It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Columbus Crew - Cincinnati preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Columbus and Cincinnati.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for Columbus Crew, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer, 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Columbus bring valid hopes of a third.
The Columbus Crew goalkeeper Eloy Room is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
The Columbus supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer and win 1-0. 0-0 away at Cincinnati before that.
At MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus Crew has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Cincinnati form and stats
It's not happening yet for Cincinnati on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
The attacking players of Cincinnati have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 369 minutes. 203 minutes! That's how long the Cincinnati goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Cincinnati played 0-0 against Chicago Fire in their previous match. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Columbus Crew.
Cincinnati have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Cincinnati concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cincinnati - Columbus 0-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Columbus Crew wins - draws - Cincinnati wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 6 goals |  L. Zelarayán 3 goals |  Y. Mokhtar 2 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Columbus Crew | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 30% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | 62 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 53 | 88 |
| 36 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 28 |
| 39% | 42% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 25% |
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals (3)
- Cincinnati has the the worst goal difference (-5)
- Cincinnati have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (2)
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (7)
- Columbus Crew have created more than twice as many corners as Cincinnati.
- Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Toronto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | New York RB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | New England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |