Columbus Crew will plan to draw on their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opposition. The host team are currently 15 points behind Cincinnati.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (45) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
Columbus Crew form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Lower.com Field as Columbus Crew have scored 30 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home regulars saw a 3-3 draw against Minnesota United in the Leagues Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Before that one, a strong away win at America. A Leagues Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Columbus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 21 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 latest league matches shows that 10 of them had goals from both sides.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 12 games), Columbus Crew's attacking play is working.
Cincinnati form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cincinnati playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Cincinnati delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nashville SC in their previous match; a Leagues Cup duel.
Earlier, the Leagues Cup victory away at Guadalajara. Cincinnati are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inter Miami in just three days.
Cincinnati have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Cincinnati rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides faced each other previously this campaign; Cincinnati - Columbus Crew 3-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Columbus, three draws and two wins for Cincinnati. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Acosta 12 goals |   C. Ramírez 8 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Columbus Crew | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 33 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 61% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 61% |
| 43% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 30% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 74% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 57% |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.6 | 15.6 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.8 | 12.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 40% | 44% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 36% |
| 10.9 | 10.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cincinnati have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (30) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (45) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 2 | New England | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | DC United | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | New York RB | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | New York City | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
