Orlando City and Columbus Crew are both riding high in the Major League Soccer with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Columbus Crew have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City have performed here this season with 6 wins from 9 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The Orlando City fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Orlando has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Happy days for Orlando in their previous game, a Major League Soccer match away at Montreal Impact (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Orlando won a home game hosting Atlanta United (4-1).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Nashville SC in only four days. This game is also played here.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 9 games), Orlando's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Orlando City have conceded only 8 goals.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Major League Soccer, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Columbus are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Major League Soccer against Philadelphia Union (placed 1st). A 0-1 defeat away at DC United before that.
Columbus goalie Eloy Room was high and low in the Philadelphia Union game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Porter when Krisztián Németh scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute.
A new game in only four days for Columbus Crew, the Major League Soccer home match versus Atlanta United. Busy days.
Columbus find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Columbus have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Orlando City, two draws and four wins for Columbus Crew. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 12 goals |   C. Mueller 9 goals | D. Dike 7 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Orlando City | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 42 | 25 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 34 |
| 25 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 88% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 73% |
| 56% | 58% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 50% |
| 32% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 36% | 23% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 291 | 144 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 104 | 248 |
| 106 | 52 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 31 | 83 |
| 40% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 42% | 41% |
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Toronto | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | New York City | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | New England | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | New York RB | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | DC United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -23 | 16 |