Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring characters are Cincinnati and Columbus Crew, 3 points is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Cincinnati have the most points (21) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Cincinnati nor Columbus Crew as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cincinnati form and stats
7-0-0 is the performance here at Dr. DY Patil Stadium so far in the Major League Soccer, giving Cincinnati a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! Cincinnati has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Dr. DY Patil Stadium. We remember; it was Houston Dynamo.
Cincinnati's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Montreal Impact (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Celentano, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.01 out of 10 in that game. Celentano topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that result, a home victory against New York City in the US Open Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cincinnati handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cincinnati as they are travelling to their away game against New York RB in the US Open Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Cincinnati have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dr. DY Patil Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cincinnati have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Columbus Crew form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Columbus Crew in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Columbus won their last game, 2-0 versus LA Galaxy played at home. That win felt good as this side had gone four league rounds without winning. Midfield player Amundsen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.54/10. Amundsen scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Orlando City.Columbus Crew are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Columbus now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A US Open Cup game at Pittsburgh Riverhounds is waiting in only four days.
Columbus Crew struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Columbus Crew have won or drawn the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus Cincinnati.Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 5 goals |   S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |  L. Acosta 3 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Cincinnati | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 92% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.4 | 14.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 13 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cincinnati have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cincinnati have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
- Cincinnati have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cincinnati have the most points (21) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (13) 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | New England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 8 | DC United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | New York City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Orlando City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | New York RB | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Toronto | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
