Columbus Crew vs Seattle Sounders Predictions

Columbus Crew have not had a great season at all in the MLS, as they currently sit in 11th place in the Eastern Conference with just 17 points from 19 games. The Crew have lost 11 of their last 13 MLS games, winning just 1 and drawing 1. They will come into this fixture with morale very low as they have picked up just 1 point from their last 7 games.

Their home form isn’t a great deal better. They did start the season off superbly, winning 3 and drawing 1 of their first 5 home league games, however since then their form has fallen off a cliff, losing 5 and drawing 1 of their 7 home games since.

Seattle have been in fairly poor form too in the MLS, picking up just 3 points in their last 5 games, however in the 5 previous to that, they went unbeaten picking up 2 wins and 3 draws. Their home form has been a big saviour for the Sounders this season, winning 7 and drawing 2 from their 9 home games, seeing them sit 4th in the Western Conference.

Although Seattle’s away form has been on paper very bad, when you look a bit deeper into the results, you can start to understand why. Of the 5 away games they have played, they have faced 5th and 3rd in the Eastern Conference, as well as 1st and 3rd in the Western Conference, so facing 11th place Crew in this fixture should be a much more winnable game.

Seattle are having the far better season of the two teams, sitting 4th in the Western Conference, and so we fancy them to get a result here, especially given the terrible form Crew are in. Both teams average around 1 goal per game home and away respectively, so we can see this being an even contest, so we’re going for Seattle Double Chance with a 1-1 draw correct score.