Soccer betting preview: DC United welcomes Columbus Crew in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Audi Field (20000 seats)

DC United played 0-0 score against Chicago Fire last game, a fixture to keep in mind. The next task is this fierce Columbus Crew team.

Insights:
  • All of DC United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (15) in Major League Soccer

These teams have little in common geographically as Columbus Crew have to travel 3700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This promises to be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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DC United form and stats

The total Major League Soccer statistics at home this season for DC United are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Audi Field after drawing with Chicago Fire (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Miller got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Miller topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to New England (1-2).

DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 5 goals in 3 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the DC United defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

The regulars enjoyed Columbus Crew's previous game versus Real Salt Lake, a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Columbus was very dominant against Real Salt Lake, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Zelarayán, Yeboah and Morris (2) providing the goals. Morris got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Morris scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 57 successful passes (of 63 total).

That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Atlanta United.

Columbus Crew have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Columbus Crew have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against DC United.

The duelists have fought before this season: Columbus Crew - DC United 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedC. Benteke Liolo
C. Benteke Liolo
3 goals
Columbus CrewA. Morris
A. Morris
3 goals
Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
3 goals

DC United missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

DC United Columbus Crew
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
7 5 1 Scored S 1 3 15
10 5 2 Conceded C 2 7 8
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.3
3.8 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3 3.3
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.7 12.3
4.5 5.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.2
26% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 60%
 
10.8 10.7 16 Shots against (avg) S A 15 12 10.2
4.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Columbus Crew's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of DC United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Columbus Crew have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Columbus Crew have scored more than double the goals of DC United.
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+7) in Major League Soccer
  • Columbus Crew have yet to win a game away.
  • Columbus Crew 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 Cincinnati 6 4 2 0 8 4 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 14
2 Atlanta United 6 4 1 1 13 9 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 0 1 4 6 4 13
3 New England 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 13
4 Columbus Crew 6 3 1 2 15 8 3 3 0 0 12 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 7 10
5 Nashville SC 6 3 1 2 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 10
6 New York City 6 2 2 2 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 2 5 -1 8
7 Orlando City 6 2 2 2 5 6 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 8
8 Toronto 6 1 4 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 7
9 Philadelphia Union 6 2 1 3 8 8 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 7
10 Chicago Fire 5 1 3 1 7 7 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
11 Inter Miami 6 2 0 4 6 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 -1 6
12 New York RB 6 1 3 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 2 4 -1 6
13 DC United 6 1 2 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 5
14 Charlotte 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 1 1 1 5 6 -5 5
15 Montreal Impact 5 1 0 4 3 12 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 10 -9 3

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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.