Columbus Crew SC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 0

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sun 29 Sep 2019 · 21:00 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'

Y 13' Jamiro

Wil Trapp 55' Y

Youness Mokhtar 80' Y

Y 90' Kacper Przybylko

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS .

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Jason White
Referee Jon Freemon
Referee

11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 20 games · Avg 1.9 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union 2019-03-23 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-05-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-03-17 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W
21 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
14 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	3–1	W
31 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D
25 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	3–1	W
21 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–1	L

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
26 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
22 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	0–2	L
14 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
31 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Philadelphia Union
#10	Position	#13
20	Points	16
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
26	Scored	25
28	Conceded	33
-2	GD	-8
1.11	PPG	0.89
28%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

30% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). Philadelphia Union are 13th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

3/3

16-30

1/5

31-45

3/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

4/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Columbus Crew SC have kicked off against Philadelphia Union. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Pedro Santos is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
10' Luis Diaz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
13' A moment of madness from Jamiro on 13 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Philadelphia Union will be frustrated.
18' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
23' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
28' 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.
33' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
38' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
43' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 43 minutes.
44' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Alejandro Bedoya by Warren Creavalle on 44 minute.
49' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brenden Aaronson, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
54' Over 54 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
57' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. David Guzman is replaced by Youness Mokhtar.
60' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 60 minute. Joshua Williams leaves to be changed by Aboubacar Keita.
65' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
69' Youness Mokhtar puts Columbus Crew SC on the lead.
73' GOAL! Pedro Santos fires home to make it 2-0!
77' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Fafa Picault has done his job and it is now time for Marco Fabian to step up.
80' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
85' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Caleb Porter will be considering his options from the bench.
87' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Gyasi Zardes exits the field as Jordan Hamilton enters on 87.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kacper Przybylko.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

35
Jamiro
27
Kai Wagner
18
Andre Blake
3
Jack Elliott
6
Haris Medunjanin
11
Alejandro Bedoya C ↓ Warren Creavalle 44'
28
Ray Gaddis
9
Fafa Picault ↓ Marco Fabian 77'
4
Mark McKenzie
22
Brenden Aaronson ↓ Ilsinho 60'
23
Kacper Przybylko

Bench

10
Marco Fabian ↑ 77'
7
Andrew Wooten
78
Aurelien Collin
2
Warren Creavalle ↑ 44'
25
Ilsinho ↑ 60'
12
Joe Bendik
16
RJ Allen
32
Matt Real

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nathan Harriel	3
Cucho Hernandez	3
Daniel Gazdag	2
Max Arfsten	2
Mohamed Farsi	2
David Accam	2
Julian Carranza	2
Youness Mokhtar	1

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-14 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L

Philadelphia Union Form

2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Philadelphia Union W 2019-09-22 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-09-14 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2019-08-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-08-24 Philadelphia Union 3–1 D.C. United SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.59 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.93 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC53% Draw26% Philadelphia Union21%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

79%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

47%

Columbus Crew SC or Philadelphia Union

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC36% Draw48% Philadelphia Union16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 0

11.8%

0 – 0

10%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 1

6.4%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 0

5.2%

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	24%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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