Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 1

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FC Cincinnati

Sat 25 Jul 2026 · 23:15 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 9' Kevin Denkey

Jamal Thiare 41' 1–1

Daniel Gazdag pen 45+6' 2–1

Y 66' Matt Miazga

R 90' Gerardo Valenzuela

Overview

Match Preview

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

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2026-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Cincinnati 2025-07-13 FC Cincinnati 2–4 Columbus Crew SC 2025-05-17 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2024-09-14 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2024-05-11 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	2–1	W
22 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–2	L
24 May	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W
16 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
13 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
10 May	New York City FC	A	0–3	L

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
22 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–3	W
23 May	Orlando City SC	H	6–2	W
17 May	San Diego FC	A	3–3	D
13 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D
09 May	Charlotte FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		FC Cincinnati
#23	Position	#12
20	Points	26
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
26	Scored	45
28	Conceded	44
-2	GD	+1
1.11	PPG	1.44
28%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

76% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

19% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Columbus Crew SC are 23rd (20 pts). FC Cincinnati are 12th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

6/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/7

31-45

9/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

2/1

76+

11/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

FC Cincinnati

Evander	12 G	7 A
Kevin Denkey	11 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lower.com Field. Columbus Crew SC are looking to make home advantage count against FC Cincinnati.
5' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
9' What composure from Kevin Denkey! The Togo international strokes it home. 0-1.
14' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
19' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
24' FC Cincinnati come into this ranked 5 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
29' A quiet spell here at Lower.com Field. FC Cincinnati seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
34' Samuel Gidi is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
39' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
41' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jamal Thiare makes it 1-1.
42' Columbus Crew SC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jamal Thiare on 42.
46' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Sekou Bangoura by Andre Gomes on 46 minute.
51' Daniel Gazdag does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
56' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
61' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
65' Tom Barlow has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kenji Mboma on 65 minute.
66' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
71' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Matt Miazga is replaced by Kyle Smith.
72' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Dylan Chambost is replaced by Tarun Karumanchi on 72 minute.
77' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 77.
79' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Jamal Thiare is replaced by Hugo Picard.
84' Tom Barlow has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
85' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tah Anunga is hanging Obinna Nwobodo on the field on 85 minute.
86' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Daniel Gazdag has done his job and it is now time for Chase Adams to step up.
90' FC Cincinnati receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and FC Cincinnati share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Laurent Courtois

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Evan Louro
2
Alvas Powell
4
Nick Hagglund
24
Kyle Smith ↑ 71'
16
Tom Barlow ↑ 65'
15
Teenage Hadebe
27
Tah Anunga ↑ 85'
99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 71'
29
Bryan Ramirez ↑ 65'

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2026-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Cincinnati W 2026-07-22 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York City FC L 2026-05-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2026-05-16 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L

FC Cincinnati Form

2026-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Cincinnati L 2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-05-23 FC Cincinnati 6–2 Orlando City SC W 2026-05-17 San Diego FC 3–3 FC Cincinnati D 2026-05-13 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2026-05-09 Charlotte FC 0–0 FC Cincinnati D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.15 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.79 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC47% Draw23% FC Cincinnati30%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

70%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

53%

Columbus Crew SC or FC Cincinnati

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC35% Draw38% FC Cincinnati27%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.3%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.5%

3 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 3

3.9%

1 – 0

3.8%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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