Columbus Crew are favourites to win this home fixture vs Toronto, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (48) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
Columbus Crew and Toronto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have performed here at Lower.com Field this season with 9 wins from 13 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Columbus's last game was hosting Cincinnati (placed 1st) and winning 3-0. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without. Midfield player Morris got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Morris scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 86 successful passes (of 88 total).
A 3-3 scoreline against Minnesota United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) before that one, played at home in the Leagues Cup.
Take note: 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Columbus Crew as they are travelling to their away game against Houston Dynamo in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Columbus are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (33 goals in 13 games). From these home matches, Columbus Crew have conceded only 12 goals.
Toronto form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toronto so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Toronto have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road.
Home advantage was not enough for Toronto in their previous game as they lost hosting Montreal Impact, 2-3. Bernardeschi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.9. Bernardeschi scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A loss, in the Leagues Cup away at Atlas, earlier.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Philadelphia Union in just four days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Toronto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games. Toronto has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Columbus have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Toronto.Toronto - Columbus Crew 1-1 was the score in these participants' last h2h game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 10 goals |  C. Ramírez 8 goals |  J. Hernández Suárez 6 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Toronto missing players
| Columbus Crew | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 48 | 33 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 33 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 62% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 42% | 36% |
| 42% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 48% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.6 | 15.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 8.6 | 10.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| 10.7 | 9.8 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.3 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Toronto.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (33) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (48) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+15) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Toronto have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Toronto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toronto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toronto have yet to win a game away.
- Toronto is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 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 | Orlando City | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 39 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -9 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | New York RB | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | New York City | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 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 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
