Columbus Crew v DC United

13th3–028th

18:00 UTC

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
Columbus Crew		DC United
14	Shots	9
4	Shots on target	4
3	Corners	4
11	Fouls	20
0	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
0	Offsides	3
645	Passes	399
62%	Possession %	38%
1.10	xG	1.16

Over 1.5: 81%
Over 2.5: 59%
Over 3.5: 36%
Both score: 59%

Model pick: Columbus Crew 53%
Likely score: 1-1 11%
Expected goals: 1.87 – 1.17

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	Columbus Crew	53.2%	1.88	1.44 Bet365	69.4%	-16.3
Match result	Draw	23.6%	4.24	5.50 Betfair	18.2%	+5.4
Match result	DC United	23.2%	4.31	7.00 Bet365	14.3%	+8.9
Total goals	Over 1.5	81.2%	1.23	1.14 Betano	87.7%	-6.5
Total goals	Under 1.5	18.8%	5.33	6.50 Bet365	15.4%	+3.4
Total goals	Over 2.5	58.6%	1.71	1.44 Bet365	69.4%	-10.8
Total goals	Under 2.5	41.4%	2.42	2.90 Betano	34.5%	+6.9
Total goals	Over 3.5	36.2%	2.76	2.07 Betano	48.3%	-12.1
Total goals	Under 3.5	63.8%	1.57	1.75 Betfair	57.1%	+6.6
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	58.9%	1.70	1.62 Bet365	61.7%	-2.8
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	41.1%	2.44	2.38 Betfair	42.0%	-0.9

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Columbus Crew favoured against DC United

Our model makes Columbus Crew 53% to win this Major League Soccer fixture, with the draw at 24% and DC United at 23%. The goal projection is 1.87 for Columbus Crew against 1.17 for DC United — a substantial edge to Columbus Crew on expected output. A combined 3.04 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 59% and both teams to score at 59%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 11%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 1-1 11%; 2-1 10%; 1-0 8%; 2-0 8%; 1-2 6%

This season

Season records for Columbus Crew and DC United
Columbus Crew		DC United
34	Played	34
14-5-15	W-D-L	7-12-15
1.38	Pts / game	0.97
1.74	Goals for / game	1.15
1.53	Goals against / game	1.79
71%	Over 2.5	62%
68%	BTTS	59%
24%	Clean sheets	18%
12%	Failed to score	35%
9-2-6	Home record	5-5-7
5-3-9	Away record	2-7-8
W6	Streak	L6

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Columbus Crew · DC United

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
15.1	Shots	12.4
7.0	Shots on target	3.7
5.8	Corners	6.2
1.88	Cards	1.78
12.0	Fouls	12.4
50	Possession %	40
1.96	xG	1.18
8 matches	sample	9 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
14.5	Shots	14.7
5.3	Shots on target	5.8
4.1	Corners	4.8
2.75	Cards	1.44
13.5	Fouls	11.1
50	Possession %	60
1.77	xG	1.85
8 matches	sample	9 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
Columbus Crew	Metric	DC United
1.80 (better)	Goals scored	0.80
1.00 (better)	Goals conceded	2.40
2.59 (better)	Expected goals (xG)	1.37
	Big chances
9.25 (better)	Shots on target	3.00
19.25 (better)	Total shots	12.00
	Touches in opp. box
8.00 (better)	Corners	5.50
48.3 (better)	Possession %	39.5
401 (better)	Passes	350
	Tackles
12.75	Fouls	11.75 (better)
2.75	Offsides	2.00 (better)
	Throw-ins
2.50	Yellow cards	2.33 (better)
0.00 (better)	Red cards	0.33

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

Columbus Crew wins: 2
Draws: 0
DC United wins: 1
Goals / game: 3.00
Over 2.5: 100%
Both score: 67%

Major League Soccer table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Nashville SC	34	23	8	3	+46	77	Nashville SC won 3 of the last 5
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	19	7	8	+40	64	Vancouver Whitecaps won 4 of the last 5
3	Inter Miami	34	16	12	6	+21	60	Inter Miami won 2 of the last 5
4	FC Dallas	34	16	10	8	+11	58	FC Dallas won 2 of the last 5
5	New England Revolution	34	18	4	12	+8	58	New England Revolution won 3 of the last 5
6	Chicago Fire	34	16	7	11	+10	55	Chicago Fire won 2 of the last 5
7	Charlotte	34	15	9	10	+15	54	Charlotte won 2 of the last 5
8	St. Louis City	34	15	9	10	+11	54	St. Louis City won 1 of the last 5
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	10	10	+6	52	San Jose Earthquakes won 1 of the last 5
10	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	0	51	Houston Dynamo won 1 of the last 5
11	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	+14	50	Philadelphia Union won 1 of the last 5
12	Los Angeles FC	34	12	11	11	+12	47	Los Angeles FC won 1 of the last 5
13	Columbus Crew	34	14	5	15	+7	47	Columbus Crew won 5 of the last 5
14	Portland Timbers	34	13	7	14	+1	46	Portland Timbers won 4 of the last 5
15	Seattle Sounders	34	12	10	12	-2	46	Seattle Sounders won 1 of the last 5
16	FC Cincinnati	34	12	10	12	-8	46	FC Cincinnati won 3 of the last 5
17	Orlando City SC	34	13	7	14	-15	46	Orlando City SC won 2 of the last 5
18	Real Salt Lake	34	13	6	15	+1	45	Real Salt Lake won 4 of the last 5
19	Minnesota United FC	34	11	11	12	-2	44	Minnesota United FC won 4 of the last 5
20	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	11	11	12	-7	44	Los Angeles Galaxy won 2 of the last 5
21	Colorado Rapids	34	12	7	15	-3	43	Colorado Rapids won 1 of the last 5
22	New York City FC	34	10	12	12	+4	42	New York City FC won 2 of the last 5
23	New York Red Bulls	34	12	6	16	-14	42	New York Red Bulls won 2 of the last 5
24	Toronto FC	34	9	12	13	-15	39	Toronto FC won 2 of the last 5
25	San Diego	34	9	11	14	-6	38	San Diego won 1 of the last 5
26	Austin	34	8	10	16	-23	34	Austin won 1 of the last 5
27	Atlanta United FC	34	9	6	19	-17	33	Atlanta United FC won 1 of the last 5
28	DC United	34	7	12	15	-22	33	DC United won 0 of the last 5
29	CF Montreal	34	6	8	20	-32	26	CF Montreal won 0 of the last 5
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	7	5	22	-41	26	Sporting Kansas City won 1 of the last 5