D.C. United SC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

D.C. United SC

2 – 2

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Columbus Crew SC

Sat 28 Sep 2024 · 23:30 UTC Audi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Mateusz Klich 47' Y

Y 47' Yevgen Cheberko

Y 77' Diego Rossi

Boris Enow Takang 77' Y

Y 88' Cucho Hernandez

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)

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

2024-09-28 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2024-04-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 D.C. United SC 2023-04-08 D.C. United SC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC 2023-03-05 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 D.C. United SC 2022-07-14 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
22 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	0–4	L
14 Sep	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
08 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–1	W
31 Aug	Toronto FC	A	3–1	W
24 Aug	FC Dallas	H	3–4	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	2–2	D
21 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	4–3	W
18 Sep	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W
14 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
07 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–4	L
31 Aug	New York City FC	H	4–2	W

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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Audi Field!
5' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jared Stroud is clearly more than just a goal scorer for D.C. United SC.
20' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' Diego Rossi has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 3 goals to his name this season.
30' Brilliant from the ! Christian Benteke makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 30.
35' Cucho Hernandez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aaron Herrera, as he is very good at scoring at Audi Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
45' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Malte Amundsen is replaced by Yevgen Cheberko on 46 minute.
47' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Mateusz Klich on 47 minutes.
52' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
54' Magnificent from Cucho Hernandez! That is 57 goals in 250 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
57' Jacen Russell-Rowe puts Columbus Crew SC on the lead.
62' A tactical swap from D.C. United SC — Gabriel Pirani on, Dom Badji off on 62 minutes.
63' Another change for D.C. United SC made on 63 minute. Theodore Ku-DiPietro leaves to be changed by Jacob Murrell.
68' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
71' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Max Arfsten is replaced by DeJuan Jones.
72' It is a substitution in D.C. United SC team. Martin Rodriguez is replaced by Boris Enow Takang on 72 minute.
77' Diego Rossi picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
78' Cristian Dajome is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jared Stroud at the 78 minute mark.
81' Christian Benteke makes no mistake. The score reads 2-2 and D.C. United SC are in front.
86' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
88' Cucho Hernandez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 88.
89' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Mohamed Farsi is replaced by Marcelo Herrera.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Christian Benteke
43
Mateusz Klich
22
Aaron Herrera
24
Alex Bono
4
Matti Peltola
8
Jared Stroud ↓ Cristian Dajome 78'
97
Christopher McVey ↓ Pedro Santos 78'
21
Theodore Ku-DiPietro ↓ Jacob Murrell 63'
3
Lucas Bartlett
23
Dom Badji ↓ Gabriel Pirani 62'
14
Martin Rodriguez ↓ Boris Enow Takang 72'

Bench

Coach Zach Prince

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez
31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen ↓ Yevgen Cheberko 46'
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Derrick Jones 78'
10
Diego Rossi
4
Rudy Camacho
6
Darlington Nagbe
28
Patrick Schulte
19
Jacen Russell-Rowe ↓ Dylan Chambost 71'
23
Mohamed Farsi ↓ Marcelo Herrera 89'
27
Max Arfsten ↓ DeJuan Jones 71'

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

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

2024-09-28 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-09-22 Philadelphia Union 4–0 D.C. United SC L 2024-09-14 D.C. United SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2024-08-31 Toronto FC 1–3 D.C. United SC W 2024-08-24 D.C. United SC 3–4 FC Dallas L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2024-09-28 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-09-21 Columbus Crew SC 4–3 Orlando City SC W 2024-09-18 Toronto FC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-09-14 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-09-07 Columbus Crew SC 0–4 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.26 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.85 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: D.C. United SC or Columbus Crew SC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

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

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.11

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

55%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

71%

D.C. United SC or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

D.C. United SC21% Draw43% Columbus Crew SC36%

Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.6%

0 – 1

7.6%

2 – 1

6.3%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

5.7%

1 – 0

4.8%

0 – 3

4.6%

2 – 3

3.6%

2 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	21%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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