DC United vs Columbus Crew Prediction & Betting Tips - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 11/07/2022, 14:30  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 11/07/2022 at 14:31 in Major League Soccer Predictions

Columbus Crew are on a quest to rise into the top seven of the Eastern Conference, and will hope to do so with three points from their away game against DC United. Hosts DC United head into this game with 17 points and are placed 13th while Columbus Crew are eighth on 25 points. In the Eastern Conference, no team has had a poorer defensive run than DC United, conceding 37 goals in 17 matches. They are coming from a tough outing against Philadelphia Union, which ended in a 7-0 thrashing. In the last five league matches alone, they have conceded 18 goals. They’ve failed to score in two of the five and four of the five have produced over 3.5 goals.

Columbus Crew have a much better run going into this game, unbeaten in the last six, with three wins in the run. They have two clean sheets in those six matches and in two of the last three, they’ve scored two or more goals, though both sides have scored in four of their last six games. In their last game, they put up an impressive second half performance, rising from 2-0 down in the first half to beat Chicago Fire 3-2 with all their goals scored in the final 27 minutes of that game. Away from home, they are unbeaten in the last four matches, with three wins in there. They have also scored two or more in three of their last four away matches.