Columbus Crew have had a pretty tough schedule lately, as they have played 5 road matches in their last 6. However, they have lost all 6 road matches in that span, but they will be now returning home where they will be playing host to Montreal Impact on Saturday, June 24th. Montreal have been in opposite form lately, as they have remained undefeated in their last 5 matches, but are coming off 3 consecutive draws in all competitions.
Montreal (4-4-6) are coming into this match after a pretty fair 1-1 draw at home against Toronto FC at the first leg of the Canadian Championship final. Prior to that they struggled hard to take a single point from their 3-3 draw against Orlando City, as they now have 3 consecutive draws, and are undefeated in their last 5. Even so, they are still stuck at the 10th spot of the Eastern Conference with 18 points after 14 matches, but all the other teams have played two more matches. They have been quite hard to beat on the road so far (1-2-5), where they have scored 11 goals against 13 conceded. They have only kept a single clean sheet on the road, but have been consistent scorers as they have only failed to score in two. They will be coming into this match with just a few absences, as Oyongo, Tabla and Beland-Goyette have been ruled out.
Columbus Crew (7-9-1) are coming into this match after suffering a tough 1-3 loss on the road against Atlanta United. Atlanta took the lead at the 18th minute, but Columbus had already pulled even just 10 minutes later. However, Atlanta managed to take the lead once again at the 67th minute, and sealed the 3 points with a 3rd goal at the 88th minute. That was the 3rd consecutive loss for Columbus, and 5th in their last 6, but all 5 losses came on the road. They are now sitting at the 6th spot of the Eastern Conference with 22 points after 17 matches, having scored 25 goals against 29 conceded. They have been quite strong at home so far (5-2-1), where they have scored 16 goals against 9 conceded. Even so, they have only won 2 of their last 4 there, but they scored in both their losses. They will be coming into this match with several injury concerns, as Sauro, Swanson and Hansen have been ruled out, while Manneh and Naess are still listed as questionable to participate.