Columbus Crew SC vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Columbus Crew SC vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Lower.com Field.
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# 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 08 Mar Houston Dynamo H 0–0 D 02 Mar New England Revolution A 1–0 W 23 Feb Chicago Fire FC H 4–2 W 19 Oct New York Red Bulls A 3–2 W 12 Oct New England Revolution H 4–0 W 05 Oct Philadelphia Union H 3–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 0–0 D 03 Mar Internacional CF Miami H 1–4 L 23 Feb FC Dallas H 1–2 L 20 Oct Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W 06 Oct St. Louis City A 0–3 L 03 Oct New England Revolution H 2–1 W Season Stats
Columbus Crew SC Houston Dynamo #10 Position #22 16 Points 22 15 Played 14 4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 1 / 6 21 Scored 19 23 Conceded 23 -2 GD -4 1.07 PPG 1.57 27% Win % 50% Key Stats
20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this seasonColumbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). Houston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Columbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededHouston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Columbus Crew SC and Houston Dynamo has kicked off!
- 5' Max Arfsten has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 9' Houston Dynamo receives a card for a hard tackle on 9.
- 14' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Obafemi Awodesu has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 19' 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.
- 21' The referee calls foul for Ezequiel Ponce. He receives a card.
- 26' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 29' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a card on 29.
- 29' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Franco Escobar is replaced by Daniel Steres on 29 minute.
- 34' It’s high time Wilfried Nancy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 39' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 262 games and scored 388 goals.
- 44' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daniel Steres, as he is very good at scoring at Lower.com Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 49' Houston Dynamo is showing some good football. However, Houston Dynamo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 54' 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 Franco Escobar suffering a number of foals already.
- 57' A meaty challenge results in booking for Max Arfsten on 57.
- 59' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Nicolas Lodeiro is replaced by Erik Duenas on 59 minute.
- 64' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 65' Houston Dynamo player sees a card in front of him.
- 70' 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.
- 72' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 72 minute. Darlington Nagbe leaves to be changed by Aziel Jackson.
- 73' It’s gonna be a card for Artur.
- 78' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 81' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Sebastian Kowalczyk departs to be replaced by Ibrahim Aliyu.
- 86' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 86 minutes.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
Columbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 18
- 10
- 2
- 6
- 28
- 25
- 19
- 23
- 27
- 21
Bench
- 31
- 20
- 24
- 12
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13
Aziel Jackson ↑ 72'
- 16
- 29
- 41
- 48
Coach Wilfried NancyHouston Dynamo Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
- 13
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20
Nicolas Lodeiro ↓ Erik Duenas 59'
- 10
- 6
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2
Franco Escobar ↓ Daniel Steres 29'
- 25
- 27
- 4
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21
Jack McGlynn ↓ Brooklyn Raines 81'
- 24
Bench
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5
Daniel Steres ↑ 29'
- 1
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16
Erik Duenas ↑ 59'
- 23
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35
Brooklyn Raines ↑ 81'
- 17
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18
Ibrahim Aliyu ↑ 81'
- 33
Coach Ben Olsen -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gyasi Zardes 1 Tomas Martinez 1 Mauro Manotas 1 Memo Rodriguez 1 Victor Cabrera 1 Corey Baird 1 Ibrahim Aliyu 1 Gyasi Zardes 1 Head to Head
Columbus Crew SC Form
2025-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-03-02 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-02-23 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-10-19 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-10-12 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 New England Revolution W 2024-10-05 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Philadelphia Union WHouston Dynamo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.43 Columbus Crew SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.95 Houston Dynamo xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.38Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Columbus Crew SC or Draw 77%Draw or Houston Dynamo 51%Columbus Crew SC or Houston Dynamo 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%1 – 0 12.2%0 – 0 Actual2 – 0 9.2%2 – 1 8.7%0 – 1 7.6%1 – 2 5.7%3 – 0 4.3%3 – 1 4.2%2 – 2 4.2%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 2.1%Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC
Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push Houston Dynamo covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 23% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.