Major League Soccer: Orlando City - Columbus Crew game guide and numbers

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

Data, trends, results, form, head-2-head, team selections and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you want to know about Orlando City - Columbus Crew!

Insights:
  • Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

It's no vacation for neither Orlando City nor Columbus Crew as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Orlando City form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Orlando City have managed 8 wins, 0 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 16 games.

No payout for Orlando City in their previous match, an away game at Inter Miami that ended in defeat 1-4.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at New York City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Orlando have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Goal party? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had three goals or more.

A decent goal production from Orlando City in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 10 draws and 3 defeats.

Columbus Crew has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Charlotte for a 2-2 draw. Drawing 2-2 against Charlotte after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Porter needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Zelarayán got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Zelarayán scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 43 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus New York RB.

Columbus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Columbus Crew have scored 23 goals in 16 league games away. Columbus Crew struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Columbus Crew - Orlando 0-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Orlando City won six, Columbus Crew were winners in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

OrlandoE. Kara
E. Kara
11 goals
Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
10 goals
Columbus CrewJ. Hernández Suárez
J. Hernández Suárez
9 goals

Orlando City missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Orlando City Columbus Crew
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 16 33
13 8 2 Won W 0 3 10
6 0 0 Drew D 2 10 16
14 8 1 Lost L 1 3 7
42 24 4 Scored S 5 23 45
52 27 3 Conceded C 6 24 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 85%
73% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 76%
55% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 52%
27% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 30%
18% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
58% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 58%
27% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
18% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 30%
 
4.4 4.7 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.9
4.5 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.7
2.3 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 14.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.5 13.2
3.9 4.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 4.1
33% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 33%
 
12.3 10.4 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13 11.3
4.1 3.6 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 33 18 10 5 68 26 16 11 5 0 45 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 42 64
2 Montreal Impact 33 19 5 9 60 49 17 9 3 5 30 21 16 10 2 4 30 28 11 62
3 New York City 33 15 7 11 55 40 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 15 52
4 New York RB 33 14 8 11 48 41 16 5 5 6 24 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 7 50
5 Inter Miami 33 14 6 13 46 53 16 10 3 3 33 25 17 4 3 10 13 28 -7 48
6 Columbus Crew 33 10 16 7 45 39 17 7 6 4 22 15 16 3 10 3 23 24 6 46
7 Cincinnati 33 11 13 9 59 54 17 6 6 5 37 27 16 5 7 4 22 27 5 46
8 Orlando City 33 13 6 14 42 52 16 8 0 8 24 27 17 5 6 6 18 25 -10 45
9 Charlotte 33 13 3 17 44 50 17 10 1 6 28 16 16 3 2 11 16 34 -6 42
10 New England 33 10 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 3 5 8 24 33 -3 41
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 47 52 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -5 40
12 Chicago Fire 33 10 8 15 38 47 16 6 4 6 17 16 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 38
13 Toronto 33 9 7 17 49 62 17 7 3 7 30 29 16 2 4 10 19 33 -13 34
14 DC United 33 7 6 20 34 66 16 4 4 8 20 29 17 3 2 12 14 37 -32 27

Table
  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 33 18 10 5 68 26 16 11 5 0 45 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 42 64
2 Montreal Impact 33 19 5 9 60 49 17 9 3 5 30 21 16 10 2 4 30 28 11 62
3 New York City 33 15 7 11 55 40 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 15 52
4 New York RB 33 14 8 11 48 41 16 5 5 6 24 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 7 50
5 Inter Miami 33 14 6 13 46 53 16 10 3 3 33 25 17 4 3 10 13 28 -7 48
6 Columbus Crew 33 10 16 7 45 39 17 7 6 4 22 15 16 3 10 3 23 24 6 46
7 Cincinnati 33 11 13 9 59 54 17 6 6 5 37 27 16 5 7 4 22 27 5 46
8 Orlando City 33 13 6 14 42 52 16 8 0 8 24 27 17 5 6 6 18 25 -10 45
9 Charlotte 33 13 3 17 44 50 17 10 1 6 28 16 16 3 2 11 16 34 -6 42
10 New England 33 10 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 3 5 8 24 33 -3 41
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 47 52 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -5 40
12 Chicago Fire 33 10 8 15 38 47 16 6 4 6 17 16 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 38
13 Toronto 33 9 7 17 49 62 17 7 3 7 30 29 16 2 4 10 19 33 -13 34
14 DC United 33 7 6 20 34 66 16 4 4 8 20 29 17 3 2 12 14 37 -32 27

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