Major League Soccer: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Nashville SC might have a small advantage with their 4th place in the table?
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Columbus nor Nashville SC 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
Columbus Crew are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Columbus's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus New York City (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The goalie Eloy Room was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.0 out of ten. Room stopped the opponent with six saves. Eloy Room loved the game against New York City. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
2-2 away at Cincinnati before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Columbus Crew perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Columbus Crew as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Columbus has won five of these, drawn five and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Columbus Crew as they are travelling to their away game against Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
Columbus have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Columbus are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Nashville SC form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Nashville SC with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
The supporters enjoyed Nashville SC's previous game versus Chicago Fire (placed 12th), a Major League Soccer 5-1 win played at home. The attacker Hany Mukhtar got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Mukhtar scored three goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass. As mentioned above, Nashville was the only team on the pitch versus Chicago Fire in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Hany Mukhtar certainly enjoyed Nashville's last game versus Chicago Fire, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory. A victory against Chicago Fire as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Nashville SC hit the posts three times.
A draw for Nashville SC before that, at their own venue hosting Atlanta United (2-2).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Nashville SC in our archives, and the results are: one win for Nashville, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cincinnati in just three days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nashville have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Columbus, zero draws and zero wins for Nashville SC. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 7 goals |   L. Zelarayán 5 goals |  G. Zardes 4 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Columbus Crew | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 77% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 62% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 46% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 23% |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 12 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11 | 16.2 |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 6.4 |
| 34% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 25% |
- Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nashville SC have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nashville SC have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | New York City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | DC United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 13 | Toronto | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 9 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |