Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
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.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Philadelphia Union have to build on here at Subaru Park in the Major League Soccer. Philadelphia Union has recorded two wins in a row here at Subaru Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Philadelphia drew their last game, 2-2 away at Atlanta United (placed 8th). Defender Jakob Glesnes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Glesnes scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Atlanta United as Jakob Glesnes's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Portland Timbers in a game that was won 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Philadelphia Union handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and three defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Philadelphia as they are travelling to their away game against Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
Philadelphia Union has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Philadelphia Union's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Columbus Crew playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Gyasi Zardes (2) scored in Columbus's previous match, the home game against Chicago Fire that ended 2-0. The attacker Gyasi Zardes got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. Zardes scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Toronto.Columbus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.
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 four days, this time against Austin.
Columbus are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. As opposed to that, Columbus have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Columbus Crew - Philadelphia 0-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Philadelphia two wins, three draws and Columbus Crew five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Burke 3 goals |  K. Przybyłko 3 goals |  L. Zelarayán 3 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 12 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.8 | 9.1 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 31% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 36% |
- Columbus Crew have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Columbus Crew have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | New York RB | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | DC United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | New York City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Toronto | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 4 |