D.C. United SC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

D.C. United SC

1 – 0

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Thu 29 Oct 2020 · 00:00 UTC Audi Field HT 45+2' · FT 45+8'

Y 6' Sebastian Berhalter

Joseph Mora 14' Y

Julian Gressel 17' Y

Frederic Brillant 17' Y

Erik Sorga 65' Y

Oniel Fisher 74' Y

Y 88' Ema Boateng

Y 90' Christopher Cadden

Overview

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D.C. United SC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Audi Field.

D.C. United SC 34 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Daniel Radford
Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee

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

D.C. United SC 19 games · Avg 3.1 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-29 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-05-05 D.C. United SC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-04-24 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 D.C. United SC 2018-11-02 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-04-14 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
24 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	2–1	W
18 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	2–1	W
15 Oct	Philadelphia Union	H	2–2	D
11 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
08 Oct	New York City FC	A	1–4	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	0–1	L
25 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
18 Oct	New York City FC	H	3–1	W
14 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
07 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–2	L
04 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

D.C. United SC		Columbus Crew SC
#14	Position	#7
33	Points	47
34	Played	34
7 / 12 / 15	W / D / L	14 / 5 / 15
39	Scored	59
61	Conceded	52
-22	GD	+7
0.97	PPG	1.38
21%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

D.C. United SC are 14th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

D.C. United SC

0-15

3/4

16-30

6/6

31-45

5/9

46-60

5/10

61-75

3/8

76+

8/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	16 G	1 A
Louis Munteanu	6 G	2 A

Columbus Crew SC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. D.C. United SC host Columbus Crew SC — let the battle begin!
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
6' The referee calls foul for Sebastian Berhalter. He receives a Yellow card.
11' Krisztian Nemeth has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
14' Joseph Mora catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 14.
17' Poor challenge from Julian Gressel. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
22' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
27' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Yamil Asad has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
32' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Julian Gressel makes it 1-0.
37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Columbus Crew SC winning 50% of all matches.
42' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His D.C. United SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
47' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
52' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
57' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Darlington Nagbe comes on to replace Sebastian Berhalter.
62' Erik Sorga is ready to make an impact after coming on for Joseph Mora at the 62 minute mark.
65' Erik Sorga picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
70' D.C. United SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Columbus Crew SC backline.
73' The D.C. United SC manager makes a substitution. Gelmin Rivas departs to be replaced by Ola Kamara.
74' D.C. United SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
77' Ema Boateng has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fatai Alashe on 77 minute.
80' D.C. United SC make a change. Yamil Asad trudges off to be replaced by Moses Nyeman on 80 minutes.
83' Jordan Hamilton is ready to make an impact after coming on for Waylon Francis at the 83 minute mark.
88' A moment of madness from Ema Boateng on 88 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
90' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Christopher Cadden gets a Yellow card.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
29
Krisztian Nemeth
2
Christopher Cadden
14
Waylon Francis ↓ Jordan Hamilton 83'
4
Jonathan Mensah C
7
Pedro Santos
26
Fatai Alashe ↓ Ema Boateng 77'
30
Aboubacar Keita
12
Luis Diaz
34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Lucas Zelarayan 57'
18
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Darlington Nagbe 57'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Zelarayan	7
Christian Benteke	5
Ola Kamara	4
Pedro Santos	3
Tai Baribo	2
Fredric Brillant	2
Federico Higuain	2
Yordy Reyna	2

Head to Head

D.C. United SC Form

2020-10-29 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-10-24 Atlanta United FC 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-18 FC Cincinnati 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-15 D.C. United SC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC L 2020-10-08 New York City FC 4–1 D.C. United SC L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-10-29 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-10-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC W 2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-10-07 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-10-04 FC Dallas 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.38 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 Columbus Crew SC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC45% Draw26% Columbus Crew SC29%

Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.68

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

71%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

55%

D.C. United SC or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

D.C. United SC28% Draw47% Columbus Crew SC25%

Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

0 – 0

8.8%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.2%

0 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

7.7%

2 – 0

6.4%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

3.8%

1 – 3

3.3%

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	20%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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