Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Columbus Crew SC
3 – 0
Full Time
FC Cincinnati
Sun 6 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+4'
Y 39' Frankie Amaya
Y 70' Maikel van der Werff
Gyasi Zardes 82' Y
Y 90' Kendall Waston

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Brian Dunn
  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
  • Referee Gjovalin Bori
  • Referee

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 26 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 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
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

8
6
3
Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Cincinnati
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Sep FC Cincinnati H 3–0 W
02 Sep Philadelphia Union H 1–0 W
29 Aug FC Cincinnati A 0–0 D
24 Aug New York City FC A 0–1 L
20 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 3–0 W
29 Jul Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D
FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Sep Columbus Crew SC A 0–3 L
02 Sep Chicago Fire FC H 0–0 D
29 Aug Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
25 Aug Chicago Fire FC A 0–3 L
21 Aug D.C. United SC H 0–0 D
29 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC FC Cincinnati
#12 Position #9
29 Points 33
27 Played 26
8 / 5 / 14 W / D / L 8 / 9 / 9
39 Scored 55
43 Conceded 64
-4 GD -9
1.07 PPG 1.27
30% Win % 31%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
76% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 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
FC Cincinnati
0-15
4/3
16-30
5/9
31-45
9/9
46-60
5/11
61-75
4/4
76+
13/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A
FC Cincinnati
Kevin Denkey 14 G 1 A
Evander 13 G 7 A
Tom Barlow 7 G 2 A
Pavel Bucha 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at MAPFRE Stadium. Columbus Crew SC are looking to make home advantage count against FC Cincinnati.
  • 5' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' Darlington Nagbe is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
  • 15' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Eloy Room has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 20' FC Cincinnati 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.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 30' Milton Valenzuela needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 39' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Frankie Amaya.
  • 44' 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.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Luis Diaz. He replaces Youness Mokhtar on 46 minute.
  • 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 52' Pedro Santos has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 52 minutes.
  • 57' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 58' Yuya Kubo makes way for Haris Medunjanin at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Cincinnati.
  • 59' The FC Cincinnati bench stirs into life. Greg Garza is withdrawn and Andrew Gutman gets his opportunity.
  • 62' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Fanendo Adi by Gyasi Zardes on 62 minute.
  • 64' A goal from the USA international Gyasi Zardes! He fires home on 64 to make it 2-0!
  • 69' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 70' Poor challenge from Maikel van der Werff. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 71' Gyasi Zardes with the second goal in the match!
  • 75' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Artur is replaced by Derrick Etienne on 75 minute.
  • 80' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Fatai Alashe is replaced by Sebastian Berhalter on 80 minute.
  • 82' The referee calls foul for Gyasi Zardes. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 87' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 90' Kendall Waston was booked on 90.
  • The points are shared — Columbus Crew SC 3-0 FC Cincinnati. Honours even.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gyasi Zardes 7
Lucas Zelarayan 5
Luciano Acosta 4
Miguel Berry 3
Pedro Santos 3
Diego Rossi 2
Kevin Denkey 2
Isaac Atanga 2

Head to Head

2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-07-29 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Minnesota United FC D

FC Cincinnati Form

2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-08-21 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2020-07-29 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Cincinnati D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.49 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.19 FC Cincinnati xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Columbus Crew SC to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC64% Draw20% FC Cincinnati16%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.68
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
84%
Draw or FC Cincinnati
36%
Columbus Crew SC or FC Cincinnati
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC48% Draw37% FC Cincinnati15%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9%
1 – 1
8.3%
2 – 0
7.9%
3 – 1
7.4%
3 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
6%
2 – 2
5.3%
4 – 1
4.6%
3 – 2
4.4%
1 – 2
4.3%
4 – 0
3.9%
0 – 0
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5 25% — 75%
-2 25% 19% 56%
-1.5 44% — 56%
-1 44% 21% 36%
-0.5 64% — 36%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 10% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
31% ✗
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
9% ✓

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