Columbus Crew SC vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Columbus Crew SC

3 – 2

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Colorado Rapids SC

Wed 31 May 2023 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field 20,223 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 9' Sam Nicholson

Lucas Zelarayan 37' 1–1

Sean Zawadzki 62' 2–1

Cucho Hernandez 72' 3–1

3–2 90' Cole Bassett

Y 74' Moise Bombito

Patrick Schulte 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

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

Columbus Crew SC 5 games · Avg 3.6 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-31 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-08-14 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-05-26 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-09-22 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
29 May	Nashville SC	A	1–3	L
20 May	FC Cincinnati	A	2–3	L
17 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W
13 May	Orlando City SC	H	2–2	D
29 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–2	L

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–3	L
28 May	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
21 May	Real Salt Lake	H	2–3	L
17 May	Atlanta United FC	A	0–4	L
14 May	Philadelphia Union	H	1–2	L
07 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Colorado Rapids SC
#7	Position	#27
47	Points	43
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	12 / 7 / 15
59	Scored	47
52	Conceded	50
+7	GD	-3
1.38	PPG	1.26
41%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lower.com Field. Columbus Crew SC are looking to make home advantage count against Colorado Rapids SC.
5' Colorado Rapids SC 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.
9' Sam Nicholson has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 9 minutes.
14' Steven Beitashour, a Iran , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
19' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 19 minutes.
24' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
29' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
34' A quiet spell here at Lower.com Field. Colorado Rapids SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
37' What an equalizer from Lucas Zelarayan!
42' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-5-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' Sean Zawadzki is replacing Philip Quinton for the Columbus Crew SC side.
51' The 32-year-old Keegan Rosenberry has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
56' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
59' The Colorado Rapids SC manager makes a substitution. Jonathan Lewis departs to be replaced by Calvin Harris.
60' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Connor Ronan by Cole Bassett on 60 minute.
61' Jimmy Medranda gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Yaw Yeboah and will look to change the dynamic.
62' Sean Zawadzki is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
67' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Marko Ilic made 242 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
72' What composure from Cucho Hernandez! The Colombia international strokes it home. 3-1.
73' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Lucas Zelarayan has done his job and it is now time for Jacen Russell-Rowe to step up.
74' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a Yellow card on 74.
79' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Kevin Cabral comes on to replace Moise Bombito.
84' The supporters are chanting for Steven Beitashour. He replaces Keegan Rosenberry on 84 minute.
86' Patrick Schulte picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' What composure from Cole Bassett! The USA international strokes it home. 3-2.
Another three points for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez
31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen
14
Yaw Yeboah ↓ Jimmy Medranda 61'
17
Christian Ramirez
6
Darlington Nagbe
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 73'
8
Aidan Morris
2
Philip Quinton ↓ Sean Zawadzki 46'
28
Patrick Schulte
23
Mohamed Farsi

Bench

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

20
Connor Ronan ↓ Cole Bassett 60'
21
Bryan Acosta
2
Keegan Rosenberry ↓ Steven Beitashour 84'
4
Danny Wilson
28
Sam Nicholson
6
Lalas Abubakar
5
Andreas Maxso
15
Danny Leyva ↓ Marlon Vargas 79'
1
Marko Ilic
7
Jonathan Lewis ↓ Calvin Harris 59'
64
Moise Bombito ↓ Kevin Cabral 79'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	2
Juan Hernandez	1
Federico Higuain	1
Diego Rubio	1
Cucho Hernandez	1
Shkelzen Gashi	1
Lucas Zelarayan	1
Shkelzen Gashi	1

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-05-31 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-05-29 Nashville SC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-05-20 FC Cincinnati 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-05-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2023-05-13 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Orlando City SC D 2023-04-29 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Internacional CF Miami L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-05-31 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-05-28 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2023-05-21 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake L 2023-05-17 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-05-14 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Philadelphia Union L 2023-05-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.11 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.48 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC53% Draw22% Colorado Rapids SC25%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.59

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

47%

Columbus Crew SC or Colorado Rapids SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw40% Colorado Rapids SC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.2%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.5%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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