A key match in Major League Soccer as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Columbus Crew in 3rd position and Philadelphia Union placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Home games in the Major League Soccer have been a walk in the park for Columbus Crew so far, with 24 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Columbus faced defeat in their previous match, away at DC United (0-1). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Houston Dynamo the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Columbus have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost three.
The manager C. Porter will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Orlando City in only three days.
The Columbus manager C. Porter has got the team scoring with 18 from 9 home games in the league. Columbus have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Philadelphia Union, who have the most scored goals (41) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
Impressive finishing from Cory Burke and Kacper Przybyłko secured the home win 2-1 against Chicago Fire in their previous game. Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Toronto.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Curtin when Cory Burke scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Philadelphia Union wins, two draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Philadelphia have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Philadelphia in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Columbus - Philadelphia Union 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Columbus, two draws and four wins for Philadelphia Union. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 12 goals |   S. Santos Gomes 10 goals |  K. Przybyłko 8 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Columbus Crew | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 46 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 92% |
| 71% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 75% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 67% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 54% |
| 43% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 239 | 135 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 123 | 292 |
| 79 | 48 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 50 | 120 |
| 41% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | 38% |
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Major League Soccer
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Philadelphia Union has the most scored goals (41) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union has the the best goal difference (+23) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Toronto | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | New York City | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | New York RB | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | New England | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | DC United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 21 |
| 13 | Atlanta United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 16 |