FC Cincinnati at Columbus Crew 9/5/02 - MLS Picks & Predictions

Columbus Crew finally returned to winning ways after two unsuccessful results and will now remain at home for their next assignment. They will play host to Cincinnati on Saturday, who are coming off back to back blanks at home. The two teams split the points in a goal-less draw a few days ago and will both hope for a different result.

Columbus Crew (6-1-2) played a really balanced match at home against Philadelphia, where they scored the only goal of the match at the 55th minute for the final 0-1 win. They had not been in very good shape lately, as this was just their second win in their last five (2-1-2). Columbus are still sitting at the top of the Eastern Conference with 20 points, scoring 13 goals and conceding just two in the process. They have a perfect 4/4 at home, scoring 7 goals and conceding none in the process.

FC Cincinnati (2-4-3) are coming off a somewhat frustrating goal-less draw at home against Chicago, in a match where they had a lot of scoring chances but were unable to score. That means that they are now win-less in their last five matches, but four of those were draws. Cincinnati are now sitting at the 11th spot of the Eastern Conference with 9 points, scoring just 6 goals and conceding twice as many (12). They have not been very strong on the road so far (1-3-0), scoring just four goals and conceding 8.