Columbus Crew vs Orlando City Prediction: Derby in the Eastern Conference league

Columbus Crew vs Orlando City: Prediction and odds on the Match on 26 July 2025

On Saturday, July 26, in the 25th round of the 2025 MLS season, an exciting clash between Columbus Crew and Orlando City will take place. The MLS league is slowly but surely entering the final stages of the regular season, and this time we have analyzed the match, which can be labeled as a derby match in the Eastern Conference. The hosts are unstoppable at home in 2025, and it will certainly be a huge challenge for Orlando to win in this stadium, even though they showed very impressive performances in their away matches since March. Considering their stats and form, we can expect a spectacular match at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew: form and statistics

Form in all competitions: WLWDW

After 24 games, the Columbus Crew are sitting in fourth place in the MLS table with 44 points. This position reflects a strong mix of results: 12 wins, 8 draws, and 4 losses, which shows their consistent play. The team has a positive goal difference, with a strong tendency to score goals in the early part of the first half – that’s 19% of their goals – but they also concede most often in the same period, accounting for 19% of their goals against, where a greater focus could bring improvement. Columbus have been playing clearly lately. They have only lost one of their last five matches, and after a debacle against Nashville SC, in the last round, they returned to winning ways with a victory against DC United at this stadium. Playing at home has been this team’s strong point this season, and they are unbeaten in their last 8 matches at this stadium with 6 wins and 2 draws.

Columbus Crew Lineup

Columbus are playing well in 4-3-3 formation, and it's expected that they will start this match in that formation. Wilfried Nancy still has some important players missing like M. Amundsen, R. Camacho, M. Farsi, and N. Hagen. However he still has very quality squad and they will certainly be more focused on domination and offensive aspect of the game.

🔖 Columbus Crew starting lineup (4-3-3)

Schulte - Moreira, Zawadzki, Cheberko, Aliyu - Nagbe, Chambost, Lappalainen - Gazdag, Rossi, Russell-Rowe

👤 Head coach: Wilfried Nancy

Orlando City: form and statistics

Form in all competitions: WLDDL

After 24 matches, Orlando City are in sixth place in the MLS table with 38 points. This middle position comes from a mixed record: 10 wins, 8 draws, and 6 losses. They also have a positive goal difference, scoring often early in the first half (17% of their goals), but conceding the most in that period (19% of goals against), which indicates a potential weakness that needs to be addressed. In the last round, Orlando finally won after 4 games without a win. They won against New England Revolution as an away team with a score of 2:1. This is not so surprising if you take into account the fact that this team plays better as an away team, and so far, has a record of 5 wins, 5 draws, and 2 losses. They are undefeated in the last 4 games aside, and this gives them the right to hope for a positive result in this very unpleasant away game.

Orlando City Lineup

Orlando City are playing in the classic 4-4-2 formation, especially in the away matches. I expect of them to start this match same way, they will not run for the win, it's more important for them to remain undefeated and maintain good form and atmosphere in the team and gain back the confidence after 4 matches without a win. Orlando will be without Y. Tsukada, D. McGuire, J. Gerbet, and W. Cartagena.

🔖 Orlando City starting lineup (4-4-2)

Gallese - Freeman, Schlegel, Jansson, Brekalo - Araujo, Atuesta Pasalic, Ojeda - Angulo, Muriel 

 👤 Head coach: Oscar Pareja

Columbus Crew vs Orlando City: head to head statistics

In the last five games, Columbus Crew have recorded three wins, one draw and one loss. Orlando City, on the other hand, have one win, two draws and two losses. In their last five encounters Columbus Crew have two wins, two matches ended in a draw and Orlando won only once.

Columbus Crew vs Orlando City: Betting Tips & Odds

• Columbus Crew have won the previous 2 matches against Orlando City, and this option is offered on the Betway bookmaker website for 2.26 odds;
• Both teams have found the net in 3 of their last 5 meetings, and this option is offered on the Bet365 bookmaker website for 1.41 odds.
• They scored over 2.5 goals in 3 of their last 5 meetings, and this option is offered on the 1xbet bookmaker website for 1.49 odds.

Columbus Crew vs Orlando City match prediction 26 July 2025

Columbus Crew currently have a six-point lead in the standings, although their goal difference is +7, compared to Orlando City's +11. Recent matches between both teams have tended to be high-scoring, with over three goals per game, suggesting that an over 2.5 total goals option could be a smart choice. Both teams showed weaknesses in the defensive line, and we can expect goals on both ends. Columbus Crew are in better form overall, and the home stadium should be an advantage for them to win this encounter against their Conference rival, Orlando.

Our match prediction:  Both teams to score and a total of over 2.5 for a coefficient of 1.7 in the 1xBet bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match:  A total of over 3.5 goals for 2.21 in the Betway bookmaker.

Lastly: Correct score 3:1 at 15 odds in the Bet365 bookmaker.