Major League Soccer preview: Can Columbus Crew edge out victory against LA Galaxy?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Wed 08.May
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPFRE Stadium (24650 seats)

Columbus Crew welcome LA Galaxy for another interesting Major League Soccer fixture here at MAPFRE Stadium.

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 LA Galaxy.

It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy when visiting Columbus Crew as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Columbus Crew so far this season.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus Crew handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Columbus Crew, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Los Angeles FC is only three days away.

Columbus Crew are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 6 goals in 6 matches. Columbus Crew are not conceding a lot of goals here at MAPFRE Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

A new game in only three days for LA Galaxy, the Major League Soccer home match versus New York City. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Columbus Crew 2 wins, 2 draws and LA Galaxy 6 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Z. Ibrahimović
9 goals / 2 assists
G. Zardes
3 goals
G. Sauro
2 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

Columbus Crew LA Galaxy
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
11 6 0 Played 0 4 10
4 3 0 Won 0 1 7
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
6 2 0 Lost 0 2 2
9 6 0 Scored 0 4 17
14 5 0 Conceded 0 5 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 75% 90%
64% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 75% 90%
27% 17% 0% Over 2.5 0% 25% 60%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 0% 25% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 20%
27% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 25% 60%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 30%
36% 17% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 20%
 
6.4 6.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.2 6.1
3.5 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 5.6
1.5 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Columbus Crew hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.

Columbus Crew
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Carolina Challenge Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-04-19 MLS Montreal Impact 1 - 0 Columbus Crew
20-04-19 MLS Columbus Crew 1 - 3 Portland Timbers
24-04-19 MLS Columbus Crew 0 - 1 DC United
28-04-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 2 - 0 Columbus Crew
05-05-19 MLS DC United 3 - 1 Columbus Crew
08-05-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 LA Galaxy
11-05-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 Los Angeles FC
19-05-19 MLS Minnesota United - Columbus Crew
26-05-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 01:00 Columbus Crew
01-06-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 New York City
LA Galaxy
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-04-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 0 Philadelphia Union
20-04-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo
25-04-19 MLS Minnesota United 0 - 0 LA Galaxy
29-04-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 1 Real Salt Lake
04-05-19 MLS New York RB 3 - 2 LA Galaxy
08-05-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 LA Galaxy
11-05-19 MLS LA Galaxy 20:00 New York City
20-05-19 MLS LA Galaxy - Colorado Rapids
24-05-19 MLS Orlando City 23:00 LA Galaxy
30-05-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 LA Galaxy

  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 Philadelphia Union 11 6 2 3 21 11 6 5 0 1 17 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 10 20
2 DC United 11 6 2 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 20
3 Montreal Impact 11 5 2 4 12 16 3 2 0 1 2 2 8 3 2 3 10 14 -4 17
4 Toronto 8 5 1 2 21 13 5 3 1 1 14 9 3 2 0 1 7 4 8 16
5 New York City 10 3 6 1 13 12 5 1 4 0 4 3 5 2 2 1 9 9 1 15
6 Columbus Crew 11 4 1 6 9 14 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 1 0 4 3 9 -5 13
7 Orlando City 10 3 3 4 13 16 6 2 1 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 -3 12
8 Atlanta United 8 3 2 3 9 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 11
9 New York RB 9 3 2 4 12 11 5 3 0 2 9 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 11
10 Chicago Fire 10 2 4 4 12 13 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 3 6 -1 10
11 Cincinnati 11 2 2 7 8 17 4 1 1 2 4 6 7 1 1 5 4 11 -9 8
12 New England 11 2 2 7 11 25 6 2 0 4 3 10 5 0 2 3 8 15 -14 8

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