Monterey Bay vs Charleston tips and predictions

Patience the likely difference for Charleston

On 15 USL Championship points, sixth placed Monterey Bay host first placed Charleston. With 27 points the visitors are storming ahead of their rivals.

It should be a close match with both sides liking their chances. The away team has the edge if you're interested in betting on value.

The hosts might not have enough firepower to overcome the challenge they are facing and they could struggle. Monterey Bay aren't making life easy for themselves, having lost 5 of their last 6 matches. They have conceded two or more goals in all of their last 4 games. It remains to be seen if they can plug those gaps in time.

Charleston have won 4 of their last 5 away matches. Some of their best displays have been secured by their confidence in the final third. They've netted 3.0 goals on average over their last 3 away campaigns and they'll want to contribute more goals to that number here. All arguments point to a decent clash here and if they give 100% then the away win looks like a good pick. They've been keeping things tidy at the back. Conceding an average of 0.7 goals across their latest 19 games has been impressive.

The clash does have an anything could happen feel about it though. So don't rule out the match ending in parity. Most previews are saying that both sides can get in on the act as they can both be dangerous in attack. Whatever happens, with the odds-against price on BTTS No that makes more sense for this particular encounter. As for the goal line, it's Under 1.5 Goals picked as the best play given the prices available.