Match Report
Columbus Crew went into the game 13th in the table on 23 points; Cincinnati sat 9th on 32 — a 9-point gap. The last five rounds placed Columbus Crew no better than 30th for form, against 13th in the standings. Per game in the league, Columbus Crew were scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.68, Cincinnati 2.17 and 2.46, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Cincinnati, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Columbus Crew, 2 draws and 1 for Cincinnati, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The referee was A. Chapman, with 67 matches in our database and 1.4 yellows per game on average. Lower.com Field, capacity 20,371, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Columbus Crew led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Columbus Crew: Jamal Thiaré (41'), Dániel Gazdag (45') · Cincinnati: Kévin Denkey (9')
Key stats
Possession: Columbus Crew 53% · Cincinnati 47% · Total shots: 13-12 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 4-5