Columbus Crew SC vs FC Dallas, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Columbus Crew SC vs FC Dallas — MLS .
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
- FC Dallas 15 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Fotis Bazakos
- Referee M. de Oliveira
- Referee Alex Chilowicz
- Referee Adam Garner
- Referee Kevin Klinger
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Mar FC Dallas H 1–0 W 09 Mar New England Revolution A 2–0 W 02 Mar New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D 12 Nov New York Red Bulls A 0–3 L 04 Nov New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W 02 Nov D.C. United SC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 0–1 L 09 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 W 02 Mar New England Revolution H 1–1 D 01 Nov Portland Timbers H 1–2 L 28 Oct Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L 21 Oct Sporting Kansas City H 0–3 L Season Stats
Columbus Crew SC FC Dallas #10 Position #19 16 Points 25 15 Played 15 4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 4 / 4 21 Scored 30 23 Conceded 22 -2 GD +8 1.07 PPG 1.67 27% Win % 47% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season20% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this seasonColumbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). FC Dallas are 19th (25 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Columbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Dallas0-154/216-303/431-454/346-603/–61-75–/276+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FC Dallas gets underway.
- 5' It’s high time Luchi Gonzalez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Goal! Gaston Sauro scores his 2 goal in 284 matches.
- 15' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dominique Badji, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Dallas needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 44' FC Dallas receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 44.
- 49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
- 54' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 59' 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 Carlos Gruezo suffering a number of foals already.
- 64' FC Dallas is showing some good football. However, FC Dallas are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 69' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Dallas that had 281 games and scored 411 goals.
- 70' The FC Dallas manager makes a substitution. Santiago Mosquera departs to be replaced by Jesus Ferreira.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for John Nelson. He replaces Marcos Pedroso on 74 minute.
- 78' Justin Meram is replacing Robinho for the Columbus Crew SC side.
- 82' The FC Dallas manager makes a substitution. Bryan Acosta departs to be replaced by Pablo Aranguiz.
- 87' Ricardo Clark has so much to prove this time. He replaces Artur on 87 minute.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Waylon Francis on 90.
- 90' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 90 minute. Pedro Santos leaves to be changed by Hector Jimenez.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Columbus Crew SC and FC Dallas (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Columbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
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Robinho ↓ Justin Meram 78'
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- 25
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Pedro Santos ↓ Hector Jimenez 90'
- 23
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8
Artur ↓ Ricardo Clark 87'
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Bench
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13
Ricardo Clark ↑ 87'
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16
Hector Jimenez ↑ 90'
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Justin Meram ↑ 78'
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Coach Caleb PorterFC Dallas Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Bryan Acosta ↓ Pablo Aranguiz 82'
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Marcos Pedroso ↓ John Nelson 74'
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- 24
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- 19
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Bench
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Pablo Aranguiz ↑ 82'
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Jesus Ferreira ↑ 70'
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John Nelson ↑ 74'
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Coach Luchi Gonzalez -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gaston Sauro 1 Pedro Santos 1 Youness Mokhtar 1 Reto Ziegler 1 Michael Barrios 1 Jader Obrian 1 Columbus Crew SC Form
2019-03-16 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2019-03-09 New England Revolution 0–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2018-11-02 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.19 Columbus Crew SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1 FC Dallas xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Columbus Crew SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.19Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 65% 35% ± 2.5 37% 63% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Columbus Crew SC or Draw 74%Draw or FC Dallas 54%Columbus Crew SC or FC Dallas 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Columbus Crew SC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.3%0 – 0 13.5%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 9.9%2 – 1 7.7%2 – 0 7.6%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 2 5.3%2 – 2 4%3 – 1 3.1%3 – 0 3%1 – 3 2.2%Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC
Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push FC Dallas covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 22% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 18% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 37% ✗FC Dallas keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.