Columbus Crew hosts Atlanta United on Sunday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Columbus Crew is fifth in the conference table at 8-10-6 on 34 points with a goal difference of +5. Columbus Crew fought to a 1-1 draw on the road Sunday with the Colorado Rapids. Cucho Hernandez scored in the 5th minute for Columbus Crew but Colorado scored an equalizer in the 41st minute and the remainder of the match was scoreless.
Columbus defeated New York City FC 3-2 at home on August 6 for only its third victory in their last 10 matches at home with three draws and four losses. Lucas Zelarayan is the leading goal scorer for Columbus Crew with eight while Cucho Hernandez has scored six. Derrick Etienne and Zelarayan are the leader in assists with five each, while Luis Diaz has four.
Atlanta United is 13th in the conference table at 7-8-10 on 29 points with a goal difference of -4. Atlanta United was defeated at home 2-1 by the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday. Atlanta fell behind 2-0 in the first 15 minutes of the match and did not score until Josef Martinez was able to score in second-half stoppage time (90'+4') but it was too little too late.
Atlanta United has not won in any of its last 10 matches away from home with four draws and six losses but has battled to a draw in each of the last two on the road. Ronaldo Cisneros is the leading goal scorer for Atlanta with seven, while Josef Martinez has scored six. Thiago Almada and Luiz Araujo are the leaders in assists with five, while two others have four each.
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