The Columbus Crew & Seattle Sounders managers C. Porter and B. Schmetzer are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Major League Soccer league table.
- Columbus Crew is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Seattle Sounders has the most scored goals (44) in Major League Soccer
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Columbus Crew form and stats
This stadium, MAPFRE Stadium, has been a fortress for Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-0-1. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Columbus has won four games in a row. The Orlando City match was the last time out without a victory. Ever since the Montreal Impact game Columbus has been unbeatable here at MAPFRE Stadium producing six straight wins.
The Columbus Crew goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
A nice win for Columbus last time playing, versus New England. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Artur scoring for the victors. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Nashville SC (after extra-time) in a game that was won 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Columbus 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 eleven games. Columbus Crew has won five of these, drawn three and lost three.
The Columbus manager C. Porter has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. Columbus have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Seattle Sounders, who have the most scored goals (44) in Major League Soccer, in their Major League Soccer matches away. The fact that Seattle Sounders have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Sounders are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Major League Soccer against Minnesota United. Before that, Sounders secured a home win against Dallas with the score 1-0.
An amazing comeback from Seattle Sounders last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Gustav Svensson scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Gustav Svensson scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Minnesota United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Seattle Sounders in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sounders, two draws and four defeats.
Sounders are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Sounders have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Seattle Sounders - Columbus 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Columbus wins - draws - Seattle Sounders wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 15 goals |   R. Ruidíaz Misitich 14 goals |  P. Martins Santos 8 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
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| Columbus Crew | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 15 | 13 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 43 | 29 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 52 |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 90% | 92% |
| 74% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 85% |
| 52% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 69% |
| 22% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 52% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 69% |
| 41% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 12.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.1 | 13.3 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 39% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 34% | 42% |
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (8) 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Seattle Sounders have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Columbus Crew is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Seattle Sounders has the most scored goals (44) 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 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Toronto | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 41 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | New York City | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | New York RB | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | New England | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | DC United | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -24 | 16 |