Only a few games have been played in the Major League Soccer so far, with Columbus Crew placed 2nd and Philadelphia Union sitting in the 3rd position.
It's no vacation for neither Columbus nor Philadelphia Union 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
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for Columbus Crew, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Columbus haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 182 minutes ago. Zardes G. scored that one.
Columbus manager C. Porter and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cincinnati (placed 10th) in the Major League Soccer. Heartbreak before that as Columbus Crew lost 0-1 at New York City's place.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Columbus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Columbus as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Cincinnati are visiting.
At MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus Crew has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Philadelphia Union with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Philadelphia won their last game, 4-1 versus DC United played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against New York RB.
We have checked recent matches where Philadelphia Union have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, zero draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Philadelphia Union manager J. Curtin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against New York RB.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Philadelphia have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Philadelphia Union have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Columbus Crew victories, two draws and five Philadelphia Union wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 6 goals |   S. Santos Gomes 5 goals |  K. Przybyłko 4 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Columbus Crew | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 91% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 45% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 55% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 18% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 51 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 44 | 128 |
| 34 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 51 |
| 38% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (6)
- 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.
- 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 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toronto | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | New York RB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | New England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |