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 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#12	Position	#24
29	Points	35
27	Played	26
8 / 5 / 14	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 9
39	Scored	33
43	Conceded	34
-4	GD	-1
1.07	PPG	1.35
30%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ 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

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at MAPFRE Stadium!
5' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
20' A quiet spell here at MAPFRE Stadium. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
25' Lucas Zelarayan is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
28' Joao Paulo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 28.
31' Brilliant from the ! Derrick Etienne makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 31.
36' Colombia international Yeimar Gomez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' Fresh legs for Seattle Sounders FC! Brad Smith comes on to replace Nouhou Tolo.
49' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a Yellow card on 49.
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 Will Bruin suffering a number of foals already.
59' Brad Smith needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
60' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Joao Paulo has done his job and it is now time for Will Bruin to step up.
65' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
75' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
77' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Shane O'Neill is replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 77 minute.
82' The deadlock is broken! Lucas Zelarayan gets on the scoresheet on 82 minutes.
83' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Hector Jimenez on, Derrick Etienne off on 83 minutes.
88' The crowd applauds Artur as he leaves the pitch. Fatai Alashe steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
90' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Waylon Francis on, Luis Diaz off on 90 minutes.
Another three points for Columbus Crew SC.

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

1.66 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.88 Seattle Sounders FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC54% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.54

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

80%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

46%

Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw47% Seattle Sounders FC15%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

12.2%

2 – 0

10.6%

0 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 1

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

4.9%

2 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

4 – 0

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	24%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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