{"id":15818,"date":"2026-10-12T16:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=15818"},"modified":"2026-10-12T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:42:48","slug":"match-preview-philadelphia-union-vs-charlotte-fc-10-17-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-philadelphia-union-vs-charlotte-fc-10-17-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union vs Charlotte FC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Union host Charlotte FC at Subaru Park on Saturday, October 17 (2:30 PM ET \/ 1:30 PM CT \/ 11:30 AM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Union have no fresh absences to report and should lean again on the firepower that has carried them to 5 straight wins: striker Milan Iloski leads the Union with 17 goals from 105 shots, with 40 on target, while strike partner Bruno Damiani P\u00edriz has added 9 of his own. Midfielders Cavan Ayaz Sullivan and Indiana Denchev Vassilev give the hosts a creative platform behind the front two. Charlotte FC also come into this one with a clean bill of health and will build around attacking midfielder Pep Biel Mas Jaume, who has scored 12 goals and created 52 chances, alongside striker Idan Toklomati Giorno and fellow attacking midfielder Liel Abada.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Union sit sixth in the Eastern Conference<\/a> on 42 points, just 4 behind a Charlotte FC side occupying fifth with 46 \u2014 both clubs still firmly inside the playoff picture with the run-in closing fast. The Union arrive in red-hot form, unbeaten in their last 5 and scoring freely, while Charlotte have been streakier, stacking wins either side of a home defeat to Chicago Fire. With Iloski’s 17 strikes up against Biel’s 12 and Giorno’s 11, this looks set to open up rather than stay cagey, with goals at both ends before Philadelphia Union nose it late.<\/p>\n\n\n