This will be the first meeting between Charlotte FC and Austin FC. It will be Austin’s first-ever match against an expansion team.
Charlotte returns home after playing two consecutive away matches in which it took just one point (D1 L1). Charlotte has won six of its last seven matches at Bank of America Stadium (L1), including the last two in a row. Eleven of the club’s 17 goals have also been scored at home.
Austin FC came back from yet another two-goal deficit to avoid defeat on Saturday, scoring twice in the final 20 minutes to earn a 2–2 draw with FC Dallas. Saturday’s match marked the fourth time Austin has trailed by two goals in a match this season, and the third time they’ve fought back to avoid defeat (W1 D2).
Uruguayan Guzmán Corujo’s goal in Montreal on Saturday was the sixth goal scored by a South American player for Charlotte FC. Their 17 goals are nearly evenly split between three continents, with North/Central Americans scoring six and European players netting five for the expansion side.
Sebastián Driussi scored his ninth goal of the MLS season in Austin’s comeback draw against Dallas on Saturday, leaving him tied atop the MLS scoring table. Driussi has now been involved in 13 goals this season (9 goals, 4 assists), more than any Austin player contributed to in their expansion 2021 season.
