D.C. United SC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 30 Oct 2021 · 23:30 UTC Audi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Paul Arriola 32' Y

Y 42' Milton Valenzuela

Felipe Martins 79' Y

Overview

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

D.C. United SC 28 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 29 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

D.C. United SC 18 games · Avg 3.1 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-30 D.C. United SC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC 2021-05-08 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 D.C. United SC 2020-10-29 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-05-05 D.C. United SC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–3	L
27 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	1–0	W
23 Oct	New York City FC	A	0–6	L
20 Oct	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
16 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
02 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	3–1	W
27 Oct	Orlando City SC	H	3–2	W
23 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
21 Oct	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
16 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–0	W
03 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

D.C. United SC		Columbus Crew SC
#12	Position	#13
33	Points	32
28	Played	29
7 / 12 / 9	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 15
36	Scored	44
47	Conceded	47
-11	GD	-3
1.18	PPG	1.10
25%	Win %	31%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

D.C. United SC are 12th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 13th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

D.C. United SC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/4

31-45

3/7

46-60

5/7

61-75

3/7

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/7

16-30

5/6

31-45

6/6

46-60

7/2

61-75

5/4

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	15 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' Welcome to Audi Field that hosts another battle between D.C. United SC and Columbus Crew SC.
3' What composure from Paul Arriola! The USA international strokes it home. 1-0.
8' Julian Gressel has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
13' D.C. United SC have won 392 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
18' Josh Williams is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
23' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both D.C. United SC and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
28' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
32' D.C. United SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 32.
37' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
42' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Milton Valenzuela.
45' A goal from the Armenia international Lucas Zelarayan! He fires home on 45 to make it 1-1!
46' A tactical swap from D.C. United SC — Adrien Perez on, Tony Alfaro off on 46 minutes.
51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
56' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
61' The D.C. United SC bench stirs into life. Paul Arriola is withdrawn and Yordy Reyna gets his opportunity.
66' Goal! Pedro Santos scores his 30 goal in 296 matches.
69' Ola Kamara makes way for Nigel Robertha at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from D.C. United SC.
72' Marlon Hairston has so much to prove this time. He replaces Liam Fraser on 72 minute.
73' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Harrison Afful is replaced by Steven Moreira on 73 minute.
76' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Lucas Zelarayan makes no mistake. 1-3!
79' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Felipe Martins on 79 minutes.
83' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Bradley Wright-Phillips comes on to replace Derrick Etienne.
88' D.C. United SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
Another three points for Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Ola Kamara ↓ Nigel Robertha 69'
24
Bill Hamid
7
Paul Arriola ↓ Yordy Reyna 61'
5
Junior Moreno ↓ Ramon Abila 69'
8
Felipe Martins
14
Andy Najar
31
Julian Gressel ↓ Chris Odoi-Atsem 61'
23
Donovan Pines
93
Tony Alfaro ↓ Adrien Perez 46'
12
Drew Skundrich
15
Steven Birnbaum

Bench

28
Joseph Mora
3
Chris Odoi-Atsem ↑ 61'
21
Jon Kempin
29
Yordy Reyna ↑ 61'
32
Ramon Abila ↑ 69'
4
Brendan Hines-Ike
16
Adrien Perez ↑ 46'
22
Griffin Yow
19
Nigel Robertha ↑ 69'

Coach Hernan Losada

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 83'
18
Liam Fraser ↓ Marlon Hairston 72'
19
Milton Valenzuela
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful ↓ Steven Moreira 73'
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Luis Diaz 83'
27
Miguel Berry
3
Josh Williams

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

2021-10-30 D.C. United SC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-10-27 D.C. United SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2021-10-23 New York City FC 6–0 D.C. United SC L 2021-10-20 D.C. United SC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-10-16 D.C. United SC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-10-02 Orlando City SC 2–1 D.C. United SC L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-10-30 D.C. United SC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-10-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Orlando City SC W 2021-10-23 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-10-21 Nashville SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-10-16 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2021-10-03 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.53 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: D.C. United SC or Columbus Crew SC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC35% Draw27% Columbus Crew SC38%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

62%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

65%

D.C. United SC or Columbus Crew SC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC27% Draw43% Columbus Crew SC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

5.8%

1 – 0

5.6%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 3

Actual

3 – 1

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	19%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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