Orlando City have played better than Columbus Crew so far, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the info you require ahead of kickoff:
- Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Major League Soccer
This could be an exciting game with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!
Columbus Crew have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Orlando City form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at Exploria Stadium for Orlando City. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Orlando, as their goalkeeper Pedro David Gallese Quiroz has completely shut out the opponents for 247 minutes in the Major League Soccer.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer last time out and are looking for a win here. Silvester van der Water (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Water hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times. A painful moment in the game against Inter Miami was the missed penalty kick from Tesho Akindele in the 12th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chicago Fire.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and four defeats.
Orlando City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Exploria Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Orlando have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-3-6 (11 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Columbus Crew are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Columbus are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Major League Soccer against Cincinnati (placed 13th). Midfielder Lucas Zelarayán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Zelarayán scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 8 of 10 times. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Porter when Miguel Berry scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Seattle Sounders.Columbus Crew 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, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Columbus in these games.
Head 2 Head
Orlando-Columbus Crew H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Orlando City four wins, Columbus Crew four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Almeida da Cunha 8 goals |   L. Zelarayán 7 goals |  B. Michel 4 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Orlando City | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 24 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 90% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 76% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 36% | 59% |
| 48% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 27% | 50% |
| 24% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 32% |
| 19% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 18% |
| 62% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 27% | 50% |
| 33% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 64% | 41% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 24% | 31% |
- Columbus Crew have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
- Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home 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 | New England | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | New York City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | DC United | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -16 | 17 |
| 14 | Toronto | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -21 | 15 |