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Columbus Crew will face Sporting Kansas City in Saturday’s upcoming MLS fixture.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Columbus Crew v Sporting Kansas City match are shown here - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Columbus Crew
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Columbus Crew will be wanting a better result here following the 2-1 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.
In that match, Columbus Crew managed 67% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Columbus Crew was Cucho Hernández (40'). Inter Miami had 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Ian Fray (10') and Leonardo Campana (21') scored for Inter Miami.
Fixtures featuring Columbus Crew have tended to be entertaining affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of those belonging to Columbus Crew. However, time will tell whether that trend will be maintained in this upcoming game or not.
Sporting Kansas City
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Real Salt Lake in MLS action, Sporting Kansas City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Sporting Kansas City had 57% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Sporting Kansas City, the goals were scored by Stephen Afrifa (28') and William Agada (70', 95'). Real Salt Lake had 14 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Andrés Gómez (14', 51'), Anderson Julio (33') and Matt Crooks (84') scored for Real Salt Lake.
In their previous half-dozen outings, Sporting Kansas City have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Sporting Kansas City have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve seen 12 goals go into their own net.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 22/08/2015 shows us that Columbus Crew have won 1 of them and Sporting Kansas City 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 from The Crew and 7 being from SKC. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The last league meeting between these clubs was MLS match day 11 on 24/04/2022 when it ended Sporting Kansas City 0-0 Columbus Crew.
In that match, Sporting Kansas City had 64% possession and 3 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
Columbus Crew got 9 shots at goal with 1 on target.
The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.
ℹ️ Team News: Columbus Crew
The Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.
📋 Team News: Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City boss Peter Vermes has to choose a team with limited availability. Rémi Walter (Knee injury) and Logan Ndenbe (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.
💭 Prediction
It looks to us that Columbus Crew will probably create enough chances to score more than one when they line up against Sporting Kansas City, who will be up against it to score.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 2-0 victory for Columbus Crew after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 23:07 22/06/2024
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⚽️ 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)
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34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 66 | WDWDD |
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34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 63 | DWDDW |
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34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 58 | WDWWD |
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34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 57 | WWWDD |
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34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 57 | LLWLD |
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34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 57 | DWLDW |
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34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 56 | DWDWL |
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34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 54 | WDLDW |
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34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 53 | LWDWL |
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34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 52 | LWDLW |
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34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 43 | DDWLD |
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34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 42 | LDDDL |
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34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 39 | WDDLD |
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34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | -6 | 37 | DDLWW |
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34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 36 | WWLLL |
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34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 35 | DLLWW |
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34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -22 | 34 | LDLWD |
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