball Possession 53%
13 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
336 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 391 · 82%
24.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 24.2
17.8 Crosses 15.8
1.8 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Charlotte
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Columbus Crew
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.78 xG 1.67
38% Ball Possession 62%
11 Total Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 5
305 Passes 534
82% Pass Accuracy 88%
25 Box Touches 28
12 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 1
25.05.2025 Charlotte Charlotte 3-2 HT 2-1 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
04.05.2025 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 4-2 HT 2-1 Charlotte Charlotte ABD
18.07.2024 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 1-1 HT 1-0 Charlotte Charlotte ABD
24.03.2024 Charlotte Charlotte 2-0 HT 0-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
04.06.2023 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 4-2 HT 3-0 Charlotte Charlotte ABD
23.04.2023 Charlotte Charlotte 1-0 HT 1-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Charlotte
3-1
AWAY Columbus Crew
1.91 xG 1.42
9 Total Shots 26
7 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 13
263 Passes 665
23 Box Touches 54
8 Crosses 25
3 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Charlotte vs Columbus Crew
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Charlotte beat Columbus Crew 3-1. Half-time: 2-1.

As we said in the preview, our model had Charlotte as the likeliest winner at 46%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, shots finished 9-26, expected goals 1.91 to 1.42.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Charlotte had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Charlotte and 1.83 for Columbus Crew.

What was the final score of Charlotte vs Columbus Crew?

Charlotte 3-1 Columbus Crew in the USA - Major League on 16/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Charlotte vs Columbus Crew?

Before kick-off our model rated a Charlotte win the most likely single outcome at about 46%, with the full match-result split Charlotte 46%, draw 24%, Columbus Crew 30%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Charlotte) — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Charlotte) ✗ Under 2.5
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