📏 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 MLS drawn match against CF Montreal.

In that match, Columbus Crew had 58% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Columbus Crew was Jacen Russell-Rowe (63'). CF Montreal got 4 shots on goal with 2 on target. Luca Petrasso (29') scored for CF Montreal.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Columbus Crew have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Columbus Crew have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals on the way. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti will go into this game following on from a 0-1 MLS win with the downing of Toronto FC in their most recent game.

In that game, FC Cincinatti had 51% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Cincinatti was Kévin Denkey (18'). Toronto FC got 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Pat Noonan's FC Cincinatti have seen their goal attempts be successful 9 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those matches equals 5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 27/08/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Columbus Crew winning 2 of those games, FC Cincinatti 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 for The Crew and 9 for Cincinatti. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The previous league contest between these clubs was MLS match day 40 on 14/09/2024 when it finished FC Cincinatti 0-0 Columbus Crew.

That time, FC Cincinatti managed 50% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

For their opponents, Columbus Crew got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Joe Dickerson.

ℹ️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Rudy Camacho (Hamstring injury) and Andrés Herrera (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Columbus Crew gaffer Wilfried Nancy.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that FC Cincinatti could find themselves up against it to breach the defence of this Columbus Crew team who we think will just have the edge.

We’re going for a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for Columbus Crew after 90 minutes.

Hoping for a good game.

Andre Moura, 22:01 17/05/2025