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Major League Soccer10/31/2026, 06:00 PM

Columbus Crew – DC United3 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Columbus Crew
2.22
Total xG
3.21
DC United
0.99
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorColumbus CrewDC United
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
5 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.6 goals/match)+0.28
Rising form (2.6 vs 1.7 season average)+0.28
Attack strength (1.26x league average)+0.22
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1 goals/match)−0.12
Declining form (1 vs 1.4 season average)−0.12
Brais Méndez not in squad (5 goals, 2 assists)
Tai Baribo not in squad (16 goals, 1 assists)
Jackson Hopkins on the bench (2 goals, 2 assists)
45% of goal output missing (only 74% available)

Key factors

  • Form: Columbus Crew won 4 of their last 5 matches, while DC United lost 4 of their last 5 matches
  • Home/Away: Columbus Crew concedes 1.19 goals per game at home in the league, DC United 1.81 per game away
  • Shots: Columbus Crew took 8 shots on target per game in their last 5 matches, DC United 2.6 per game

Risks

  • Rest days: Columbus Crew with 2 days since their last match
  • Head-to-head: DC United won the last meeting 2-1

All probabilities

Result
Columbus Crew64%
Draw21%
DC United14%
Double chance
Columbus Crew or draw86%
DC United or draw36%
No draw79%
Goals
Over 1.584%
Under 1.516%
Over 2.562%
Under 2.538%
Over 3.540%
Under 3.560%
Both teams score
Yes57%
No43%

xG score

2:1
From xG 2.22 : 0.99, rounded up only from .910% probability

Other likely scores

1:1
10%
2:0
10%
3:0
7%
3:1
7%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. DC United: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. Columbus Crew with Mohamed Farsi starting: 1.9 goals/game, without him: 1.1 (16/10 games, last 30)
  3. Columbus Crew: 6 of 16 goals conceded from minute 76 onwards (last 12 games)
  4. DC United: dropped a lead in 3 of 5 games (8 points lost)

Lineups

Columbus Crew 3-4-3 · DC United 4-4-2

Columbus Crew
  • 28 P. Schulte
  • 31 S. Moreira
  • 25 S. Zawadzki
  • 18 M. Amundsen
  • 23 M. Farsi
  • 7 D. Chambost
  • 17 S. Tidiany Bangoura
  • 21 A. Zaroury
  • 16 T. Habroune
  • 33 G. Tapia Dubournais
  • 8 S. Rodríguez Molina
DC United
  • 26 A. Bono
  • 5 S. Hefti
  • 3 L. Bartlett
  • 15 K. Rowles
  • 6 K. Kurokawa
  • 2 K. Nono
  • 4 M. Peltola
  • 21 A. Dozzell
  • 8 J. Stroud
  • 22 N. Ordaz
  • 7 J. Martins Peglow
Substitutes
  • 3 E. Bailly
  • 1 N. Hagen Godoy
  • 2 M. Herrera Mansilla
  • 19 J. Thiaré
  • 12 C. Ruvalcaba Perez
  • 77 J. Martínez
  • 26 L. Giaccone
  • 11 B. Lennon
  • 50 T. Karumanchi
  • 12 W. Antley
  • 13 S. Nealis
  • 23 B. Servania
  • 25 J. Hopkins
  • 27 N. Markovic
  • 48 G. Turner
  • 24 J. Farr
  • 32 O. Avilez
  • 40 K. Reynoso

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