With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Major League Soccer game of the season. Seattle Sounders look forward to welcoming Columbus Crew in front of their home support.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Columbus Crew, who are travelling more than 3800 kilometers to play this game.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Seattle Sounders at their home stadium (CenturyLink Field) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
A nice win for Seattle Sounders last time playing, versus Chicago Fire. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Jordan Morris (2) scoring for the victors. Before that, Seattle Sounders drew at home versus Olimpia (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties).
Manager B. Schmetzer felt very clever after Jordan Morris scored the winning goal against Chicago Fire, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. A late climax in the match against Chicago Fire as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Jordan Morris.
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 Seattle Sounders's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won seven matches, drawn two and lost zero.
At CenturyLink Field, Seattle Sounders has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Last season, Seattle Sounders's league statistics were 16 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Seattle Sounders managed 11-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 21 conceded.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew go into this game after a win, the home game against New York City that ended 1-0. Before that, Columbus Crew secured a home win against New York City with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Columbus Crew playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and two home wins.
Let's have a look at how Columbus Crew performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 18/25 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Seattle Sounders victories, two draws and four Columbus Crew wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Morris 2 goals |  L. Zelarayán 1 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Seattle Sounders | Last season | Columbus Crew | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 64 | 43 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 54 | 25 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 71% | ||
| 61% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 44% | ||
| 37% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 6% | ||
| 61% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 15% | ||
| 18% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 35% | ||
| 6.3 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 489 | 313 | Total Shots | T S | 173 | 382 | ||
| 176 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 123 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minnesota United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Nashville SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |