Atlanta United FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Wed 22 Jul 2020 · 00:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+5'

Y 25' Milton Valenzuela

Franco Escobar 45' Y

Y 60' Pedro Santos

Miles Robinson 73' Y

Y 85' Hector Jimenez

Y 90' Luis Diaz

Overview

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Atlanta United FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Atlanta United FC 34 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Jason White
Referee David Gantar
Referee Timothy Ford

15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 18 games · Avg 3.4 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-09-14 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC 2018-08-19 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC 2018-06-13 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–1	L
16 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
12 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
08 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	2–1	W
01 Mar	Nashville SC	A	2–1	W
31 Oct	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
17 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W
12 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	4–0	W
08 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
06 Oct	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		Columbus Crew SC
#13	Position	#7
33	Points	47
34	Played	34
9 / 6 / 19	W / D / L	14 / 5 / 15
43	Scored	59
60	Conceded	52
-17	GD	+7
0.97	PPG	1.38
26%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Atlanta United FC are 13th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

5/6

31-45

4/7

46-60

5/12

61-75

6/8

76+

7/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Atlanta United FC host Columbus Crew SC — let the battle begin!
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' Pedro Santos is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
18' What composure from Youness Mokhtar! The Morocco international strokes it home. 0-1.
23' The home supporters are growing impatient. Atlanta United FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Milton Valenzuela.
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 303 games and scored 461 goals.
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Caleb Porter will be considering his options from the bench.
44' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Derrick Etienne on, Youness Mokhtar off on 44 minutes.
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Franco Escobar.
46' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Milton Valenzuela has done his job and it is now time for Hector Jimenez to step up.
51' Over 51 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
56' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
60' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Pedro Santos.
60' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Gyasi Zardes trudges off to be replaced by Fanendo Adi on 60 minutes.
61' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Pedro Santos by Lucas Zelarayan on 61 minute.
66' Atlanta United FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
69' Atlanta United FC make a change. George Bello trudges off to be replaced by Manuel Castro on 69 minutes.
72' Atlanta United FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anton Walkes is hanging Franco Escobar on the field on 72 minute.
73' The referee shows Atlanta United FC player a Yellow card on 73.
78' Brad Guzan has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
80' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Sebastian Berhalter on, Darlington Nagbe off on 80 minutes.
85' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Hector Jimenez.
90' Luis Diaz picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Another three points for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Brooks Lennon
10
Gonzalo Martinez
20
Emerson Hyndman ↓ Jeff Larentowicz 80'
8
Ezequiel Barco
2
Franco Escobar ↓ Anton Walkes 72'
1
Brad Guzan C
12
Miles Robinson
21
George Bello ↓ Manuel Castro 69'
14
Adam Jahn ↓ Jon Gallagher 46'
29
Mo Adams
6
Fernando Meza ↓ Eric Remedi 46'

Bench

Coach Frank de Boer

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

13
Andrew Tarbell
19
Milton Valenzuela ↓ Hector Jimenez 46'
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Fanendo Adi 60'
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Lucas Zelarayan 61'
8
Artur
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 80'
30
Aboubacar Keita
12
Luis Diaz
34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Derrick Etienne 44'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Rossi	5
Gyasi Zardes	4
Josef Martinez	3
Jonathan Mensah	3
Jacen Russell-Rowe	3
Wessam Abou Ali	3
Pedro Santos	2
Juan Hernandez	2

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-07-16 Atlanta United FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2020-07-12 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2020-03-08 Atlanta United FC 2–1 FC Cincinnati W 2020-03-01 Nashville SC 1–2 Atlanta United FC W 2019-10-31 Toronto FC 1–2 Atlanta United FC W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC W 2019-10-06 Toronto FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.05 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.6 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Atlanta United FC26% Draw28% Columbus Crew SC46%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.65

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

54%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Atlanta United FC or Columbus Crew SC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC19% Draw47% Columbus Crew SC34%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 0

0 – 2

8.8%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 1

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 2

4.9%

0 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

3.8%

2 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	23%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	15%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.