Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Orlando City - Columbus Crew!
It's no vacation for neither Orlando 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.
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
17 points is a decent return from 7 Major League Soccer games here for Orlando City. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Orlando City tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. Orlando has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Inter Miami defeat 49 days ago.
An away draw last time out for Orlando, facing Atlanta United in a game that ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting New York RB in a game that was won 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Orlando City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Orlando City as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Orlando City has won five of these, drawn one and lost five.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Orlando, as the Major League Soccer home game vs New York City is only three days away.
Orlando can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Orlando have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Playing away, Columbus Crew, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Columbus Crew might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Montreal Impact proved too strong as Columbus Crew slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at MAPFRE Stadium. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Dallas.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Columbus Crew, three draws and ten defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Columbus manager C. Porter as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Cincinnati.
Columbus Crew find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Columbus in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Orlando City wins - draws - Columbus Crew wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 11 goals |   C. Mueller 7 goals |  L. Almeida da Cunha 5 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Orlando City | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 85% | 90% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 24% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 242 | 122 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 80 | 205 |
| 91 | 45 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 28 | 69 |
| 37% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 39% | 39% |
- Columbus Crew has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew has the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Orlando City has the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 | Toronto | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | New York City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | New England | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 14 | DC United | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 11 |