2024 Leagues Cup Outright Odds: Columbus Crew favored ahead of final

The 2024 Leagues Cup is down to two teams, and the final is coming up.

Inter Miami won last year's edition just after global superstar Lionel Messi joined the team, and he hit the ground running in this competition with 10 goals in seven games to win the tournament's Top Scorer and Best Player awards.

Messi suffered an ankle injury in the Copa America final and missed the entire tournament as his team was eliminated in the round of 16. Who will take the crown this time around?

2024 Leagues Cup Outright Odds

Columbus Crew	+120
Los Angeles FC	+180

The Columbus Crew are favored to beat Los Angeles FC in the 2024 Leagues Cup Final.

The Crew beat LAFC 2-1 in last year's MLS Cup Final. This year, the Crew beat LAFC 5-1 in MLS action in Los Angeles.

Denis Bouanga, LAFC's star and the reigning MLS Golden Boot winner, is the joint-leading scorer with six goals and joint-second leading assist provider with three assists.

Bouanga has received plenty of help. LAFC has three other multi-goal scorers in this tournament. Cristian Olivera has four goals in 316 minutes, Mateusz Bogusz has three goals in 454 minutes, and Kei Kamara has three goals in 201 minutes.

Diego Rossi has led the Crew, matching Bouanga's six goals. With two assists each, Juan 'Cucho' Hernandez and Max Arfsten have been Columbus' primary playmakers, and Hernandez also has a pair of goals.

Defensively, LAFC leads the competition with four clean sheets in six matches. The Crew have one clean sheet in four matches, but they've pressed more effectively than their final opponents, winning possession in their attacking third 5.3 times per game to LAFC's 4.3 times.

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Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.