The Colorado Rapids The Columbus Crew on Saturday in an MLS inter-conference fixture. Colorado is 10th in the Western Conference table at 8-6-9 on 30 points with a goal difference of -2. Colorado defeated Minnesota United at home 4-3 last Saturday. Scoring a hat-trick for Colorado was Gyasi Zardes with goals in the 7th, 15th and 61st minutes while Diego Rubio scored in the 11th minute.
Colorado followed its 5-4 victory over the New York Red Bulls with its high scoring 4-3 win at home against Minnesota last Saturday. That marked just the first time that Colorado has scored nine goals in a span of two matches. Diego Rubio is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with 11 while Gyasi Zardes has scored seven. Michael Barrios and Rubio are the leaders in assists with five each.'
Columbus Crew is fifth in the Eastern Conference table at 8-9-6 on 33 points with a goal difference of +5. Columbus Crew conceded an early own-goal to New York City FC, but bounced back behind two goals from Lucas Zelaryan and defeated NYCFC 3-2 last Saturday. Cucho Hernandez scored in the 20th minute for Columbus and Zelarayan added goals in the 27th and 75th minutes.'
Columbus is unbeaten in each of its last five matches on the road with three victories and two draws, taking 11 points through those five fixtures. Only once prior has Columbus gone six consecutive matches on the road unbeaten. Lucas Zelarayan is the leading goal scorer for Columbus with eight, while Derrick Etienne and Zelarayan are the leaders in assists with five each.
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