Nashville SC pay a visit to Columbus Crew and MAPFRE Stadium packed with happy thoughts, but the host team is hard to beat. More info on the match here!
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. That game, against Montreal Impact, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nashville SC.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have performed here at MAPFRE Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Columbus here at MAPFRE Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
An away draw last time out for Columbus Crew, facing New York City in a game that ended 1-1. Ramirez, a striker, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Ramirez scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Chicago Fire and winning 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 11 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
Columbus Crew are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 9 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
Nashville SC form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer, are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
There might be some fixture complaints from Nashville as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Montreal Impact. That defeat stopped this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; ten games in all! Attacker Mukhtar got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Mukhtar hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Saint Louis City.Nashville SC 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, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 12 league games.
It's not easy to score on Nashville SC as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Columbus.The latest H2H encounter ended Nashville SC - Columbus Crew 3-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 13 goals |   L. Zelarayán 8 goals |  C. Ramírez 6 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Columbus Crew | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 36 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 26 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 74% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 42% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 32% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 17 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.4 | 11.7 |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 40% | 45% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 36% |
| 10.8 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (25) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | New England | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | DC United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 11 | New York City | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | New York RB | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Toronto | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
