Columbus Crew manager C. Porter looking for three points in Toronto showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 29.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

Columbus Crew have 8 and 5 so far in the Major League Soccer. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Only two Major League Soccer home games for Columbus Crew so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

A strong away win for Columbus against New York City the last match, as Lucas Zelarayán (2) were on target. Midfield player Lucas Zelarayán got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Zelarayán scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total). A late climax in the match against New York City as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Lucas Zelarayán.

Heartbreak before that as Columbus Crew lost 0-1 at New England's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus 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, three draws and zero defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Columbus Crew at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Toronto form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Toronto have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Toronto as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Major League Soccer match against Orlando City (0-1). Midfielder Marky Delgado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Delgado hit two key passes.

Before that, Toronto travelled to New York City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Toronto have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Toronto - Columbus Crew 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Columbus won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Toronto has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

ColumbusL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
3 goals
TorontoM. Bradley
M. Bradley
1 goals
TorontoM. Delgado
M. Delgado
1 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

Toronto missing players

Columbus Crew Toronto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 4 6
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
5 3 3 Scored S 2 3 7
5 1 1 Conceded C 4 8 10
67% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 83%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 33%
17% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 17%
33% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
67% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 10 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 11
2.5 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.7
33% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 25% 32%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Toronto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.
  • Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.