Major League Soccer prediction and preview: Columbus Crew modest favorites to beat Philadelphia Union

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)

Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Major League Soccer season.

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.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus Crew handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, two draws and one defeat.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Columbus Crew, who have participated in four training matches. Columbus have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 4 games.

Last season, Columbus Crew's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Columbus Crew managed 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 22 conceded.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, zero draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Philadelphia Union have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from four fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Philadelphia Union performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 22/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Columbus Crew won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Philadelphia Union has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Columbus Crew missing players

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Total First Half Second Half
Columbus Crew Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Columbus Crew Last season Philadelphia Union
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 16   Played P   12 27
16 14   Won W   4 16
6 1   Drew D   4 5
6 1   Lost L   4 6
46 32   Scored S   17 49
24 9   Conceded C   14 25
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 93%
75% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 78%
54% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
21% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 22%
4% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 15%
50% 44%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
43% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 37%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 19%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.3 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 12.9
4.1 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.1
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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