Columbus Crew SC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 MLS CUP

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Columbus Crew SC

3 – 0

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 13 Dec 2020 · 01:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45+1' · FT 45+6'

Y 28' Joao Paulo

Y 49' Brad Smith

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Corey Parker
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Katie Nesbitt

4 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 1.8 goals/game

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 7 games · Avg 2.4 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-07-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-05-05 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Dec	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W
06 Dec	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
30 Nov	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W
21 Nov	New York Red Bulls	H	3–2	W
08 Nov	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W
05 Nov	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Dec	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
08 Dec	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	W
02 Dec	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W
25 Nov	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
08 Nov	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–1	W
05 Nov	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Seattle Sounders FC
#10	Position	#24
20	Points	24
18	Played	17
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
26	Scored	20
28	Conceded	22
-2	GD	-2
1.11	PPG	1.41
28%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

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

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Columbus Crew SC and Seattle Sounders FC is underway.
5' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Eloy Room has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Columbus Crew SC and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yeimar Gomez made 164 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' What a moment for Lucas Zelarayan! That strike on 25 puts his side firmly in control.
28' Joao Paulo is having his name booked by the referee on 28.
31' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Derrick Etienne makes no mistake. 2-0!
36' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Seattle Sounders FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' Brad Smith has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nouhou Tolo on 46 minute.
49' The referee has no hesitation. Brad Smith is booked for Seattle Sounders FC — Yellow card on 49.
54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 287 games and scored 430 goals.
59' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
60' The supporters are chanting for Will Bruin. He replaces Joao Paulo on 60 minute.
65' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
70' Joshua Williams needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
75' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
77' Jimmy Medranda is replacing Shane O'Neill for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
82' Lucas Zelarayan does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
83' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Hector Jimenez on, Derrick Etienne off on 83 minutes.
88' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Artur is replaced by Fatai Alashe.
90' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Waylon Francis is hanging Luis Diaz on the field on 90 minute.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Columbus Crew SC and Seattle Sounders FC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 77'
4
Gustav Svensson ↑ 46'
29
Roman Torres
30
Stefan Cleveland
2
Brad Smith ↑ 46'
18
Kelvin Leerdam ↑ 60'
17
Will Bruin ↑ 60'
8
Jordy Delem
11
Miguel Ibarra

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Lucas Zelarayan	2
Jordan Morris	1
Diego Rossi	1
Gyasi Zardes	1
Paul Rothrock	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-12-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New England Revolution W 2020-11-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC W 2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls W 2020-11-08 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2020-11-05 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-12-08 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Minnesota United FC W 2020-12-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2020-11-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2020-11-08 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-11-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.65 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.82 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC55% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC19%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

81%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

45%

Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw48% Seattle Sounders FC14%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13%

1 – 1

12.3%

2 – 0

11.1%

0 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.1%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

5.9%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

4.5%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

2.8%

4 – 0

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	25%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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