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Columbus Crew v Philadelphia Union : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus

Philadelphia Union, led by manager Bradley Carnell, visit Wilfried Nancy and his Columbus Crew side at the MAPFRE Stadium on Sunday morning in the Major League Soccer. Major League Soccer stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. It's all on this page, with graphics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for every betting markets via the tabs.

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Columbus Crew's next match is v NY Red Bulls at 00:30 on Thursday 14th May
Philadelphia Union's next match is v Orlando at 00:30 on Thursday 14th May

The last American Major League Soccer meeting between Columbus and Philadelphia was on Sunday 26th April 2026

American Major League Soccer

April 26th 2026

Columbus 2	0 Philadelphia

M. Arfsten 4'
N. Harriel (OG) 45'

	COL PHI
Shots On	4 2
Shots Off	6
Corners	2 4
Possession	56% 44%
Fouls	11 18
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/1

Columbus	Philadelphia

M. Herrera Mansilla R. Camacho D. Chambost D. Rossi Marachlian (J. Thiaré 70') T. Habroune (D. Gazdag 70') S. Tidiany Bangoura (A. Sejdic 81') M. Amundsen P. Schulte S. Zawadzki H. Picard (S. Moreira 63') M. Arfsten (M. Farsi 81')	J. Sery (I. Vassilev 66') C. Sullivan (J. Lukić 45') J. Bueno Añez (E. Alladoh 84') B. Damiani M. Iloski (A. Anello 66') J. Rafanello A. Blake (B. Bender 46') P. Ossibadjouo N. Harriel O. Makhanya D. Jean Jacques

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there isn't an obvious winner here, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Columbus and Philadelphia will score 2 or more goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Wilfried Nancy or Bradley Carnell has served up too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.18 equating to approximately a 82% probability.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Columbus are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Columbus 46%	81/100	17/20
Draw 26%	11/4	5/2
Philadelphia 28%	11/4	12/5
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	11/2
Columbus 1-0 11%	15/2	7/1
Columbus 2-1 9%	15/2	7/1
Columbus 2-0 8%	17/2	17/2
Philadelphia 1-0 8%	12/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 7%	12/1	11/1
Philadelphia 2-1 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	11/1
Columbus 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Philadelphia 2-0 5%	20/1	16/1
Columbus 3-0 4%	16/1	14/1
Columbus 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Philadelphia 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Philadelphia 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Columbus 4-1 2%	28/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	8/11	7/10
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	43/40	1/1
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/13	4/6
Away 1st Goal 44%	11/8	11/8
No 1st Goal 5%	12/1	11/1
BTTS - Yes 52%	4/6	13/20
BTTS - No 48%	11/10	11/10
BTTS - Home Win 21%	13/5	13/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	17/5
BTTS - Away Win 13%	6/1	5/1
Home/draw 72%	1/4	2/7
Away/draw 54%	10/11	5/6
Home/away 74%	1/4	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	3/1	29/10
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	7/4	7/4
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	9/2	4/1
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/7	2/13
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1	11/1
Home DNB 64%	2/5	4/9
Away DNB 46%	7/4	8/5
Columbus win to nil 25%	5/2	-
Philadelphia win to nil 15%	7/1	-
Columbus / Columbus 27%	15/8	19/10
Columbus / Philadelphia 3%	28/1	28/1
Columbus / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1
Draw / Columbus 16%	4/1	4/1
Draw / Philadelphia 10%	15/2	7/1
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	19/4
Philadelphia / Columbus 4%	20/1	20/1
Philadelphia / Philadelphia 14%	11/2	19/4
Philadelphia / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Columbus	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
Columbus	1 - 1	Orlando
Columbus	0 - 1	Nashville
Columbus	0 - 0	Chicago
Columbus	4 - 0	Cincinnati
Columbus	3 - 1	NY Red Bulls
Columbus	1 - 1	Toronto
Columbus	1 - 2	New England
Columbus	1 - 3	Orlando
Columbus	2 - 1	DC United
Columbus	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Columbus	3 - 1	Atlanta
Columbus	2 - 1	Vancouver
Columbus	2 - 2	Nashville
Columbus	1 - 1	Cincinnati
Columbus	4 - 2	Charlotte
Columbus	2 - 1	San Jose
Columbus	0 - 1	Miami
Columbus	2 - 1	Montreal
Columbus	0 - 0	NY City

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Columbus	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Columbus	1 - 2	New England
H	Columbus	1 - 1	Orlando
A	Columbus	3 - 1	Atlanta
A	Columbus	1 - 2	Toronto
H	Columbus	0 - 1	Nashville
H	Columbus	0 - 0	Chicago
A	Columbus	2 - 2	Sporting KC
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Portland
A	Columbus	1 - 2	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	4 - 0	Cincinnati
A	Columbus	0 - 1	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	3 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	1 - 1	Orlando
A	Columbus	0 - 2	Chicago
H	Columbus	1 - 1	Toronto
A	Columbus	2 - 3	NY City
A	Columbus	5 - 4	Atlanta
A	Columbus	0 - 0	NY Red Bulls
H	Columbus	1 - 2	New England

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Toronto	3 - 3	Philadelphia
Montreal	1 - 2	Philadelphia
Charlotte	2 - 1	Philadelphia
Atlanta	3 - 1	Philadelphia
DC United	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Chicago	0 - 3	Philadelphia
Charlotte	2 - 0	Philadelphia
DC United	0 - 6	Philadelphia
Vancouver	7 - 0	Philadelphia
Cincinnati	0 - 1	Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Houston	1 - 1	Philadelphia
Nashville	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Columbus	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Chicago	0 - 1	Philadelphia
Dallas	0 - 0	Philadelphia
Toronto	1 - 2	Philadelphia
Atlanta	0 - 1	Philadelphia
Montreal	1 - 2	Philadelphia
NY City	1 - 0	Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Philadelphia	3 - 3	Toronto
H	Philadelphia	0 - 0	DC United
A	Philadelphia	2 - 1	Montreal
A	Philadelphia	1 - 2	Charlotte
H	Philadelphia	1 - 2	Chicago
A	Philadelphia	1 - 3	Atlanta
H	Philadelphia	0 - 1	San Jose
H	Philadelphia	1 - 2	NY City
A	Philadelphia	0 - 1	DC United
H	Philadelphia	0 - 1	NY City
A	Philadelphia	3 - 0	Chicago
H	Philadelphia	2 - 2	Chicago
A	Philadelphia	0 - 2	Charlotte
H	Philadelphia	1 - 0	NY City
A	Philadelphia	6 - 0	DC United
H	Philadelphia	1 - 0	New England
A	Philadelphia	0 - 7	Vancouver
A	Philadelphia	1 - 0	Cincinnati
H	Philadelphia	4 - 0	Chicago
A	Philadelphia	0 - 1	NY Red Bulls

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Columbus have not lost to Philadelphia in 10 consecutive home league meetings

Columbus

Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

3 / 10

Clean sheets

7 / 10

3 / 10

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus	1 - 0
Columbus	3 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Columbus	2 - 1
Columbus	1 - 0
Columbus	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Columbus	1 - 0

Philadelphia

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

3 / 8

Clean sheets

5 / 8

2 / 8

COL

PHI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Philadelphia
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Columbus
Philadelphia	4 - 1
Philadelphia	1 - 0
Philadelphia	3 - 0
Philadelphia	1 - 0
Philadelphia	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Columbus Crew have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive Major League Soccer games. Their PG of 1.5 against Philadelphia Union on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Columbus 11th	Philadelphia 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Philadelphia will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Columbus have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	-11 Philadelphia have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.6 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

27%

better

COL

PHI

view stats

Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	2		3
Scored first	6		2
Goals scored	12		9
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		10
Conversion rate for	14		10
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+27%

15%

better

COL

PHI

view stats

Games conceded	8		8
Clean sheets	1		1
Conceded first	2		6
Goals conceded	13		15
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	20%		22%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+15%

Columbus v Philadelphia Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	4	4	2
P Schulte	D Rossi	M Arfsten	A Herrera

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Schulte GLK	11			-
A Herrera DEF	10		1	2 -
R Camacho DEF	11			2 -
S Zawadzki DEF	11			2 -
M Amundsen DEF	11			2 -
H Picard MID	11	1	1	-
D Chambost MID	9		1	1 -
S Bangoura MID	9			1 -
M Arfsten MID	11	3	4	2 -
D Rossi FWD	11	4	1	-
T Habroune FWD	10	1	2	-
Subs
N Hagen GLK				-
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF				-
Y Cheberko DEF	2			-
M Farsi DEF	2			-
S Moreira DEF	10			1 -
D Gazdag MID	7	1		-
A Sejdic MID	3			-
J Thiaré FWD	9			1 -
N Akhundzade FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	8	4	6
D Rossi	D Rossi	M Arfsten	M Arfsten

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Rossi FWD	4	8	1	1
M Arfsten MID	3	7	4	6
H Picard MID	1	4	1	1
T Habroune FWD	1	3	2	4
Subs
D Gazdag MID	1	2
A Herrera DEF		5	1	1
R Camacho DEF		3
S Zawadzki DEF		1
M Amundsen DEF				1
D Chambost MID		1	1	2
S Bangoura MID		1
Subs
M Farsi DEF		1
S Moreira DEF		2		1
A Sejdic MID		2
J Thiaré FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
861	29	67
R Camacho	T Habroune	M Arfsten

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Camacho DEF	861	12	28
S Zawadzki DEF	679	21	47
M Amundsen DEF	582	23	49
Subs
S Moreira DEF	569	7	18
D Chambost MID	548	12	21
M Arfsten MID	427	22	67
D Rossi FWD	410	8	33
T Habroune FWD	405	29	45
P Schulte GLK	336		1
A Herrera DEF	328	17	31
H Picard MID	212	16	27
Subs
D Gazdag MID	148	5	14
S Bangoura MID	136	8	18
Subs
A Sejdic MID	91	5	7
Y Cheberko DEF	69	5	5
J Thiaré FWD	27	2	10
N Akhundzade FWD	16		1
M Farsi DEF	11		1

Philadelphia Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	2	2	5
A Blake	D Jacques	A Bedoya	J Larsen

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Blake GLK	11			-
N Harriel DEF	11	1		2 -
J Larsen DEF	10	1		4 1
O. Makhanya DEF	10			4 1
P. Ossibadjouo DEF	5			1 -
D Jacques MID	10	2		3 -
J Bueno MID	9	1		2 -
J Rafanello MID	2			-
C. Sullivan MID	9		1	1 -
M Iloski FWD	11	2	1	-
B Damiani FWD	11			2 -
Subs
A. Rick GLK				-
G. Martínez Turner DEF	3			1 -
J Lukic MID	10		1	2 -
A Bedoya MID	6		2	1 -
B Bender MID	5			-
I Vassilev MID	11	1		-
E. Alladoh FWD	9		1	1 1
A Anello FWD	6	1		-
M. Jakupovic FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	10	2	3
D Jacques	M Iloski	A Bedoya	C. Sullivan

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Jacques MID	2	2		1
M Iloski FWD	2	10	1	2
N Harriel DEF	1	4		1
J Larsen DEF	1	2
J Bueno MID	1	5
Subs
I Vassilev MID	1	4		2
A Anello FWD	1	4
P. Ossibadjouo DEF		1		1
C. Sullivan MID		1	1	3
B Damiani FWD		4
Subs
J Lukic MID			1	1
A Bedoya MID		1	2	2
B Bender MID		1
E. Alladoh FWD		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
536	24	103
O. Makhanya	J Lukic	N Harriel

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
O. Makhanya DEF	536	21	51
N Harriel DEF	423	23	103
Subs
J Lukic MID	418	24	41
D Jacques MID	334	14	30
J Larsen DEF	318	15	36
A Blake GLK	274	2	5
B Damiani FWD	247	19	76
M Iloski FWD	238	3	27
J Bueno MID	219	12	32
Subs
I Vassilev MID	207	8	29
E. Alladoh FWD	131	3	37
C. Sullivan MID	92	6	16
P. Ossibadjouo DEF	77	6	15
Subs
A Anello FWD	69	1	12
B Bender MID	63	7	14
G. Martínez Turner DEF	60	5	7
A Bedoya MID	58	3	17
J Rafanello MID	47		3
Subs
M. Jakupovic FWD	10	1	6