Toluca vs Columbus Crew Preview, prediction, lineups, betting tips & odds | Leagues Cup 2025

The Crew are the defending champion of the competition.

Toluca are ready to lock horns with the Columbus Crew in the league phase of the 2025 Leagues Cup. The interesting confrontation between the clubs is scheduled to take place at the Lower.com Field.

The Mexico-based club Toluca will be the visiting side and which can become pressurising for them. Their performance in the new Liga MX season has been decent. Toluca have won two games and are coming in after losing one of their matches against Tigres UANL.

They have never won the Leagues Cup title and will be looking for a positive start to their campaign.

The Columbus Crew are the defending champions of the competition. They are doing well in the Major League Soccer as well. The Crew will be looking to continue their positive run of form in a 36-team competition here.

They will be at home, and it is going to be an advantage for them.

Kick-off:

• Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
• Stadium: Lower.com Field
• Date: Wednesday, July 30
• Kick-off Time: 04:30 IST (Tuesday, July 29; 23:00 GMT/ 19:00 ET/ 16:00 PT)
• Referee: TBD
• VAR: In use

Form:

Toluca: W-W-W-W-L

Columbus Crew: D-W-L-W-L

Players to Watch

Helinho (Toluca)

The 25-year-old from Brazil will yet again lead his side in the attacking front. In his three Liga MX matches this season, Helinho has scored three goals and also has a couple of assists to his name. He is going to be a menace to the opponent’s defence as per his current form in the domestic league.

Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew)

Diego Rossi has been the most consistent player for the Columbus Crew this season. In 24 MLS appearances, he has 17 goal involvements. This also makes him an absolute threat to the opponent’s defence.

Even though the Crew lost their last league fixture, Rossi was the sole goal scorer from their side, but it was unfortunately not enough.

Stepped up. Slotted it home 🎯 pic.twitter.com/x3J7WImoUk

— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) July 26, 2025

Match Facts

• Columbus Crew have not secured a clean sheet in their last five matches.
• This will be the third meeting between Toluca and Columbus Crew.
• The Crew are yet to win a match against Toluca.

Toluca vs Columbus Crew: Betting Tips and Odds

• Columbus Crew to win @33/20 Unibet
• Diego Rossi to score @11/2 bet365
• Goals over 3.5 @31/20 Unibet

Injury and Team News

Toluca have all of their players fit and ready to be in action.

The Crew will be without the services of Malte Amundsen, Mohamed Farsi and a couple of other squad members as they are injured.

Head-to-Head

Total matches: 2

Toluca won: 1

Columbus Crew won: 0

Draws: 1

Predicted Lineups

Toluca predicted lineup (4-4-2)

González (GK); Aceves, Pereira, Lopez, Isais; Helinho, Herrera, Romero, Castro; Paulinhoi, Dominguez

Columbus Crew predicted lineup (4-4-2)

Schulte (GK); Moreira, Zawadzki, Cheberko, Arfsten; Aliyu, Chambost, Nagbe, Gazdag; Rossi, Russell-Rowe

Match Prediction

These clubs are going to come up with an intense battle. But we predict it will be the defending champions, Columbus Crew, who are likely to come out on top against Toluca in their upcoming Leagues Cup 2025 fixture.

Prediction: Toluca 2-3 Columbus Crew

Telecast Details

USA: FOX Sports, TSN, RDS and Apple TV.

Worldwide: Apple TV

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