St. Louis City have traveled here for an interesting Leagues Cup fight against Columbus Crew. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have performed here this season with 8 wins from 12 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Columbus lost their last game at Portland Timbers after a 2-3 scoreline. The attacking player Zelarayán was announced as "man of the match" for Columbus Crew with the rating of 9.12/10. Zelarayán scored two goals, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New York City that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Columbus Crew matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
The Columbus manager Nancy has got the team scoring with 30 from 12 home games in the league.
St. Louis City form and stats
The fans enjoyed St. Louis City's previous game versus Inter Miami, a 3-0 win played at home. Midfield player Vassilev was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Vassilev served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, the St. Louis City manager Carnell faced defeat when travelling to Los Angeles FC and losing 0-3.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the St. Louis City manager Carnell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against America.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 10 goals |  C. Ramírez 8 goals |   N. Gioacchini 8 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
St. Louis City missing players
| Columbus Crew | St. Louis City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 49 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | America | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
