📊 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-1 MLS victory against Atlanta United.

In that match, Columbus Crew managed 63% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Columbus Crew, the goals were scored by Andrés Herrera (23') and Jacen Russell-Rowe (32', 42'). Atlanta United had 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Brooks Lennon (56') was the scorer for Atlanta United.

Columbus Crew haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 11 during that time and have conceded a total of 12. Still, time will tell whether the trend shall be maintained here in this match.

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union come into this encounter following a 0-1 MLS win against Chicago Fire in their previous outing.

In that match, Philadelphia Union had 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Philadelphia Union was Bruno Damiani (10'). Chicago Fire got 15 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Bradley Carnell's Philadelphia Union have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 12 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 6.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/07/2022 shows us that Columbus Crew have won 2 of these & Philadelphia Union 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A total of 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them for The Crew and 9 netted by The U. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was MLS match day 18 on 10/05/2025 when it ended Philadelphia Union 2-2 Columbus Crew.

On that day, Philadelphia Union managed 29% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Tai Baribo (45') and Frankie Westfield (64').

For their opponents, Columbus Crew got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Max Arfsten (61') and Sean Zawadzki (93') scored.

The referee was Malik Badawi.

ℹ️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Patrick Schulte (Injury to abdominal muscles), Nicholas Hagen (Contracture) and Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury) are not available for Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy.

We think that The Crew will probably kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation, handing starts to Evan Bush, Steven Moreira, Sean Zawadzki, Yevgen Cheberko, Andres Herrera, Dylan Chambost, Darlington Nagbe, Lassi Lappalainen, Diego Rossi, Dániel Gazdag and Jacen Russell-Rowe.

📰 Team News: Philadelphia Union

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there is just a single fitness issue for the Philadelphia Union gaffer Bradley Carnell to be concerned with. Ian Glavinovich (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that The U might elect for a 4-4-2 system using Andrew Rick, Alejandro Bedoya, Nathan Harriel, Olwethu Makhanya, Kai Wagner, Indiana Vassilev, Jeremy Rafanello, Jovan Lukic, Ben Bender, Bruno Damiani and Chris Donovan.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Columbus Crew can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

However, Philadelphia Union won’t find it easy getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up hitting back at some stage here.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Columbus Crew at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 21:00 29/06/2025