Columbus Crew SC vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Columbus Crew SC

6 – 1

Full Time

Atlanta United FC

Sat 25 Mar 2023 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Tyler Wolff

Y 58' Franco Ibarra

Alexandru Matan 81' Y

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Atlanta United FC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 18 games · 12 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-25 Columbus Crew SC 6–1 Atlanta United FC 2022-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Atlanta United FC 2022-05-28 Atlanta United FC 1–2 Columbus Crew SC 2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Mar	Atlanta United FC	H	6–1	W
18 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L
12 Mar	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
05 Mar	D.C. United SC	H	2–0	W
26 Feb	Philadelphia Union	A	1–4	L
09 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–6	L
18 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	5–1	W
11 Mar	Charlotte FC	A	3–0	W
05 Mar	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D
26 Feb	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
09 Oct	New York City FC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Atlanta United FC
#10	Position	#15
20	Points	12
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 12
26	Scored	19
28	Conceded	33
-2	GD	-14
1.11	PPG	0.67
28%	Win %	17%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). Atlanta United FC are 15th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Atlanta United FC

0-15

–/4

16-30

1/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/3

61-75

3/6

76+

4/5

■ 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

5 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Lower.com Field will turn into a battlefield for Columbus Crew SC and Atlanta United FC.
5' Columbus Crew SC currently sit 19 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Christian Ramirez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
14' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Aidan Morris makes it 1-0.
19' Atlanta United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
29' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gonzalo Pineda might look to freshen things up shortly.
34' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
39' It looks surprising Atlanta United FC does not make any changes. Matheus Rossetto has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
44' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilfried Nancy will be considering his options from the bench.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Tyler Wolff argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
45' Tyler Wolff has so much to prove this time. He replaces Andrew Gutman on 45 minute.
47' What a strike from Christian Ramirez! The score is 2-0.
51' The USA Philip Quinton breaks the deadlock on 51 minutes. 3-0!
56' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
58' Controversy at the stadium! Franco Ibarra argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
63' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
64' GOAL! Christian Ramirez fires home to make it 4-0!
65' Another change for Atlanta United FC made on 65 minute. Amar Sejdic leaves to be changed by Erik Lopez.
66' Erik Lopez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Amar Sejdic on 66 minute.
68' Magnificent from Jacen Russell-Rowe! That is 17 goals in 287 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
71' Brilliant from the ! Brooks Lennon makes it 5-1 with a superb finish on 71.
73' Christian Ramirez makes way for Yaw Yeboah at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
78' Santiago Sosa is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Atlanta United FC tonight.
81' The referee calls foul for Alexandru Matan. He receives a Yellow card.
82' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Jacen Russell-Rowe is replaced by Max Arfsten.
87' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
89' Isaiah Parente is replacing Alexandru Matan for the Columbus Crew SC side.
Full Time. Columbus Crew SC beats Atlanta United FC

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

31
Steven Moreira
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Isaiah Parente 89'
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Yaw Yeboah 73'
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Sean Zawadzki 73'
8
Aidan Morris
12
Gustavo Vallecilla ↓ Keegan Hughes 89'
2
Philip Quinton
28
Patrick Schulte
30
Will Sands
19
Jacen Russell-Rowe ↓ Max Arfsten 82'
23
Mohamed Farsi

Bench

14
Yaw Yeboah ↑ 73'
94
Jimmy Medranda
24
Evan Bush
16
Isaiah Parente ↑ 89'
33
Jake Morris
25
Sean Zawadzki ↑ 73'
27
Max Arfsten ↑ 82'
22
Keegan Hughes ↑ 89'

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Atlanta United FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

20
Matheus Rossetto ↑ 73'
31
Quentin Westberg
51
Nicolas Firmino
28
Tyler Wolff ↑ 45'
16
Erik Lopez ↑ 65'
37
Aiden McFadden
35
Ajani Fortune ↑ 73'

Coach Gonzalo Pineda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-03-25 Columbus Crew SC 6–1 Atlanta United FC W 2023-03-18 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-03-12 Toronto FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-03-05 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 D.C. United SC W 2023-02-26 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2022-10-09 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L

Atlanta United FC Form

2023-03-25 Columbus Crew SC 6–1 Atlanta United FC L 2023-03-18 Atlanta United FC 5–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-03-11 Charlotte FC 0–3 Atlanta United FC W 2023-03-05 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Toronto FC D 2023-02-26 Atlanta United FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-10-09 Atlanta United FC 1–2 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.73 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Columbus Crew SC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC65% Draw19% Atlanta United FC16%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

84%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

35%

Columbus Crew SC or Atlanta United FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC52% Draw35% Atlanta United FC13%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–1 not predicted

6 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

7.7%

1 – 1

7.3%

3 – 0

6.8%

1 – 0

5.4%

4 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

4 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.5%

1 – 2

3.7%

0 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	19%	51%
-1.5	49%	—	51%
-1	49%	20%	31%
-0.5	69%	—	31%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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