Preview
- Columbus Crew welcome Cincinnati on 2025-05-18 at 00:15 GMT in week 18 of the 2025 MLS at Lower.com Field.
- Looking back over 7 duels, W. Nancy has 4 wins versus P. Noonan, who has 2 wins, with 1 draw.
- Columbus Crew are 3rd in the standings with 26 points, followed by Cincinnati in 1st on 28 points.
- Columbus Crew is missing 1 player: R. Camacho (Thigh Injury) but Cincinnati are missing 3 players: A. Kann (Hip Injury), M. Miazga (Injury), L. Orellano (Leg Injury).
- We expect Columbus Crew to line up in a predicted 3-at-the-back 3-4-3, and Cincinnati are expected to line up in 3-4-1-2.
- Last time out, M. Arfsten registered the best mark for Columbus Crew - 6 - and L. Orellano did likewise for Cincinnati with an 7.3 score.
- Contrast in results: Columbus Crew had to share the points 1-1 with Montréal, whereas Cincinnati claimed victory 1-0 vs. Toronto.
- Columbus Crew (2-2-1) and Cincinnati (4-0-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Dominance for Columbus Crew: across 16 clashes, they've won 7 games and only lost 4 games to Cincinnati, with 5 stalemates.
- A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Columbus Crew's 4-2-1 home form and Cincinnati's 3-0-4 away record.
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Predictions
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Summary
Stats
Lineups
Columbus 3-4-3 W. Nancy
Patrick Schulte
Steven Moreira
Sean Zawadzki
Malte Amundsen
Mohamed Farsi
Dylan Chambost
Darlington Nagbe
Maximilian Arfsten
Dániel Gazdag
Jacen Russell-Rowe
Diego Rossi
Substitute Players
11
Ibrahim Aliyu
20
Derrick Jones
16
Taha Habroune
13
Aziel Jackson
26
Lassi Lappalainen
48
Cesar Ruvalcaba
21
Yevhen Cheberko
14
Amar Sejdic
1
Nicholas Hagen
Excluded Players
H2H
Standings
Eastern Conference
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Recent Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |  San Diego FC | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 39 | W W W W L |
2 |  Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 38 | W L L W D |
3 |  Minnesota United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 34 | D W L W D |
4 |  Portland Timbers | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 30 | L D W W L |
5 |  Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 29 | W L L W W |
6 |  San Jose Earthquakes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 27 | D W D L W |
7 |  Los Angeles FC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 26 | L W D D W |
8 |  Colorado Rapids | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 26 | D W L L L |
9 |  Austin FC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 26 | L W W L D |
10 |  Houston Dynamo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 23 | W L L L W |
11 |  FC Dallas | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 21 | L L W D D |
12 |  Sporting Kansas City | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 20 | D W L L W |
13 |  Real Salt Lake | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 19 | D W L D L |
14 |  St. Louis City | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 15 | L L D L W |
15 |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 42 | -23 | 9 | D L D W L |
Western Conference
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Recent Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Philadelphia Union | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 40 | L W W D W |
2 |  FC Cincinnati | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 39 | W W W L D |
3 |  Nashville SC | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 38 | W W W D D |
4 |  Columbus Crew | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 37 | W W W L D |
5 |  Orlando City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 33 | L W W L L |
6 |  New York City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 31 | W L W D L |
7 |  Inter Miami | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 29 | W W D L D |
8 |  New York Red Bulls | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 29 | D D L W W |
9 |  Chicago Fire | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 28 | W L L W W |
10 |  Charlotte | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 34 | -2 | 25 | L L L W L |
11 |  New England Revolution | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 24 | D L L W D |
12 |  DC United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 18 | L L L W D |
13 |  Toronto FC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 17 | L W D L L |
14 |  Atlanta Utd | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -15 | 17 | L L L W W |
15 |  CF Montreal | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 36 | -19 | 14 | W L W L L |
Columbus is going head to head with Cincinnati on 17/5/2025 23:15 GMT common.at Lower.com Field for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Columbus v Cincinnati H2H statistics!