Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
FC Cincinnati
2 – 1
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
Wed 14 Oct 2020 · 23:30 UTC Nippert Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+5'
Andrew Gutman 7' Y
Y 31' Fatai Alashe
Y 37' Jonathan Mensah
Y 45' Ema Boateng
Y 90' Aidan Morris

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Nippert Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Rubiel Vazquez
  • Referee Peter Balciunas
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
  • Referee Cory Richardson
  • Referee
11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 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

3
6
8
FC Cincinnati 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Columbus Crew SC
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Oct Columbus Crew SC H 2–1 W
11 Oct Toronto FC H 0–1 L
07 Oct Philadelphia Union A 0–3 L
04 Oct Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L
26 Sep New York City FC A 0–4 L
23 Sep Philadelphia Union H 0–0 D
Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
27 Sep Toronto FC A 1–3 L
23 Sep Minnesota United FC H 2–1 W
19 Sep Nashville SC H 2–0 W

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' Temperatures are rising at Nippert Stadium as FC Cincinnati face off against Columbus Crew SC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Cincinnati is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 7' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Andrew Gutman.
  • 12' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Cincinnati side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 17' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yuya Kubo makes it 1-0.
  • 22' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 22 minutes.
  • 27' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Milton Valenzuela suffering a number of foals already.
  • 31' Fatai Alashe was booked on 31.
  • 36' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 37' A moment of madness from Jonathan Mensah on 37 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
  • 42' Andrew Tarbell needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 45' Brilliant from the ! Pedro Santos makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 45.
  • 45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ema Boateng.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Youness Mokhtar. He replaces Ema Boateng on 46 minute.
  • 49' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Nick Hagglund makes it 2-1.
  • 54' With 0 assists to his name this season, Gyasi Zardes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Cincinnati.
  • 59' The crowd applauds Fatai Alashe as he leaves the pitch. Aidan Morris steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
  • 64' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Derrick Etienne has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 68' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rashawn Dally is hanging Brandon Vazquez on the field on 68 minute.
  • 73' Joshua Williams, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 75' FC Cincinnati make a change. Andrew Gutman trudges off to be replaced by Siem de Jong on 75 minutes.
  • 80' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 86' The crowd applauds Gyasi Zardes as he leaves the pitch. Fanendo Adi steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
  • 90' Aidan Morris catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 90.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC

FC Cincinnati Form

2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-10-11 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Toronto FC L 2020-10-07 Philadelphia Union 3–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-10-04 Minnesota United FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-09-26 New York City FC 4–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-09-23 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Philadelphia Union D

Columbus Crew SC Form

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 2020-09-27 Toronto FC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-09-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2020-09-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.82 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.84 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew SC 76% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati40% Draw24% Columbus Crew SC36%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
64%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
60%
FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew SC
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati30% Draw40% Columbus Crew SC30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.5%
1 – 2
7.7%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
6.9%
1 – 3
4.7%
3 – 1
4.6%
0 – 2
4.4%
2 – 0
4.3%
2 – 3
4.2%
3 – 2
4.2%
0 – 1
4.2%
1 – 0
4.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 11% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 17% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 18% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 12% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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