Major League Soccer preview and stats: Philadelphia Union - Columbus Crew at Subaru Park

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

A new Major League Soccer adventure is about to kick off and this is the premier real match for Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew. Let's go!

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia Union could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Major League Soccer. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Subaru Park they witnessed 12 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W19 - D10 - L5 from 34 games.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Philadelphia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Philadelphia Union, who have participated in seven training matches. Philadelphia Union have won 5 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Let's have a look at how Columbus Crew performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 16 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 10 and lost 4 with 24/26 goals scored/conceded.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Columbus when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.

It's a day of discovery for Columbus Crew as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Columbus Crew have played two with the results W1-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Columbus Crew has scored {3 goals} and conceded 2 times.

Head 2 Head

Philadelphia have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Columbus Crew.

Philadelphia Union missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Philadelphia Union Last season Columbus Crew
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 19   Played P   17 34
21 14   Won W   3 10
11 5   Drew D   10 16
5 0   Lost L   4 8
79 53   Scored S   24 46
30 10   Conceded C   26 41
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 85%
78% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 76%
49% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 53%
35% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
22% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
49% 53%   BTTS BTTS   76% 59%
43% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 26%
16% 5%   Failed to Score F T   24% 29%
 
4.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5
5.8 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.8 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 13.2
5.3 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.2
40% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 32%
 
12.9 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.2
3.7 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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