Who will claim the points when Charlotte visit Columbus Crew? In this preview you'll get all the relevant facts and statistics needed to make a prediction.
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Charlotte have the fewest points (1) away in Major League Soccer
This promises to be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have collected 9 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 3-0-3.
Columbus Crew are returning here after visiting Atlanta United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Hurtado and Mensah scored the goal(s). Room loved the game against Atlanta United. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, Columbus lost 0-2 at home to Los Angeles FC.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Columbus Crew's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Columbus Crew have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches.
Charlotte form and stats
There's been little loot from Charlotte's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Major League Soccer. Charlotte only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Jones and Bender secured the home win 2-0 against New York RB in their previous game. Mora, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.72. Mora won 11 of 16 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Seattle Sounders wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The attacking power of Charlotte when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Charlotte have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |   K. Świderski 4 goals |  D. Etienne Jr. 3 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Charlotte missing players
| Columbus Crew | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 16 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 14% | 23% |
| 10.5 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
- Charlotte have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Charlotte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte have the fewest points (1) away in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have yet to win a game away.
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Charlotte have scored away.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 York City | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | New England | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Toronto | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | DC United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 11 |
