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

Sun 17th May, 00:30 BST, Subaru Park, Chester

Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew take on one another at the Subaru Park on Sunday morning, with both Bradley Carnell and Wilfried Nancy seeking a win in the Major League Soccer. We have predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head stats across every market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Major League Soccer clash.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there isn't an obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Philadelphia and Columbus will score 2 or more goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Bradley Carnell or Wilfried Nancy has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s of late either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.20 equating to approximately a 76% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 41% chance of Columbus coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Philadelphia 33%	17/10	6/4
Draw 25%	5/2	23/10
Columbus 41%	13/10	7/5
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	11/2
Columbus 1-0 9%	9/1	17/2
Columbus 2-1 9%	17/2	8/1
Philadelphia 1-0 8%	10/1	17/2
Philadelphia 2-1 8%	10/1	8/1
Columbus 2-0 7%	12/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	9/1
Philadelphia 2-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Columbus 3-1 4%	16/1	14/1
Columbus 3-0 3%	22/1	20/1
Philadelphia 3-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Columbus 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Philadelphia 3-2 2%	25/1	20/1
Philadelphia 3-0 2%	28/1	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	4/6	13/20
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	23/20	11/10
Home 1st Goal 47%	1/1	19/20
Away 1st Goal 49%	5/6	19/20
No 1st Goal 4%	14/1	11/1
BTTS - Yes 56%	4/7	4/7
BTTS - No 44%	5/4	5/4
BTTS - Home Win 17%	15/4	17/5
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 20%	10/3	16/5
Home/draw 59%	4/7	1/2
Away/draw 67%	2/5	10/21
Home/away 75%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	1/5	1/5
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	10/3	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	13/8	8/5
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	4/9	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	4/1	19/5
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1/6	1/6
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	9/1	8/1
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/16	1/18
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/33	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	14/1	11/1
Home DNB 51%	1/1	10/11
Away DNB 59%	8/11	4/5
Philadelphia win to nil 17%	9/2	-
Columbus win to nil 21%	7/2	-
Philadelphia / Philadelphia 19%	7/2	3/1
Philadelphia / Columbus 4%	22/1	22/1
Philadelphia / Draw 7%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Philadelphia 13%	11/2	11/2
Draw / Columbus 13%	5/1	11/2
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	19/4
Columbus / Philadelphia 3%	25/1	22/1
Columbus / Columbus 22%	11/4	14/5
Columbus / Draw 7%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win form

Philadelphia have not won in 7 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Philadelphia	0 - 0	Nashville
A	Philadelphia	0 - 2	Columbus
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
New England	2 - 1	Columbus
Atlanta	1 - 3	Columbus
Toronto	2 - 1	Columbus
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Portland	3 - 2	Columbus
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Columbus
Cincinnati	1 - 0	Columbus
Orlando	1 - 1	Columbus
Chicago	2 - 0	Columbus
NY City	3 - 2	Columbus
Atlanta	4 - 5	Columbus
NY Red Bulls	0 - 0	Columbus
Toronto	1 - 1	Columbus
Nashville	3 - 0	Columbus
Cincinnati	2 - 4	Columbus
Seattle	1 - 1	Columbus
Miami	5 - 1	Columbus
Charlotte	3 - 2	Columbus
Montreal	1 - 1	Columbus
Philadelphia	2 - 2	Columbus

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Columbus	2 - 3	Minnesota
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Philadelphia
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Columbus have not lost to Philadelphia in 6 consecutive league meetings

Philadelphia

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

3 / 8

Clean sheets

5 / 8

2 / 8

PHI

COL

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

Columbus

Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

3 / 11

Clean sheets

8 / 11

3 / 11

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus	2 - 0
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

Goal Statistics

Columbus Crew have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Major League Soccer outings. Their PG of 1.5 against Philadelphia Union on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Philadelphia 15th	Columbus 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Philadelphia will score no more than 1 goal	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-7 Philadelphia’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 Columbus’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	2.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

PHI

COL

44%

better

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Games scored	6		9
Failed to score	5		2
Scored first	2		8
Goals scored	9		16
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.5
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	12		6
Conversion rate for	8		17
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+44%

PHI

COL

11%

better

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Games conceded	9		9
Clean sheets	2		2
Conceded first	7		2
Goals conceded	17		16
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	22%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+11%