Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Fri 27 Aug 2021 · 22:30 UTC New Crew Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

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

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 26 games · 33 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	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

Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–2	W
21 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	2–4	L

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–3	L
22 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–4	L
18 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–0	D
07 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
05 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–0	D
31 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	0–0	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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Columbus Crew SC and FC Cincinnati get this one started.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and FC Cincinnati are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' Columbus Crew SC have won 437 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' It’s high time Jaap Stam made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Brandon Vazquez suffering a number of foals already.
25' Columbus Crew 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.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Cincinnati needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jaap Stam will be considering his options from the bench.
40' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against FC Cincinnati's shape.
45' Goal! Lucas Zelarayan scores his 41 goal in 292 matches.
48' GOAL! Ronald Matarrita fires home to make it 1-1!
53' FC Cincinnati come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
58' FC Cincinnati fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
62' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 62 minute. Luis Diaz leaves to be changed by Waylon Francis.
65' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Florian Valot is replaced by Isaac Atanga.
70' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Brenner da Silva is replaced by Brandon Vazquez on 70 minute.
73' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Miguel Berry comes on to replace Bradley Wright-Phillips.
74' Isaac Atanga has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 74 minutes.
75' Isaac Atanga is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
77' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Alexandru Matan on, Liam Fraser off on 77 minutes.
81' Brilliant from the ! Miguel Berry makes it 2-3 with a superb finish on 81.
83' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Miguel Berry makes it 3-3.
88' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Cincinnati backline.
89' FC Cincinnati make a change. Geoff Cameron trudges off to be replaced by Haris Medunjanin on 89 minutes.
FC Cincinnati will have plenty to reflect on. Columbus Crew SC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
99
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Miguel Berry 73'
22
Derrick Etienne
18
Liam Fraser ↓ Alexandru Matan 77'
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
5
Vito Wormgoor ↓ Aboubacar Keita 77'
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Waylon Francis 62'
10
Lucas Zelarayan

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

12
Geoff Cameron ↓ Haris Medunjanin 89'
25
Kenneth Vermeer
7
Yuya Kubo
64
Florian Valot ↓ Isaac Atanga 65'
14
Nick Hagglund
8
Allan Cruz
11
Luciano Acosta
18
Ronald Matarrita
31
Alvaro Barreal
9
Brenner da Silva ↓ Brandon Vazquez 70'
5
Gustavo Vallecilla

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	7
Lucas Zelarayan	5
Luciano Acosta	4
Miguel Berry	3
Pedro Santos	3
Kevin Denkey	2
Isaac Atanga	2
Max Arfsten	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati W 2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 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

FC Cincinnati Form

2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati L 2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati L 2021-08-18 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-08-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-08-05 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2021-07-31 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.39 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC50% Draw22% FC Cincinnati28%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.23

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

72%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

50%

Columbus Crew SC or FC Cincinnati

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw36% FC Cincinnati26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.5%

1 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 3

3.5%

4 – 1

3.5%

3 – 0

3.3%

3 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	19%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	14%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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