FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

FC Cincinnati

2 – 2

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Fri 9 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 17' Jonathan Mensah

Y 17' Harrison Afful

Y 18' Harrison Afful

Edgar Castillo 28' Y

Yuya Kubo 32' Y

Y 39' Jonathan Mensah

R 42' Harrison Afful

Geoff Cameron 45' Y

Gustavo Vallecilla 61' Y

Joseph-Claude Gyau 66' Y

Alvaro Barreal 72' Y

Caleb Stanko 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
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

2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 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

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
04 Jul	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
26 Jun	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W
24 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
19 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–2	L
29 May	New England Revolution	H	0–1	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	2–2	D
03 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
28 Jun	Austin FC	A	0–0	D
23 Jun	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
19 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
29 May	Toronto FC	H	2–1	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' Three points are at stake. FC Cincinnati host Columbus Crew SC — let the battle begin!
1' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Edgar Castillo makes it 1-0.
6' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
11' FC Cincinnati are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
16' Aboubacar Keita has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 292 appearances.
17' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jonathan Mensah on 17.
18' Harrison Afful picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
23' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
24' GOAL! Luciano Acosta fires home to make it 2-0!
28' Poor challenge from Edgar Castillo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
32' FC Cincinnati player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
37' With 0 assists to his name this season, Darlington Nagbe is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Cincinnati.
39' The referee has no hesitation. Jonathan Mensah is booked for Columbus Crew SC — Yellow card on 39.
42' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Harrison Afful.
45' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a Yellow card on 45.
46' The crowd applauds Perry Kitchen as he leaves the pitch. Saad Abdul-Salam steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
46' Brilliant from the ! Lucas Zelarayan makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 45.
51' Isaiah Parente needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
56' FC Cincinnati are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
57' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Waylon Francis by Miguel Berry on 57 minute.
61' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Gustavo Vallecilla.
64' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 64 minute. Haris Medunjanin leaves to be changed by Caleb Stanko.
66' That is a Yellow card for FC Cincinnati. Joseph-Claude Gyau will be fuming at that decision.
71' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
72' FC Cincinnati player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
73' Franko Kovacevic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alvaro Barreal on 73 minute.
75' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Isaiah Parente is hanging Marlon Hairston on the field on 75 minute.
77' Magnificent from Miguel Berry! That is 14 goals in 292 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 252 games and scored 363 goals.
87' Columbus Crew SC have won 437 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
88' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Caleb Stanko on 88 minutes.
2-2 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

12
Geoff Cameron
25
Kenneth Vermeer
7
Yuya Kubo
6
Haris Medunjanin ↓ Caleb Stanko 64'
2
Edgar Castillo
11
Luciano Acosta
31
Alvaro Barreal ↓ Franko Kovacevic 73'
23
Isaac Atanga ↓ Brandon Vazquez 73'
13
Joseph-Claude Gyau
9
Brenner da Silva
5
Gustavo Vallecilla

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

23
Grant Lillard
28
Matt Lampson
33
Erik Hurtado ↑ 75'
30
Aboubacar Keita ↑ 57'
27
Miguel Berry ↑ 57'
16
Isaiah Parente ↑ 75'
26
Saad Abdul-Salam ↑ 46'

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

FC Cincinnati Form

2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-07-04 Houston Dynamo 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2021-06-26 Toronto FC 0–2 FC Cincinnati W 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2021-06-19 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-05-29 FC Cincinnati 0–1 New England Revolution L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-07-03 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2021-06-28 Austin FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-06-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-05-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Toronto FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.7 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

1.88 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew SC 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati37% Draw25% Columbus Crew SC38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

62%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

63%

FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati28% Draw40% Columbus Crew SC32%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

0 – 2

0 – 1

4.7%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

4.1%

3 – 1

4.1%

2 – 0

4.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	17%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	18%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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