Orlando City SC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Orlando City SC

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Columbus Crew SC

Sat 4 Sep 2021 · 23:30 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Junior Urso 42' Y

Joseph Dezart 51' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Orlando City SC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Orlando City SC 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-04 Orlando City SC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2020-11-05 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 2019-07-13 Orlando City SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-06-29 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Orlando City SC 2018-10-21 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W
28 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D
22 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
19 Aug	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
07 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
05 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–1	D

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	2–3	L
27 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–2	W
21 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Orlando City SC		Columbus Crew SC
#11	Position	#10
20	Points	20
18	Played	18
6 / 2 / 10	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 8
30	Scored	26
47	Conceded	28
-17	GD	-2
1.11	PPG	1.11
33%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Orlando City SC are 11th (20 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

–/6

46-60

6/3

61-75

5/2

76+

1/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda

11 G

Columbus Crew SC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Orlando City SC have kicked off against Columbus Crew SC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 287 games and scored 430 goals.
15' Robin Jansson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 2 cards already picked up this season.
20' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Darlington Nagbe made 287 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
26' Brilliant from the centre-forward! Daryl Dike makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 26.
29' What a strike from Silvester van der Water! The score is 2-0.
34' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
39' Orlando City SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
42' The referee shows Orlando City SC player a Yellow card on 42.
47' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Diego Rossi scoring 1 goals.
51' It’s a booking for Orlando City SC player. Joseph Dezart gets a Yellow card.
52' What a strike from Antonio Carlos! The score is 2-1.
53' The whistle greets Aboubacar Keita as he departs to be replaced by Josh Williams.
54' The Spain Miguel Berry breaks the deadlock on 54 minutes. 2-2!
57' Orlando City SC make a change. Silvester van der Water trudges off to be replaced by Benji Michel on 57 minutes.
62' Orlando City SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
65' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Erik Hurtado comes on to replace Alexandru Matan.
69' Brilliant from the ! Junior Urso makes it 3-2 with a superb finish on 69.
72' Bradley Wright-Phillips is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miguel Berry at the 72 minute mark.
77' Another change for Orlando City SC made on 77 minute. Ruan leaves to be changed by Kyle Smith.
78' Fresh legs for Orlando City SC! Tesho Akindele comes on to replace Daryl Dike.
83' Vito Wormgoor, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
87' The supporters are chanting for Rodrigo Schlegel. He replaces Chris Mueller on 87 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Orlando City SC take all three points.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

25
Antonio Carlos
2
Ruan ↓ Kyle Smith 77'
14
Silvester van der Water ↓ Benji Michel 57'
17
Nani ↓ Mauricio Pereira 57'
4
Joao Moutinho
40
Adam Grinwis
6
Robin Jansson
11
Junior Urso
18
Daryl Dike ↓ Tesho Akindele 78'
9
Chris Mueller ↓ Rodrigo Schlegel 87'
34
Joseph Dezart

Bench

15
Rodrigo Schlegel ↑ 87'
13
Tesho Akindele ↑ 78'
20
Oriol Rosell
22
Greg Ranjitsingh
24
Kyle Smith ↑ 77'
19
Benji Michel ↑ 57'
21
Andres Perea
10
Mauricio Pereira ↑ 57'
3
Emmanuel Mas

Coach Óscar Pareja

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Erik Hurtado 65'
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Isaiah Parente 72'
14
Waylon Francis
25
Harrison Afful
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
30
Aboubacar Keita ↓ Josh Williams 53'
5
Vito Wormgoor
10
Lucas Zelarayan
27
Miguel Berry ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 72'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Rossi	6
Ramiro Enrique	5
Facundo Torres Perez	3
Luis Muriel	2
Benji Michel	2
Ercan Kara	2
Sacha Kljestan	2
Martin Ojeda	2

Head to Head

Orlando City SC Form

2021-09-04 Orlando City SC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-08-28 Orlando City SC 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2021-08-22 Orlando City SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-08-19 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-08-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-08-05 Orlando City SC 1–1 Internacional CF Miami D

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-09-04 Orlando City SC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati W 2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.85 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.56 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC51% Draw23% Columbus Crew SC26%

Actual: Orlando City SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

74%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

49%

Orlando City SC or Columbus Crew SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC33% Draw41% Columbus Crew SC26%

Actual: Orlando City SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 0

4.8%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

1 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap	Orlando City SC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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