📏 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew will be wanting a better result here following the 5-1 MLS defeat last time out to Inter Miami.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Columbus Crew was Cesar Ruvalcaba (58'). Inter Miami had 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Tadeo Allende (13'), Lionel Messi (15', 24'), Luis Suárez (64') and Fafà Picault (89') scored for Inter Miami.

Fixtures involving Columbus Crew have tended to be engaging ones recently with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 9 of them accredited to Columbus Crew. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Vancouver Whitecaps

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Vancouver Whitecaps go into this meeting after a 3-0 MLS win versus Seattle Sounders FC in their most recent match.

In that match, Vancouver Whitecaps managed 46% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Vancouver Whitecaps, the scorers were Jeevan Badwal (40'), Daniel Ríos (70') and Damir Kreilach (88'). Seattle Sounders had 7 shots at goal with 0 on target.

Jesper Sørensen's Vancouver Whitecaps have managed to stick the ball in the net 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 9.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 09/04/2015 tells us that Columbus Crew have won 1 of these games and Vancouver Whitecaps 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them in these games, with 11 from The Crew and 10 netted by Caps. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was MLS match day 1 on 26/02/2022 when the final score was Columbus Crew 4-0 Vancouver Whitecaps.

On that day, Columbus Crew managed 56% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Miguel Berry (8'), Derrick Etienne (25'), Luis Díaz (84') and Lucas Zelarayán (87').

Vancouver Whitecaps had 7 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Nima Saghafi.

📋 Team News: Columbus Crew

Patrick Schulte (Injury to abdominal muscles), Sean Zawadzki (Knee problems) and Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Columbus Crew gaffer Wilfried Nancy.

It seems likely that The Crew may well opt for a 3-4-2-1 formation featuring Evan Bush, Andres Herrera, Yevgen Cheberko, Steven Moreira, Mohamed Farsi, Darlington Nagbe, Dylan Chambost, Lassi Lappalainen, Diego Rossi, Dániel Gazdag and Ibrahim Aliyu.

🗞️ Team News: Vancouver Whitecaps

Due to a mostly available squad, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Vancouver Whitecaps manager Jesper Sørensen to be concerned about. Ryan Gauld (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Caps might utilise a 5-4-1 formation, choosing Yohei Takaoka, Mathías Laborda, Bjørn Inge Utvik, Ranko Veselinovic, Tristan Blackmon, Édier Ocampo, Pedro Vite, Jeevan Badwal, Ralph Priso-Mbongue, Jean-Claude Ngando and Daniel Rios.

💡 Prediction

In this game, Columbus Crew can get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against Vancouver Whitecaps, who might well find it a difficult task to get a goal of their own.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 2-0 winning margin for Columbus Crew at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 23:05 14/06/2025