The managers C. Porter and B. Olsen are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Major League Soccer league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for DC United when visiting Columbus Crew as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.
Columbus Crew form and stats
When playing at home, Columbus Crew have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.Columbus Crew's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Portland Timbers. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Montreal Impact.
Columbus Crew are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Houston Dynamo awaits in three days.
Columbus Crew are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 6 goals in 5 matches. Columbus Crew have only conceded 4 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
DC United form and stats
DC United are happy with their away performances so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. DC United love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus New York City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Colorado Rapids with the score of 3-2.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager B. Olsen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Minnesota United.
DC United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 5 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, DC United have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Columbus Crew 5 wins, 2 draws and DC United 3 victories.Top Goalscorers
  W. Rooney 4 goals / 2 assists |   G. Zardes 3 goals |  G. Sauro 2 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
DC United missing players
| Columbus Crew | DC United | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | Played | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | Scored | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 67% | 75% |
| 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 20% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 50% |
| 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 40% | Both teams to score | 67% | 25% |
| 50% | 60% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | Failed To Score | 33% | 50% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 4.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 8.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Columbus Crew hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- DC United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Columbus Crew has scored in all of their 5 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | DC United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Toronto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 7 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | New York City | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | New England | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | New York RB | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
