Here's another interesting fixture in the Major League Soccer. Philadelphia Union is in the 1st position from playing five fixtures. They greet Columbus Crew who are placed 5th from five matches.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (4-1-0) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Seven points from three Major League Soccer home games is a great start for Philadelphia Union, who are hoping to build on that form here at Subaru Park. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Philadelphia Union are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Philadelphia are confident in defense, having played 328 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Philadelphia Union's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Charlotte (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Harriel, defender, was given a rating of 7.75/10 in that game, top of the team. Harriel won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that match, a win away at New York City.The Philadelphia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Philadelphia Union have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting Columbus has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Columbus Crew failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nashville SC that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder Zelarayán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Zelarayán hit five key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to New York RB.It's early days yet, but Columbus Crew has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Philadelphia Union three wins, three draws and Columbus Crew four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 4 goals |  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |  A. Bedoya 2 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 14 | 16 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 33% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 36% |
| 13 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9 | 7.6 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.8 |
- All of Columbus Crew's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Philadelphia Union's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game away.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most points from losing position (5) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (10) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have yet to win a game away.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union have not yet lost a game.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Philadelphia Union have scored in all their matches so far.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the the best goal difference (+7) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (4-1-0) in Major League Soccer
| Philadelphia Union | Last season | Columbus Crew | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 73% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 71% | ||
| 43% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 56% | ||
| 19% | 5% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 32% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 18% | ||
| 57% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 56% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 11% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | New York RB | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Toronto | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | DC United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | New York City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | New England | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
