Colorado Rapids vs Columbus Crew preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (19680 seats)

Colorado Rapids - Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer: Data, teams, results, trends and news. Read our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer

Columbus Crew have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Colorado Rapids are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-3 versus Minnesota United (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A goal frenzy last time out for Colorado Rapids, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Minnesota United. Fun stuff to watch! Zardes was absolutely essential when Colorado beat Minnesota United 4-3, scoring three goals. The striker Zardes was named "man of the match" for Colorado Rapids with the rating of 9.15/10. Zardes scored three goals.

A strong away win before that one, visiting New York RB and winning 5-4.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colorado Rapids handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

There will be little rest for Colorado after this match as they are travelling to Vancouver Whitecaps for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.

Colorado Rapids have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park with 21 goals in 12 league matches. Colorado are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Playing away, Columbus Crew have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

The fans enjoyed Columbus Crew's previous match versus New York City, a 3-2 win played at home. Midfield player Zelarayán was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.61/10. Zelarayán scored two goals and hit two key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Montreal Impact.

We have checked recent matches where Columbus Crew have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Columbus find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Columbus Crew in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Colorado Rapids won six games, two matches ended with a tie and Columbus Crew managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Colorado RapidsD. Rubio Kostner
D. Rubio Kostner
11 goals
Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
8 goals
Colorado RapidsG. Zardes
G. Zardes
6 goals

Colorado Rapids missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 5 Played P 2 11 23
8 7 3 Won W 0 3 8
6 3 1 Drew D 2 6 9
9 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
34 21 7 Scored S 3 15 31
36 11 4 Conceded C 3 15 26
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 82% 83%
87% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 74%
52% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 48%
30% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 26%
13% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 13%
57% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 48%
30% 58% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 30%
17% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 39%
 
5.2 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 5
4.1 4.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 4.8
2.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 14.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 10.5 13.3
4.5 5 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 3.8
33% 35% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 36%
 
12 11.3 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 13.1 11
4 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 23 16 3 4 48 24 12 9 2 1 28 13 11 7 1 3 20 11 24 51
2 Austin 24 13 6 5 50 31 11 5 4 2 28 15 13 8 2 3 22 16 19 45
3 Dallas 25 9 9 7 34 27 12 6 3 3 18 11 13 3 6 4 16 16 7 36
4 Minnesota United 24 10 5 9 38 34 12 5 4 3 20 14 12 5 1 6 18 20 4 35
5 Real Salt Lake 24 9 7 8 31 33 12 7 3 2 19 11 12 2 4 6 12 22 -2 34
6 Portland Timbers 25 7 12 6 41 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 12 2 6 4 19 22 4 33
7 Nashville SC 25 8 9 8 33 34 11 3 5 3 16 15 14 5 4 5 17 19 -1 33
8 Seattle Sounders 24 10 2 12 31 29 12 7 1 4 20 13 12 3 1 8 11 16 2 32
9 LA Galaxy 23 9 3 11 32 32 12 6 1 5 20 16 11 3 2 6 12 16 0 30
10 Colorado Rapids 23 8 6 9 34 36 12 7 3 2 21 11 11 1 3 7 13 25 -2 30
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 24 8 6 10 27 39 12 6 3 3 16 15 12 2 3 7 11 24 -12 30
12 Houston Dynamo 24 7 4 13 29 39 12 4 4 4 16 14 12 3 0 9 13 25 -10 25
13 SJ Earthquakes 24 5 9 10 39 49 12 4 5 3 22 22 12 1 4 7 17 27 -10 24
14 Sporting KC 25 6 5 14 23 44 12 4 2 6 12 15 13 2 3 8 11 29 -21 23

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.