Orlando City defeats Columbus Crew 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

ORLANDO. Orlando City had a close win over Columbus Crew.

By
Luke Meyer
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Orlando City defeats Columbus Crew 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

ORLANDO. Orlando City had a close win over Columbus Crew.

The match was played at the Exploria Stadium stadium in Orlando on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rubiel Vazquez with the help of Andrew Bigelow and Meghan Mullen. The 4th official was Malik Badawi. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.92 degrees Celsius or 87.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Orlando City

4 - 3

Team 1

Columbus Crew

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 13 Total 15
  • 7 On Target 10
  • 4 Off Target 4
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 86 Attack 104
  • 36 Dangerous attack 43
  • 47 Ball safe 46
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 8 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Orlando City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Columbus Crew that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Columbus Crew had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 10 were on target. Anyway, Orlando City managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Orlando City shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew shot 15 times, 10 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Orlando City received 2 yellow cards (Ramiro Enrique and Óscar Pareja Gómez). On the other side, Columbus Crew received 1 yellow card (Aidan Morris).

Match Timeline

16'
Martín Ojeda(goal)Iván Angulo
48'
56'
Diego Rossi(goal)Yaw Yeboah
Facundo Torres - sub ->Felipe Martins
57'
68'
Cucho Hernández(goal)Alexandru Mățan
Jack Lynn- sub ->Iván Angulo
70'
70'
72'
Yevgen Cheberko- sub ->Yaw Yeboah
Facundo Torres (goal)Martín Ojeda
73'
72'
Sean Zawadzki- sub ->Alexandru Mățan
M. Halliday- sub ->Mauricio Pereyra
79'
80'
Kevin Molino- sub ->Rudy Camacho
80'
M. Farsi- sub ->Julian Gressel
82'
A. Morris- Yellow
Ramiro Enrique(goal)
86'
90'
Christian Ramirez- sub ->Diego Rossi 
Ramiro Enrique(goal)Facundo Torres
90'
Ramiro Enrique- Yellow
90'

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, Orlando City will have 50 points to move down in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Columbus Crew will stay with 45 points like Atlanta United to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Orlando City will play away against Toronto on the 21st of October with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Toronto (3 draws).

Columbus Crew will host Montreal Impact on the 21st of October with a 13-10 head to head statistic in favor of Columbus Crew (5 draws).

Orlando City – Formation

Orlando City
G
P. Gallese 1.Peru
7.5
D
Rafael Santos 3.Brazil
6.3
70'
D
Robin Jansson  6.Sweden
6.4
D
Rodrigo Schlegel 15.Argentina
6.8
D
Dagur Dan Thórhallsson 23.Iceland
6.6
M
C. Araújo 5.Uruguay
6.3
M
Felipe Martins 8.Brazil
7.0
57'
M
Mauricio Pereyra 10.Uruguay
6.4
79'
M
Martín Ojeda 11.Argentina
8.4
Goals48'
M
Iván Angulo 77.Colombia
7.7
70'
F
Ramiro Enrique 7.Argentina
8.4
90' Goals86', 90'
Substitutes
G
Mason Stajduhar 31.United States
D
Kyle Smith 24.United States
D
M. Halliday 26.United States
6.7
79'
D
A. Salim 28.Somalia
M
Facundo Torres  17.Uruguay
8.1
57' Goals73'
M
L. Petrasso 20.Canada
6.4
70'
M
Júnior Urso 21.Brazil
F
Gastón González 22.Argentina
F
Jack Lynn 27.United States
6.8
70'

Orlando City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez decided to play with the following team: Pedro Gallese (7.5), Dagur Dan Þórhallsson (6.6), Rodrigo Schlegel (6.8), Robin Jansson (6.4), Rafael Santos (6.3), César Araújo (6.3), Felipe Martins (7.0), Martín Ojeda (8.4), Mauricio Pereyra (6.4), Iván Angulo (7.7) and Ramiro Enrique (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Facundo Torres (8.1), Luca Petrasso (6.4), Júnior Urso , Gastón González, Kyle Smith, Michael Halliday (6.7), Jack Lynn (6.8), Abdi Salim and Mason Stajduhar.

Substitutions

Orlando City made 4 changes: Felipe Martins for Facundo Torres (57′), Rafael Santos for Luca Petrasso (70′), Iván Angulo for Jack Lynn (70′) and Mauricio Pereyra for Michael Halliday (79′).

Best player: Ramiro Enrique​

The most impressive player for Orlando City was Ramiro Enrique.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 21 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Columbus Crew – Formation

Columbus Crew
G
P. Schulte 28.United States
6.0
D
Rudy Camacho 4.France
6.8
80'
D
Malte Amundsen 18.Denmark
6.4
D
Steven Moreira 31.Cape Verde
6.3
M
Darlington Nagbe  6.United States
6.4
M
Julian Gressel 7.Germany
7.3
80' Goals16'
M
A. Morris 8.United States
6.8
82'
M
Cucho Hernández 9.Colombia
8.4
Goals68'
M
Yaw Yeboah 14.Ghana
7.7
72'
M
Alexandru Măţan 20.Romania
8.1
72'
F
Diego Rossi 10.Uruguay
7.8
90' Goals56'
Substitutes
G
Evan Bush 24.United States
D
Yevgen Cheberko 21.Ukraine
5.3
72'
D
M. Farsi 23.Canada
6.3
80'
D
Jimmy Medranda 94.Colombia
M
Sean Zawadzki 25.United States
6.4
72'
F
Kevin Molino 13.Trinidad and Tobago
7.0
80'
F
Christian Ramirez 17.United States
90'
F
Jacen Russell-Rowe 19.Canada
F
Max Arfsten 27.United States

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

Wilfried Nancy played with: Patrick Schulte (6.0), Steven Moreira (6.3), Rudy Camacho (6.8), Malte Amundsen (6.4), Julian Gressel (7.3), Darlington Nagbe (6.4), Aidan Morris (6.8), Yaw Yeboah (7.7), Alexandru Mățan (8.1), Cucho Hernández (8.4) and Diego Rossi  (7.8).

They had on the bench: Kevin Molino (7.0), Christian Ramirez, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Yevgen Cheberko (5.3), Mohamed Farsi (6.3), Evan Bush, Sean Zawadzki (6.4), Maximilian Arfsten and Jimmy Medranda.

Columbus Crew could not rely on the presence of Mohamed Farsi (injured).

Substitutions

Columbus Crew made 5 changes: Rudy Camacho for Kevin Molino (80′), Julian Gressel for Mohamed Farsi (80′), Yaw Yeboah for Yevgen Cheberko (72′), Alexandru Mățan for Sean Zawadzki (72′) and Diego Rossi  for Christian Ramirez (90′).

Best player: Cucho Hernández​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Cucho Hernández.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 43 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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