It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both Columbus Crew and DC United are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Columbus Crew have less rest than DC United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a CONCACAF Champions League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Monterrey, so at least Columbus are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as DC United have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have collected 1 point from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 0-1-0.
Stress levels are on the rise for Columbus's attacking players as they have now played 188 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Zelarayan was their last goal scorer. Columbus are confident in defense, having played 450 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Montreal Impact that finished 0-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Columbus Crew matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from four games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Columbus as they are travelling to their away game against Toronto in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Columbus Crew at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
DC United form and stats
It's not happening yet for DC United on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, DC United are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There might be some fixture complaints from DC United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Major League Soccer match against SJ Earthquakes (1-4). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New England wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of DC United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning two games.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, DC United has managed 1 goal and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Columbus won three games, two matches ended with a draw and DC United has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Hines-Ike 1 goals | R. Canouse 1 goals | A. Alfaro 1 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
DC United missing players
| Columbus Crew | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| Columbus Crew | Last season | DC United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 16 | 14 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 46 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 75% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 74% | ||
| 54% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 35% | ||
| 4% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 17% | ||
| 50% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 61% | ||
| 43% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 17% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | New York City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | New York RB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |