Columbus Crew SC vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Columbus Crew SC

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Atlanta United FC

Sat 7 Aug 2021 · 23:30 UTC New Crew Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Marcelino Moreno

Y 45' Santiago Sosa

Y 66' Anton Walkes

Eloy Room 90' Y

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Atlanta United FC — MLS at New Crew Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 27 games · 27 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC 2020-11-08 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Atlanta United FC 2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-09-14 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	2–4	L
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L
24 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
17 Jul	New York City FC	H	2–1	W

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	3–2	W
04 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–2	D
31 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	2–3	L
24 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–1	L
22 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
17 Jul	New England Revolution	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Atlanta United FC
#12	Position	#14
29	Points	27
27	Played	27
8 / 5 / 14	W / D / L	7 / 6 / 14
39	Scored	32
43	Conceded	45
-4	GD	-13
1.07	PPG	1.00
30%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Atlanta United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

2/5

46-60

3/6

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Columbus Crew SC welcome Atlanta United FC for this crunch clash at New Crew Stadium.
5' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ezequiel Barco makes no mistake. 0-1!
10' Atlanta United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' Eloy Room needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
35' GOAL! Ezequiel Barco fires home to make it 0-2!
37' Jonathan Mensah does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
45' The referee has no hesitation. Marcelino Moreno is booked for Atlanta United FC — Yellow card on 45.
50' It looks surprising Atlanta United FC does not make any changes. Lucas Zelarayan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Kevin Molino has been relatively quiet despite scoring 23 goals in his last 290 appearances.
60' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
63' Erick Torres is replacing Jackson Conway for the Atlanta United FC side.
65' GOAL! Marcelino Moreno fires home to make it 1-3!
66' The referee calls foul for Anton Walkes. He receives a Yellow card.
70' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Luis Diaz trudges off to be replaced by Waylon Francis on 70 minutes.
75' The energy levels are beginning to show. Caleb Porter might look to freshen things up shortly.
80' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
83' Bradley Wright-Phillips is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gyasi Zardes at the 83 minute mark.
84' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 84 minute. Marlon Hairston leaves to be changed by Alexandru Matan.
87' A tactical swap from Atlanta United FC — Erik Lopez on, Matheus Rossetto off on 87 minutes.
90' A goal from the Portugal international Pedro Santos! He fires home on 90 to make it 2-3!
90' Eloy Room picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' Marcelino Moreno makes way for George Campbell at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Atlanta United FC.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
18
Liam Fraser
17
Marlon Hairston ↓ Alexandru Matan 84'
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful ↓ Saad Abdul-Salam 70'
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 83'
7
Pedro Santos
9
Kevin Molino ↓ Derrick Etienne 63'
6
Darlington Nagbe
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Waylon Francis 70'
10
Lucas Zelarayan

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

4
Anton Walkes
9
Matheus Rossetto ↓ Erik Lopez 87'
6
Alan Franco
10
Marcelino Moreno ↓ George Campbell 90'
5
Santiago Sosa
8
Ezequiel Barco
1
Brad Guzan
12
Miles Robinson
21
George Bello
2
Ronald Hernandez
36
Jackson Conway ↓ Erick Torres 63'

Bench

Coach Rob Valentino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Rossi	5
Gyasi Zardes	4
Jacen Russell-Rowe	3
Wessam Abou Ali	3
Josef Martinez	3
Jonathan Mensah	3
Ezequiel Barco	2
Max Arfsten	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC L 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC L 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC W

Atlanta United FC Form

2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC W 2021-08-04 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Atlanta United FC D 2021-07-31 Orlando City SC 3–2 Atlanta United FC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Atlanta United FC D 2021-07-17 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New England Revolution L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.81 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.49 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC46% Draw25% Atlanta United FC29%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

70%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

54%

Columbus Crew SC or Atlanta United FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC33% Draw42% Atlanta United FC25%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

1 – 0

0 – 0

5.2%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

3.9%

3 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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