Columbus Crew SC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Philadelphia Union

Wed 2 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+4'

Y 42' Jamiro

Jonathan Mensah 52' Y

Y 54' Alejandro Bedoya

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee C.J. Morgante
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Jorge Gonzalez

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 20 games · Avg 1.9 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–0	W
29 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
24 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
20 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W
29 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
22 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–1	L
29 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	4–1	W
25 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	1–0	W
20 Aug	New England Revolution	A	0–0	D
06 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L
31 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Philadelphia Union
#7	Position	#6
47	Points	50
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	14 / 8 / 12
59	Scored	66
52	Conceded	52
+7	GD	+14
1.38	PPG	1.47
41%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

30% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 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

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

6/7

31-45

8/7

46-60

12/2

61-75

17/5

76+

8/6

■ 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	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at MAPFRE Stadium as Columbus Crew SC face off against Philadelphia Union in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jack Elliott, as he is very good at scoring at MAPFRE Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Philadelphia Union's shape.
35' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Artur has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
42' Jamiro catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 42.
47' Eloy Room is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
52' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jonathan Mensah on 52 minutes.
54' The referee shows Philadelphia Union player a Yellow card on 54.
55' Lucas Zelarayan puts Columbus Crew SC on the lead.
60' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
62' Warren Creavalle gets the nod from Philadelphia Union. He replaces Alejandro Bedoya and will look to change the dynamic.
67' With 0 assists to his name this season, Olivier Mbaizo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
70' The supporters are chanting for Derrick Etienne. He replaces Youness Mokhtar on 70 minute.
75' Andrew Wooten is replacing Sergio Santos for the Philadelphia Union side.
80' Fanendo Adi is replacing Gyasi Zardes for the Columbus Crew SC side.
85' Alejandro Bedoya is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Philadelphia Union tonight.
88' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Jose Martinez departs to be replaced by Anthony Fontana.
90' The supporters are chanting for Fatai Alashe. He replaces Lucas Zelarayan on 90 minute.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Columbus Crew SC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
19
Milton Valenzuela
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Fanendo Adi 80'
7
Pedro Santos
8
Artur
3
Joshua Williams
6
Darlington Nagbe
34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Derrick Etienne 70'
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Fatai Alashe 90'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

10
Jamiro
18
Andre Blake
3
Jack Elliott
11
Alejandro Bedoya C ↓ Warren Creavalle 62'
28
Ray Gaddis
4
Mark McKenzie
15
Olivier Mbaizo ↓ Matt Real 75'
22
Brenden Aaronson ↓ Ilsinho 62'
17
Sergio Santos ↓ Andrew Wooten 75'
23
Kacper Przybylko
8
Jose Andres Martinez ↓ Anthony Fontana 88'

Bench

7
Andrew Wooten ↑ 75'
2
Warren Creavalle ↑ 62'
21
Anthony Fontana ↑ 88'
25
Ilsinho ↑ 62'
12
Joe Bendik
32
Matt Real ↑ 75'
13
Cole Turner
14
Jack De Vries
5
Jakob Glesnes

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-07-29 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W

Philadelphia Union Form

2020-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L 2020-08-29 Philadelphia Union 4–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-08-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-08-20 New England Revolution 0–0 Philadelphia Union D 2020-08-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-07-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.45 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC49% Draw27% Philadelphia Union24%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

51%

Columbus Crew SC or Philadelphia Union

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC32% Draw49% Philadelphia Union19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

4.6%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	22%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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