Cincinnati have some catching up to do from their 11th, and the job starts against Columbus Crew. Read more!
- Cincinnati have the fewest points (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati have played three Major League Soccer home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Cincinnati as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Cincinnati drew their last game, 1-1 away at Houston Dynamo. Geoff Cameron was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Cameron served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Toronto.Cincinnati aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Cincinnati have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
There were no winners in Columbus Crew's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 2-2 vs New England (placed 1st). The attacker Gyasi Zardes got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Zardes scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against New England. Columbus were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Andrew Farrell scoring the equalizer.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Austin that ended 0-0.Goals are few and far between in Columbus's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. Columbus are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Cincinnati wins - draws - Columbus Crew wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 4 goals |   Á. Barreal 3 goals |  L. Zelarayán 3 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Cincinnati | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 55% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 83% | 55% |
| 4.2 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 7.3 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 28% |
- Cincinnati have lost all their home matches so far.
- Cincinnati have the fewest points (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Columbus Crew have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | New York City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | DC United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | New York RB | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Toronto | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 5 |