Columbus Crew vs Philadelphia Union Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew head into this match following on from a 0-0 MLS drawn game vs D.C. United.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 52% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. D.C. United got 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Gressel (32') scored for D.C. United.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Columbus Crew have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that The Crew have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals on the way. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union will go into the game following on from a 2-1 MLS win over Chicago Fire in their last game.

In that match, Philadelphia Union had 53% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, goals were scored by Przybyłko (28') and Burke (65'). For their opponents, Chicago Fire got 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Berič (42') was the scorer for Chicago Fire.

In their previous half-dozen outings, Philadelphia Union have helped themselves to a tally of 16 goals. The U have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve had 5 goals go into their own net.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 17/03/2018 shows that Columbus Crew have won 3 of them & Philadelphia Union 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

In all, 7 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 4 for The Crew and 3 belonging to The U. That’s an average goals per game of 1.17.

The previous league clash featuring the two was MLS match day 7 on 02/09/2020 when it finished Columbus Crew 1-0 Philadelphia Union.

That time, Columbus Crew had 55% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Zelarayán (55').

At the other end, Philadelphia Union had 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Robert Sibiga.

📰 Team News: Columbus Crew

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just one fitness concern for the Columbus Crew boss Caleb Porter to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Vito Wormgoor (Ankle Surgery) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, Philadelphia Union boss Jim Curtin doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. We’re therefore anticipating a great battle with a 2-2 draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Renata Leite, 00:14 29/10/2020