Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

MLS · 2021
Columbus Crew SC
1 – 2
Full Time
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.

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

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3
3
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Columbus Crew SC and Seattle Sounders FC get this one started.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Fredy Montero is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 35' Vito Wormgoor has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
  • 45' A quiet spell here at New Crew Stadium. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 50' Derrick Etienne has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
  • 55' Cristian Roldan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
  • 60' Colombia international Yeimar Gomez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 64' The crowd applauds Fredy Montero as he leaves the pitch. Nicolas Benezet steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
  • 65' Miguel Berry makes way for Bradley Wright-Phillips at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
  • 70' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 72' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Derrick Etienne is replaced by Luis Diaz on 72 minute.
  • 76' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Alex Roldan is replaced by Kelyn Rowe.
  • 78' Bradley Wright-Phillips doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 79' Raul Ruidiaz catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 79.
  • 83' The whistle greets Nicolas Lodeiro as he departs to be replaced by Joshua Atencio.
  • 85' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 88' Magnificent from Xavier Arreaga! That is 4 goals in 15 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 89' Will Bruin puts Seattle Sounders FC on the lead.
  • 90' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Waylon Francis has done his job and it is now time for Kevin Molino to step up.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 3
Nicolas Lodeiro 2
Lucas Zelarayan 2
Bradley Wright-Phillips 1
Will Bruin 1
Xavier Arreaga 1
Pedro Santos 1
Jordan Morris 1

Head to Head

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

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
1.7 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC29% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC45%
Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
55%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
71%
Columbus Crew SC or Seattle Sounders FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC23% Draw44% Seattle Sounders FC33%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.9%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
7.5%
0 – 2
7%
2 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
6.6%
2 – 2
5.9%
1 – 0
5.6%
1 – 3
5.1%
2 – 0
4.2%
0 – 3
3.9%
2 – 3
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 16% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 55% — 45%
+1 55% 21% 24%
+1.5 76% — 24%
+2 76% 14% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

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