Columbus Crew SC vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Orlando City SC

Sat 21 Sep 2024 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Alexandru Matan 44' Y

Yaw Yeboah 77' Y

Y 81' Kyle Smith

Y 89' Ivan Angulo

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Orlando City SC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Orlando City SC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Orlando City SC

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-21 Columbus Crew SC 4–3 Orlando City SC 2024-05-25 Orlando City SC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC 2023-09-16 Orlando City SC 4–3 Columbus Crew SC 2023-05-13 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Orlando City SC 2022-10-09 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	4–3	W
18 Sep	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W
14 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
07 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–4	L
31 Aug	New York City FC	H	4–2	W
28 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–0	W

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	3–4	L
19 Sep	Charlotte FC	H	2–0	W
14 Sep	New England Revolution	H	3–0	W
31 Aug	Nashville SC	H	3–0	W
25 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
20 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Orlando City SC
#7	Position	#9
47	Points	46
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	13 / 7 / 14
59	Scored	63
52	Conceded	78
+7	GD	-15
1.38	PPG	1.35
41%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). Orlando City SC are 9th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Orlando City SC

0-15

5/5

16-30

10/10

31-45

5/8

46-60

10/10

61-75

7/5

76+

13/15

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda	16 G	4 A
Antoine Griezmann	14 G	6 A
Tyrese Spicer	6 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Columbus Crew SC host Orlando City SC — let the battle begin!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past Orlando City SC's compact .
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Orlando City SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and Orlando City SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 302 games and scored 457 goals.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Orlando City SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Diego Rossi has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 30 minutes.
35' Orlando City SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
44' It’s gonna be a card for Alexandru Matan.
47' Cucho Hernandez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Rossi on 47 minute.
51' Assisted by Max Arfsten with the perfectly-timed delivery and Christian Ramirez makes no mistake. 2-0!
56' Orlando City SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
58' A change in the Orlando City SC ranks — Jeorgio Kocevski exits the field as Luis Muriel enters on 58.
62' The whistle greets Mohamed Farsi as he departs to be replaced by Yaw Yeboah.
67' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 67 minutes.
71' Cucho Hernandez doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
74' The Argentina Ramiro Enrique breaks the deadlock on 74 minutes. 3-1!
76' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Marcelo Herrera comes on to replace Max Arfsten.
77' It’s gonna be a card for Yaw Yeboah.
78' Luis Muriel does the damage! The net is bulging and Orlando City SC surge ahead!
81' Orlando City SC make a change. Rafael Santos trudges off to be replaced by Kyle Smith on 81 minutes.
81' Orlando City SC player sees a card in front of him.
84' Orlando City SC make a change. Wilder Cartagena trudges off to be replaced by Felipe Martins on 84 minutes.
85' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Aziel Jackson makes it 4-2.
86' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacen Russell-Rowe is hanging Aziel Jackson on the field on 86 minute.
89' It’s gonna be a card for Ivan Angulo.
Orlando City SC will have plenty to reflect on. Columbus Crew SC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen
20
Alexandru Matan
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Dylan Chambost 76'
10
Diego Rossi ↓ Cucho Hernandez 47'
6
Darlington Nagbe
13
Aziel Jackson ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 86'
28
Patrick Schulte
23
Mohamed Farsi ↓ Yaw Yeboah 62'
27
Max Arfsten ↓ Marcelo Herrera 76'
21
Yevgen Cheberko

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

15
Rodrigo Schlegel
11
Martin Ojeda ↓ Nicolas Lodeiro 58'
1
Pedro Gallese
16
Wilder Cartagena ↓ Felipe Martins 84'
3
Rafael Santos ↓ Kyle Smith 81'
6
Robin Jansson
77
Ivan Angulo
10
Facundo Torres Perez
13
Duncan McGuire ↓ Ramiro Enrique 58'
17
Dagur THorhallsson
33
Jeorgio Kocevski ↓ Luis Muriel 58'

Bench

9
Luis Muriel ↑ 58'
14
Nicolas Lodeiro ↑ 58'
8
Felipe Martins ↑ 84'
24
Kyle Smith ↑ 81'
26
Michael Halliday
7
Ramiro Enrique ↑ 58'
20
Luca Petrasso
50
Javier Otero
18
Heine Bruseth

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Rossi	6
Ramiro Enrique	5
Facundo Torres Perez	3
Daryl Dike	2
Marco Pasalic	2
Martin Ojeda	2
Derrick Etienne	2
Gyasi Zardes	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2024-09-21 Columbus Crew SC 4–3 Orlando City SC W 2024-09-18 Toronto FC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-09-14 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-09-07 Columbus Crew SC 0–4 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC W 2024-08-28 Philadelphia Union 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W

Orlando City SC Form

2024-09-21 Columbus Crew SC 4–3 Orlando City SC L 2024-09-19 Orlando City SC 2–0 Charlotte FC W 2024-09-14 Orlando City SC 3–0 New England Revolution W 2024-08-31 Orlando City SC 3–0 Nashville SC W 2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC L 2024-07-20 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.93 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.07 Orlando City SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 82%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC55% Draw19% Orlando City SC26%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes82% 0% No18%

Avg goals/match: 5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	96%	4%
± 2.5	86%	14%
± 3.5	72%	28%
± 4.5	54%	46%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

75%

Draw or Orlando City SC

45%

Columbus Crew SC or Orlando City SC

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC43% Draw33% Orlando City SC24%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

2 – 1

3 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.7%

1 – 1

4.8%

1 – 2

4.3%

4 – 2

4.2%

4 – 1

4.2%

2 – 3

4.1%

3 – 3

2 – 0

3.1%

4 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Orlando City SC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	15%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	18%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	13%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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