COLUMBUS. Columbus Crew topped Colorado Rapids. Columbus Crew was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the MAPFRE Stadium stadium in Columbus on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 20,223 spectators.​ The referee was Tori Penso with the help of Adam Garner and Nicholas Balcer. The 4th official was Joshua Encarnación. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.5 degrees Celsius or 76.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Columbus Crew

3 - 2

Colorado Rapids

  • ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
  • 17 Total 9
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 12 Off Target 6
  • 5 Shots blocked 1
  • 124 Attack 81
  • 66 Dangerous attack 32
  • 109 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 0
  • 3 Off Sides 6
Fouls
  • 6 Total 5
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Columbus Crew had a superior ball possession 63% while Colorado Rapids was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Columbus Crew was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Columbus Crew won the match​.

Columbus Crew shot 17 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Colorado Rapids shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Columbus Crew received 1 yellow card (P. Schulte). On the other side, Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (Moise Bombito).

Match Timeline

9'
37'
Sean Zawadzki- sub ->P. Quinton
46'
59'
Calvin Harris- sub ->C. Ronan
60'
Cole Bassett- sub ->C. Ronan
Jimmy Medranda- sub ->Yaw Yeboah
61'
Sean Zawadzki(goal)Lucas Zelarayán
62'
Cucho Hernández(goal)
72'
Jacen Russell-Rowe- sub ->Lucas Zelarayán
73'
74'
M. Bombito- Yellow
79'
79'
Marlon Vargas- sub ->D. Leyva
83'
Steven Beitashour- sub ->K. Rosenberry
P. Schulte- Yellow
86'
90'
Cole Bassett(goal)Calvin Harris

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cincinnati
69
34
Orlando City
63
34
Columbus Crew
57
34
Philadelphia Union
55
34
New England
55
34
Atlanta United
51
34
Nashville SC
49
34
New York RB
43
34
Charlotte
43
34
CF Montréal
41
34
New York City
41
34
DC United
40
34
Chicago Fire
40
34
Inter Miami
34
34
Toronto
22
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Louis City
56
34
Seattle Sounders
53
34
Los Angeles FC
52
34
Houston Dynamo
51
34
Real Salt Lake
50
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
48
34
Dallas
46
34
Sporting KC
44
34
SJ Earthquakes
44
34
Portland Timbers
43
34
Minnesota United
41
34
Austin
39
34
LA Galaxy
36
34
Colorado Rapids
27
34

After this match, Columbus Crew will have 21 points like Charlotte to move down in the 6th place. On the other side, Colorado Rapids will stay with 12 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Columbus Crew will host Montreal Impact on the 20th of October with a 12-10 head to head in favor of Columbus Crew (5 draws).

Colorado Rapids will host Real Salt Lake on the 20th of October with a 27-15 head to head stats in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).

Columbus Crew – Formation

Columbus Crew
G
P. Schulte 28.United States
6.4
86'
D
Steven Moreira 31.Cape Verde
6.4
D
Malte Amundsen 18.Denmark
7.0
D
P. Quinton 2.United States
6.7
46'
M
Yaw Yeboah 14.Ghana
7.1
61'
M
M. Farsi 23.Canada
6.6
M
Darlington Nagbe 6.United States
6.3
M
A. Morris 8.United States
7.1
F
Christian Ramirez 17.United States
6.8
F
Cucho Hernández 9.Colombia
8.2
72'
F
Lucas Zelarayán 10.Armenia
8.5
73' 37'
Substitutes
G
Evan Bush 24.United States
D
Keegan Hughes 22.United States
D
Jimmy Medranda 94.Colombia
6.6
61'
M
Sean Zawadzki 25.United States
6.9
46' 62'
M
Jake Morris 33.United States
M
Isaiah Parente 16.United States
F
Jacen Russell-Rowe 19.Canada
6.8
73'
F
Gibran Rayo 37.United States
F
Max Arfsten 27.United States

Columbus Crew started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Wilfried Nancy decided to play with the following team: Patrick Schulte (6.4), Steven Moreira (6.4), Philip Quinton (6.7), Malte Amundsen (7.0), Mohamed Farsi (6.6), Darlington Nagbe (6.3), Aidan Morris (7.1), Yaw Yeboah (7.1), Christian Ramirez (6.8), Lucas Zelarayán (8.5) and Cucho Hernández (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Keegan Hughes, Jacen Russell-Rowe (6.8), Sean Zawadzki (6.9), Gibran Rayo, Jimmy Medranda (6.6), Jake Morris, Maximilian Arfsten, Evan Bush and Isaiah Parente.

Columbus Crew could not rely on the presence of Jimmy Medranda (injured).

Substitutions

Columbus Crew made 3 changes: P. Quinton for Sean Zawadzki (46′), Yaw Yeboah for Jimmy Medranda (61′) and Lucas Zelarayán for Jacen Russell-Rowe (73′).

Best player: Lucas Zelarayán​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Lucas Zelarayán.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 9 crosses.

Colorado Rapids – Formation

Colorado Rapids
G
Marko Ilic 1.Serbia
6.4
D
Danny Wilson 4.Scotland
6.5
D
Andreas Maxsø 5.Denmark
6.6
D
Lalas Abubakar 6.Ghana
6.4
M
Keegan Rosenberry 2.United States
6.1
83'
M
M. Bombito 64.Canada
6.8
79' 74'
M
Sam Nicholson 28.Scotland
7.0
9'
M
Connor Ronan 20.Republic of Ireland
6.2
60'
M
Danny Leyva 15.United States
6.4
79'
F
Bryan Acosta 21.Honduras
7.4
F
J. Lewis 7.United States
7.0
Substitutes
G
William Yarbrough 22.United States
D
A. Markanich 31.United States
D
Steven Beitashour 33.Iran
6.8
83'
D
A. Gersbach 16.Australia
D
S. Anderson 27.United States
M
Marlon Vargas 39.United States
6.2
79'
M
Cole Bassett 23.United States
6.1
60' 90'
F
Calvin Harris 14.England
6.6
59'
F
Rémi Cabral 49.France
6.7
79'

Colorado Rapids started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Robin Fraser played with: Marko Ilić (6.4), Lalas Abubakar (6.4), Andreas Maxsø (6.6), Danny Wilson (6.5), Keegan Rosenberry (6.1), Danny Leyva (6.4), Connor Ronan (6.2), Sam Nicholson (7.0), Moise Bombito (6.8), Jonathan Lewis (7.0) and Bryan Acosta (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Marlon Vargas (6.2), William Yarbrough, Calvin Harris (6.6), Anthony Markanich, Remi Cabral (6.7), Steven Beitashour (6.8), Alex Gersbach, Cole Bassett (6.1) and Sebastian Anderson.

Substitutions

Colorado Rapids made 4 changes: C. Ronan for Calvin Harris (59′), C. Ronan for Cole Bassett (60′), Moise Bombito for Remi Cabral (79′) and K. Rosenberry for Steven Beitashour (83′).

Best player: Bryan Acosta​

The player that probably impressed the most for Colorado Rapids was Bryan Acosta.

His rating is (7.4) with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​