Columbus Crew to edge Orlando City in bottom half battle

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Columbus Crew play host to Orlando City in an all-Eastern Conference clash at the MAPFRE Stadium in Ohio as both teams look to improve their situation and close the gap on the play-off pack.

Columbus occupy third from bottom place in the Eastern Conference but are just 5 points off the pace of the play-off pack and 7th placed Toronto ahead of this important encounter against Orlando City.

Mind you, 9 defeats from their last 11 matches have done little towards the hosts ambitions of attaining a top seven finish in the Conference, with just 1 win during this miserable sequence.

That win came in the shape of a 3-1 home win over 2nd placed Western Conference outfit, LA Galaxy, so it shows they’re capable of beating one of the top teams in the MLS on their day.

Results on home turf at their MAPFRE Stadium have produced a mixed return for Columbus Crew as they’ve won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4, but they have a good chance to turn things around when Orlando City visit this Saturday night.

Onto Orlando City then, and the visitors sit just one league position and one point above their Saturday night’s hosts, having also produced mixed results in recent weeks in the MLS.

Indeed, Orlando City have registered just 2 wins out of their last 8 matches overall, which were victories over bottom club, Cincinnati, 5-1 and a 3-0 win away at 2nd placed Montreal Impact.

However, 5 defeats within this last 8-match sequence suggests that Orlando may well struggle against Columbus Crew here on Saturday night, especially as they’ve been unable to beat Columbus in their own backyard in their previous four visits.

The visitors have managed just 1 win out of their last 6 matches on their travels which was the aforementioned win at Montreal Impact, but defeats at Real Salt Lake, Atlanta United, Seattle Sounders and DC United have let them down.

In addition, their previous history against Columbus Crew on the road is also poor as the hosts have won 3 of the 4 previous encounters, the other match ending in a draw.

To sum up then, Columbus Crew have had a tough time of it but given Orlando’s poor record on the road, the hosts should just about edge this one tonight.

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Columbus Crew Orlando City SC 30/06/2019 01:30

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2.28 3.34 3.28 1 -1 -1

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