Orlando City SC has won seven of its last nine matches against the Columbus Crew SC (D1 L1) including all five meetings at Exploria Stadium in that time. the current five-match run is Orlando City SC’s longest home winning streak against any opponent in regular season play in the club’s MLS history.
Orlando City SC has won six of its eight MLS matches since the beginning of July (D1 L1), with their 19 points in that time more than any other MLS team. Orlando City SC has won three straight regular-season home matches and could win four in a row for the first time since 2018.
The Columbus Crew SC have 27 points in its last 13 MLS matches (W8 D3 L2), tied with Orlando City SC for the best record in MLS since that run began in late May. the Columbus Crew SC have scored 28 goals in that tine, scoring at least twice in 10 of the 13 matches.
Facundo Torres scored the lone goal in Orlando City SC’s 1-0win at Charlotte FC in its last match. Torres has been involved in five goals in four matches since MLS returned from the Leagues Cup break (4 goals, 1 assist), tied for the most in the league in that time (with Thiago Almada, Ryan Gauld and Erik Thommy).
Cucho Hernandez scored a hat-trick in the Columbus Crew SC’s last match, the first regular-season hat-trick by a Columbus Crew SC player in nearly five years. Hernandez is the ninth different Columbian player to score a hat-trick in regular-season MLS play, the most of any country other than the United States (43 players).
