Columbus Crew have taken 14 of their 18 in total here at their own stadium. How will they do against Colorado Rapids?
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Colorado Rapids have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Columbus Crew nor Colorado Rapids 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.
Columbus Crew form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Major League Soccer games here at MAPFRE Stadium for Columbus Crew. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The club members are hoping that Columbus Crew will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Nashville SC (placed 2nd). Schulte had a busy but productive day in the Nashville SC match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. The attacker Zelarayán was announced as "man of the match" for Columbus with a rating of 7.82/10. Zelarayán hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the US Open Cup. 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 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Columbus as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Charlotte are visiting.
Columbus Crew are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at MAPFRE Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. Columbus Crew are not conceding a lot of goals here at MAPFRE Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Colorado Rapids in their Major League Soccer matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Colorado who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. LA Galaxy was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager Fraser was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Colorado Rapids suffered a 0-1 loss to Cincinnati (placed 1st).
The match before was the US Open Cup-battle against Real Salt Lake, a home loss (0-1). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colorado when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
After this away game Colorado Rapids return home for a Major League Soccer game against SJ Earthquakes. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colorado as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Colorado Rapids's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Columbus Crew won two, Colorado Rapids were winners in five and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 6 goals |  A. Morris 3 goals |  C. Ramírez 3 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Columbus Crew | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 80% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 60% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 16.9 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9.6 | 11.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 44% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 11.2 | 9.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.5 | 14.7 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have scored more than double the goals of Colorado Rapids.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (18) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+12) at home 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | DC United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 18 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | New York City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | New York RB | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
