Charlotte vs Houston Dynamo — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 6 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 15.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Charlotte

42%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

Houston Dynamo

31%

Final score

0–0

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 26.1% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Charlotte win. Expected goals 1.80–1.48 against 0–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals63%0 scored
Both teams score66%no
Charlotte clean sheet23%yes
Houston Dynamo clean sheet17%yes
Charlotte score 2+53%no
Houston Dynamo score 2+44%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1396
1X2 Brier score0.8252
Probability on the result26.1%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.6%), 2–1 (8.1%), 1–2 (7.9%). It finished 0–0.

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Charlotte

21 FebAvs St. Louis City1–1D
1 MarAvs Los Angeles Galaxy0–3L
8 MarHvs Austin FC3–1W
14 MarHvs Inter Miami0–0D
21 MarHvs New York Red Bulls6–1W

Houston Dynamo

22 FebHvs Chicago Fire2–1W
1 MarHvs Los Angeles FC0–2L
15 MarHvs Portland Timbers3–2W
22 MarAvs FC Dallas3–4L
5 AprHvs Seattle Sounders0–1L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatCharlotte
(Home · 17 matches)
Houston Dynamo
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate58.8%47.1%
Over 2.5 rate70.6%47.1%
Clean sheet29.4%35.3%
Avg goals3.123.06

Home stats use Charlotte's home record; away stats use Houston Dynamo's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.