San Diego FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
San Diego FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Snapdragon Stadium.
- San Diego FC 15 games · 17 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Mar Columbus Crew SC H 1–1 D 09 Mar Real Salt Lake A 3–1 W 02 Mar St. Louis City H 0–0 D 24 Feb Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Mar San Diego FC A 1–1 D 08 Mar Houston Dynamo H 0–0 D 02 Mar New England Revolution A 1–0 W 23 Feb Chicago Fire FC H 4–2 W 19 Oct New York Red Bulls A 3–2 W 12 Oct New England Revolution H 4–0 W Season Stats
San Diego FC Columbus Crew SC #25 Position #10 17 Points 16 15 Played 15 4 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7 30 Scored 21 27 Conceded 23 +3 GD -2 1.13 PPG 1.07 27% Win % 27% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
San Diego FC this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonSan Diego FC are 25th (17 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
San Diego FC0-154/516-302/231-452/746-602/161-753/276+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for San Diego FC to score. At the same time, Columbus Crew SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 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' It looks surprising San Diego FC does not make any changes. Christopher McVey has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 13' What a strike from Max Arfsten! The score is 0-1.
- 18' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 23' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 28' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 262 games and scored 388 goals.
- 31' Tomas Angel was booked on 31.
- 33' Sean Zawadzki is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
- 38' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 43' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 46' San Diego FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Onni Valakari is hanging Marcus Ingvartsen on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' It’s high time Wilfried Nancy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Luca Bombino, as he is very good at scoring at Snapdragon Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 61' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Malte Amundsen gets a card.
- 66' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Jacen Russell-Rowe is replaced by Marcelo Herrera on 66 minute.
- 67' It is a substitution in San Diego FC team. Tomas Angel is replaced by Alejandro Alvarado Jr on 67 minute.
- 69' GOAL! Onni Valakari scores on 69. Assisted by Luca de la Torre
- 74' 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.
- 79' Dylan Chambost needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Franco Negri. He replaces Luca Bombino on 83 minute.
- 88' San Diego FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 88.
- 89' The supporters are chanting for Aziel Jackson. He replaces DeJuan Jones on 89 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Dylan Chambost.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
San Diego FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 17
- 20
- 7
- 10
- 97
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 6
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27
Luca Bombino ↓ Franco Negri 83'
Bench
- 13
- 77
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8
Onni Valakari ↑ 46'
- 24
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22
Franco Negri ↑ 83'
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19
Jasper Loffelsend ↑ 83'
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70
Alejandro Alvarado Jr ↑ 67'
- 5
- 25
Coach Jason GrubbColumbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 18
- 10
- 6
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12
DeJuan Jones ↓ Aziel Jackson 89'
- 28
- 25
- 19
- 23
- 27
- 21
Bench
- 20
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2
Marcelo Herrera ↑ 66'
- 24
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13
Aziel Jackson ↑ 89'
- 16
- 29
- 41
- 48
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Max Arfsten 1 Onni Valakari 1 Head to Head
San Diego FC Form
Columbus Crew SC Form
2025-03-16 San Diego FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2025-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-03-02 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-02-23 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-10-19 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-10-12 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 New England Revolution W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.51 San Diego FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: San Diego FC or Columbus Crew SC 72% + Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.77Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 30% 70% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
San Diego FC or Draw 70%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 58%San Diego FC or Columbus Crew SC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Columbus Crew SC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.6%1 – 0 8.5%0 – 0 8.2%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 0 7%0 – 1 6.9%2 – 2 5.5%0 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.4%3 – 0 3.5%1 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — San Diego FC
Handicap San Diego FC covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 21% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 17% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
San Diego FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

