Columbus Crew will come up against Orlando City in Saturday’s MLS clash.
All Columbus Crew v Orlando City match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
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Columbus Crew
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Columbus Crew prepare for this game following on from a 0-0 MLS drawn game versus FC Cincinatti.
In that game, Columbus Crew had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, FC Cincinnati had 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
In their preceding 6 fixtures, Wilfried Nancy's Columbus Crew have netted 7 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.
Orlando City
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Orlando City will come into the clash following on from a 3-0 MLS win over New Eng. Revolution in their most recent match.
In that match, Orlando City had 54% possession and 20 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Orlando City, the scorers were Rafael Santos (22'), Facundo Torres (45') and Duncan McGuire (74'). New England Revolution got 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Orlando City, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that spell is 3, with the average number of goals for Orlando City standing at 2.17.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 16/04/2022 shows us that Columbus Crew have won 2 of these & Orlando City 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A combined sum of 20 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from The Crew and 10 belonging to The Lions. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.
The previous league game between these clubs was MLS match day 21 on 25/05/2024 when the final score was Orlando City 0-2 Columbus Crew.
That day, Orlando City had 45% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target.
On the other side, Columbus Crew had 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Diego Rossi (45', 61') was the scorer.
The referee was Jair Marrufo.
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Team News: Columbus Crew
There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Columbus Crew gaffer Wilfried Nancy to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Evan Bush (Arm injury) will miss out.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Columbus Crew should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
However, Orlando City are also probably going to find it difficult to score a goal of their own but we do fancy them converting at least once here.
We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Columbus Crew after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, victory for Columbus Crew can be had for 1.78, backing a draw is 4 & betting on the winning team to be Orlando City is 3.8. These are the best bets being offered at this very moment.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
21:01 17/09/2024
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Columbus Crew
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Lower.com Field (20,371)
Captain: Darlington Nagbe
Chairman: Tim Bezbatchenko
Manager: Wilfried Nancy
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference), CONCACAF Champions League (Final)