📏 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew will be hoping for a better result following the 0-1 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.

In that match, Columbus Crew had 58% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Inter Miami had 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Benjamin Cremaschi (30') was the scorer for Inter Miami.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Columbus Crew haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Columbus Crew have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 5 goals in the process.

San Jose Earthquakes

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After tasting defeat last time out to Sporting Kansas City in MLS action, San Jose Earthquakes will be hoping to turn things around here.

Showing their penchant for action-packed matches, goals have been seen as many as 28 times in the last 6 games in which San Jose Earthquakes have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 4.67 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have managed 15 of these goals. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on here.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 17/05/2015, there has been little to separate the clubs with Columbus Crew winning 2 of those games, San Jose Earthquakes 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 of them for The Crew and 9 belonging to Quakes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league clash between these sides was MLS match day 2 on 05/03/2022 and the score finished San Jose Earthquakes 3-3 Columbus Crew.

In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 46% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Cristian Espinoza (9') and Francisco Calvo (84', 96').

On the other side, Columbus Crew got 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Lucas Zelarayán (40', 73') and Gyasi Zardes (68') scored.

The referee was Guido Gonzales Jr.

📰 Team News: Columbus Crew

Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury), Lassi Lappalainen (Hip injury), Nicholas Hagen (Broken finger) and Andrés Herrera (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Columbus Crew gaffer Wilfried Nancy.

It seems likely that The Crew look set to kick off with a 3-4-3 formation for the game, handing starts to Patrick Schulte, Steven Moreira, Sean Zawadzki, Malte Amundsen, Mohamed Farsi, Dylan Chambost, Darlington Nagbe, Max Arfsten, Diego Rossi, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Dániel Gazdag.

ℹ️ Team News: San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes manager Bruce Arena has to choose a team with limited availability. Hernán López (Shoulder injury) and Benjamin Kikanović (Leg injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Quakes appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 system with a starting lineup of Earl Edwards Jr., Rodrigues, Daniel Munie, David Romney, Cristian Espinoza, Niko Tsakiris, Beau Leroux, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Vitor Costa, Josef Martinez and Cristian Arango.

💡 Prediction

It’s likely that San Jose Earthquakes will have to play really well to be putting goals past a Columbus Crew outfit who certainly have the ability to create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.

We’re therefore predicting a very comprehensive 3-0 win for Columbus Crew at the end of the game.

Lucas Pereira, 23:26 26/04/2025