Columbus Crew topped Los Angeles FC to win 2-1. It was Columbus Crew to strike first with a penalty of Cucho Hernández at the 33′. Then Yaw Yeboah scored again for Columbus Crew in the 37′ minute. Eventually, Denis Bouanga reduced the distance for Los Angeles FC (74′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Columbus Crew was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The referee was Armando Villarreal who was helped by Cameron Blanchard and Ian McKay. The 4th official was Jon Freemon.
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this contest, Columbus Crew has 57 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Los Angeles FC will stays with 52 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Columbus Crew – Formation
Columbus Crew
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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 , Steven Moreira , Rudy Camacho , Malte Amundsen , Mohamed Farsi , Darlington Nagbe , Aidan Morris , Yaw Yeboah , Alexandru Mățan , Diego Rossi and Cucho Hernández .
The home team had on the bench: Julian Gressel , Kevin Molino, Christian Ramirez , Jacen Russell-Rowe, Yevgen Cheberko , Evan Bush, Sean Zawadzki , Maximilian Arfsten and Jimmy Medranda.
Substitutions
Columbus Crew made 5 changes: Mohamed Farsi for Christian Ramirez (86′), Cucho Hernández for Julian Gressel (85′), Darlington Nagbe for Sean Zawadzki (84′), Yaw Yeboah for Yevgen Cheberko (83′) and Diego Rossi for Kevin Molino (90′).
Player of the match: Aidan Morris
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Aidan Morris even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 78 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10.
Los Angeles FC – Formation
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Steven Cherundolo played with: Maxime Crépeau , Ryan Hollingshead , Jesús Murillo , Giorgio Chiellini , Diego Palacios , Timothy Tillman , Ilie Sánchez , Kellyn Acosta , Cristian Olivera , Carlos Vela and Denis Bouanga .
They had on the bench: Denil Maldonado, Stipe Biuk, Mario González , Mateusz Bogusz , Nathan Ordaz, Sergi Palencia , Aaron Long, Filip Krastev and John McCarthy.
Substitutions
Los Angeles FC made 4 changes: Timothy Tillman for Mateusz Bogusz (60′), Kellyn Acosta for Filip Krastev (76′), Ilie Sánchez for Mario González (87′) and Diego Palacios for Sergi Palencia (87′).
Player of the match: Jesús Murillo
The most impressive player for Los Angeles FC was Jesús Murillo.
His rating is with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
