DC United have restored their energy following their 3-2-game vs New England and are keen to face Columbus Crew. Get all the info!
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DC United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for DC United when visiting Columbus as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Columbus Crew form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Columbus Crew have to build on here in the Major League Soccer. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Columbus Crew, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Stress levels are on the rise for Columbus Crew's attacking players as they have now played 360 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nagbe was their last goal scorer.
An away draw last time out for Columbus Crew, facing Sporting KC in a game that ended 0-0. Room, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.14 out of 10 in that game. Room topped it up with a clean sheet.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Columbus matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from four games).
The Columbus Crew fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches.
DC United form and stats
DC United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Fountas (2) and Estrada scored in DC United's previous match, the home game against New England that ended 3-2. DC United goalie Kempin was high and low in the New England game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. The attacker Fountas got a match rating of 8.85 in that game. Fountas scored two goals and hit two key passes.
hometeam won As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and DC United playing away, we found four games. Results were two away wins, one draw and one home win.
DC United have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Columbus Crew four wins, one draw and DC United five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |   O. Williams Kamara 4 goals | M. Estrada Martínez 3 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
DC United missing players
| Columbus Crew | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 17.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 7.6 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13 | 14.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
- 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 DC United have scored away.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- DC United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- DC United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- DC United 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 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New York RB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | New York City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | DC United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | New England | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
