FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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FC Cincinnati

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Columbus Crew SC

Sun 12 Jul 2020 · 03:20 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+6' · FT 45+4'

Frankie Amaya 44' Y

Fatai Alashe 82' Y

Y 87' Jonathan Mensah

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

FC Cincinnati 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee David Gantar
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Cory Richardson

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

FC Cincinnati 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–4	L
08 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
01 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	2–3	L
06 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	0–0	D
29 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
21 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	4–0	W
08 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
06 Oct	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L
29 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W
21 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		Columbus Crew SC
#9	Position	#12
33	Points	29
26	Played	27
8 / 9 / 9	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 14
55	Scored	39
64	Conceded	43
-9	GD	-4
1.27	PPG	1.07
31%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

76% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

4/3

16-30

5/9

31-45

9/9

46-60

5/11

61-75

4/4

76+

13/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	14 G	1 A
Evander	13 G	7 A
Tom Barlow	7 G	2 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Columbus Crew SC

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

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will turn into a battlefield for FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew SC.
5' The 24-year-old Aidan Morris has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Cincinnati side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
17' Aboubacar Keita is replacing Vito Wormgoor for the Columbus Crew SC side.
22' FC Cincinnati are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
27' Against the run of play, Lucas Zelarayan has scored! This game has turned on its head.
30' Brilliant from the ! Gyasi Zardes makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 30.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 292 games and scored 436 goals.
44' Frankie Amaya picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
46' FC Cincinnati make a change. Greg Garza trudges off to be replaced by Andrew Gutman on 46 minutes.
49' Goal! Gyasi Zardes scores his 95 goal in 292 matches.
53' Kekuta Manneh makes way for Brandon Vazquez at the 53 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Cincinnati.
58' It’s high time Jaap Stam made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
60' Youness Mokhtar adds to his 0 season tally! Columbus Crew SC lead 0-4 — and this changes everything.
61' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Luis Diaz is replaced by Christopher Cadden on 61 minute.
62' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Luis Diaz exits the field as Christopher Cadden enters on 62.
63' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 63 minute. Haris Medunjanin leaves to be changed by Caleb Stanko.
68' Fresh legs for FC Cincinnati! Fatai Alashe comes on to replace Siem de Jong.
73' Kekuta Manneh is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
76' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Darlington Nagbe has done his job and it is now time for Aidan Morris to step up.
77' The supporters are chanting for Sebastian Berhalter. He replaces Artur on 77 minute.
82' Fatai Alashe is having his name booked by the referee on 82.
87' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jonathan Mensah.
The final score is 0-4.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes
8
Artur ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 76'
16
Hector Jimenez
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Aidan Morris 77'
5
Vito Wormgoor ↓ Aboubacar Keita 17'
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Christopher Cadden 61'
34
Youness Mokhtar
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Derrick Etienne 61'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	7
Lucas Zelarayan	5
Luciano Acosta	4
Pedro Santos	3
Miguel Berry	3
Kevin Denkey	2
Isaac Atanga	2
Max Arfsten	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.55 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

2.31 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati27% Draw23% Columbus Crew SC50%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

50%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

73%

FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati22% Draw38% Columbus Crew SC40%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–4 not predicted

0 – 4

Actual

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 1

8.4%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 3

6.4%

2 – 1

5.7%

0 – 2

5.7%

2 – 3

0 – 1

4.5%

0 – 3

4.3%

1 – 4

3.7%

3 – 2

3.4%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	7%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	13%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	20%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	16%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

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

FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

Columbus Crew SC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Clean Sheet