Orlando City SC - Columbus Crew Predictions and Betting Tips

This Orlando City team have been riding hot since the final period of September winning 4 out of 5 games and collecting 13 out of 15 possible points. Then hosts of this contest hit the wall with suffering 3 defeats in a row. Their mini bad streak started againt no other tean than this Columbus Crew side, they will be facing once again in this game. That recent clash between them took place in the US Open Cup, with Crew edging out Orlando at home with a 2:1 scoreline. Looking deeper on this contest, it was a well deserved win for Columbus as they managed to generate 2.34 xG compare to only 0.74 of visiting team. Orlando then returned to a league action...and added 2 more painful losses with both New England Revolution and Philadelphia Union managed to put 4 goals past them. Columbus on the other hand recently enjoying rise in level of their performances and in contrast to Orlando, they have been flying high prior to this game. After mentioned higher win in the US Open Cup, Crew recorded b2b wins in the MLS. If beating Montreal is not something to brag about, that defeating Lionel Messi Inter Miami is really impressive result. Here however bookies signaling to us that the tables will turn and Columbus are prime for a letdown. Beside that this will be a fast revenge spot for Orlando and if we look on the fact hosts not only suffered all their losses in a visitors role but also against a tough schedule, the bookies making home team quite a clear favorite makes much more sense. Public bettors will fall into recency bias here and will grab hot team in the underdog position but Crew is in that role for a reason.