Major League Soccer: The average league table spots illustrates the road Columbus Crew and Cincinnati have been on so far. Both contenders are up for it; bring it!
- Columbus Crew have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
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 Crew and Cincinnati.
Columbus Crew form and stats
The Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Columbus Crew, who have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Major League Soccer, are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Columbus have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The Columbus Crew coach Porter and his gang return home after a 2-2 draw away versus DC United (placed 14th). No victory last time out for Columbus, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Hernández who came on as a substitute in the 46th minute and scored two goals. Hernández, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.05 (out of 10). Hernández scored two goals and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Chicago Fire.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus Crew handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Columbus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Columbus Crew have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cincinnati form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Cincinnati has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 23 days ago, in the Orlando City fixture.
Cincinnati played 2-2 against Vancouver Whitecaps in their previous match. Attacker Barreal got a player rating of 8.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Barreal scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting New York RB.Cincinnati are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
The visiting Cincinnati have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Cincinnati struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Columbus Crew wins - draws - Cincinnati wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Vázquez Toledo 10 goals |  L. Acosta 6 goals |   D. Etienne Jr. 5 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
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| Columbus Crew | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 84% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 74% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 26% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 40% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 47% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 26% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 16.1 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 26% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 8.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.4 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
- Cincinnati have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest scored goals (10) at home 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 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | New York City | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | New York RB | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 29 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | New England | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Toronto | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 14 | DC United | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
