Columbus Crew SC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Columbus Crew SC

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sat 21 Aug 2021 · 21:30 UTC New Crew Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 79' Raul Ruidiaz

Luis Diaz 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 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
21 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	2–4	L
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
19 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–0	W
16 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	6–2	W
05 Aug	FC Dallas	H	1–1	D
31 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L

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' Columbus Crew SC have kicked off against Seattle Sounders FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
25' Joao Paulo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
35' With 1 assists to his name this season, Cristian Roldan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
50' Eloy Room needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
55' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
60' Derrick Etienne is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
64' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Fredy Montero is withdrawn and Nicolas Benezet gets his opportunity.
65' Bradley Wright-Phillips has so much to prove this time. He replaces Miguel Berry on 65 minute.
70' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
72' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Derrick Etienne is withdrawn and Luis Diaz gets his opportunity.
76' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Alex Roldan by Kelyn Rowe on 76 minute.
78' What composure from Bradley Wright-Phillips! The England international strokes it home. 1-0.
79' That is a Yellow card for Seattle Sounders FC. Raul Ruidiaz will be fuming at that decision.
83' The whistle greets Nicolas Lodeiro as he departs to be replaced by Joshua Atencio.
85' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Luis Diaz gets a Yellow card.
88' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Xavier Arreaga makes no mistake. 1-1!
89' A stunning finish from Will Bruin — that came from absolutely nowhere!
90' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Waylon Francis is withdrawn and Kevin Molino gets his opportunity.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Seattle Sounders FC players.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Luis Diaz 72'
18
Liam Fraser
14
Waylon Francis ↓ Kevin Molino 90'
4
Jonathan Mensah
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
5
Vito Wormgoor
10
Lucas Zelarayan
27
Miguel Berry ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 65'
26
Saad Abdul-Salam

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

20
Nicolas Benezet ↑ 64'
94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 76'
22
Kelyn Rowe ↑ 76'
5
Nouhou Tolo
17
Will Bruin ↑ 83'
18
Spencer Richey
75
Danny Leyva
84
Joshua Atencio ↑ 83'
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Lucas Zelarayan	2
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Derrick Etienne	1
Bradley Wright-Phillips	1
Will Bruin	1
Xavier Arreaga	1
Pedro Santos	1

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC L 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC L 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-19 FC Dallas 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-16 Portland Timbers 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 FC Dallas D 2021-07-31 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.31 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC30% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC43%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

56%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

70%

Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC23% Draw45% Seattle Sounders FC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

7.7%

2 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

0 – 2

1 – 0

2 – 2

5.8%

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	21%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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