Sunday , 16 August 2026

Philadelphia Union vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Philadelphia Union
3 – 0
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
Sat 23 Mar 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 68' Gaston Sauro

Overview

Match Preview

Philadelphia Union vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Adam Wienckowski
  • Referee Kyle Atkins
  • Referee Ramy Touchan
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
13 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game

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

5
7
8
Philadelphia Union 20 games · Avg 1.9 goals Columbus Crew SC
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-23 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-05-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-03-17 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Mar Columbus Crew SC H 3–0 W
17 Mar Atlanta United FC A 1–1 D
10 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 0–2 L
02 Mar Toronto FC H 1–3 L
31 Oct New York City FC A 1–3 L
28 Oct New York City FC A 1–3 L
Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Mar Philadelphia Union A 0–3 L
16 Mar FC Dallas H 1–0 W
09 Mar New England Revolution A 2–0 W
02 Mar New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D
12 Nov New York Red Bulls A 0–3 L
04 Nov New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew SC
#13 Position #10
16 Points 20
18 Played 18
4 / 4 / 10 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 8
25 Scored 26
33 Conceded 28
-8 GD -2
0.89 PPG 1.11
22% Win % 28%

Key Stats

30% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season
21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Philadelphia Union are 13th (16 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union
0-15
3/3
16-30
1/5
31-45
3/3
46-60
3/1
61-75
4/2
76+
4/2
■ 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)

Philadelphia Union
Milan Iloski 8 G 1 A
Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew SC get this one started.
  • 5' It’s high time Jim Curtin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' Philadelphia Union currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' Haris Medunjanin, a Bosnia-Herzegovina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' Brenden Aaronson has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 30' Federico Higuain has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 31' Assisted by Fafa Picault with the perfectly-timed delivery and David Accam makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 36' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 41' A stunning finish from David Accam — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 46' Alejandro Bedoya has been relatively quiet despite scoring 25 goals in his last 289 appearances.
  • 48' A stunning finish from Ilsinho — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 53' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 54' JJ Williams is replacing Patrick Mullins for the Columbus Crew SC side.
  • 59' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Max Arfsten scoring 1 goals.
  • 64' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 64.
  • 65' Luis Argudo gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Artur and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 68' Gaston Sauro catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 68.
  • 73' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 75' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Ilsinho exits the field as Olivier Mbaissidara enters on 75.
  • 80' 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.
  • 81' The crowd applauds Brenden Aaronson as he leaves the pitch. Anthony Fontana steps in for Philadelphia Union.
  • 84' Robinho makes way for Eduardo Sosa at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
  • 89' 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.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Philadelphia Union to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cucho Hernandez 3
Nathan Harriel 3
Mohamed Farsi 2
David Accam 2
Julian Carranza 2
Daniel Gazdag 2
Max Arfsten 2
Artur 1

Head to Head

2019-03-23 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-05-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-03-17 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Philadelphia Union Form

2019-03-23 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-03-17 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2019-03-10 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-03-02 Philadelphia Union 1–3 Toronto FC L 2018-10-31 New York City FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union L 2018-10-28 New York City FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2019-03-23 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-03-16 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2019-03-09 New England Revolution 0–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.6 Philadelphia Union xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.13 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Philadelphia Union47% Draw27% Columbus Crew SC26%
Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.73
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw
74%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
53%
Philadelphia Union or Columbus Crew SC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Philadelphia Union34% Draw46% Columbus Crew SC20%
Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
1 – 0
9.5%
2 – 1
9.1%
0 – 0
8.4%
2 – 0
8.2%
1 – 2
6.4%
0 – 1
6.4%
2 – 2
5.2%
3 – 1
4.9%
3 – 0
Actual
0 – 2
4.1%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap Philadelphia Union covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 22% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 15% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet
33% ✗
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

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