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Cincinnati v Columbus Crew : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th Oct, 22:00 BST, TQL Stadium, Ohio

Cincinnati and Columbus Crew clash at the TQL Stadium on Sunday night, with both Pat Noonan and seeking a win in the Major League Soccer. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are provided too.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Sunday's game is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Cincinnati and Columbus to score 3 goals or more combined during the standard 90 mins. 2 goals or less would mean a losing bet but, with stats below suggesting there are goals in both sides, we think there's good reason to feel confident.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cincinnati 51%	2.10 13%	-
Draw 19%	3.80 3%	-
Columbus 29%	3.10 9%	-
Cincinnati 2-1 8%	9.50	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10.00 9%	-
Draw 1-1 7%	8.00 6%	-
Cincinnati 3-1 6%	15.00 15%	-
Columbus 2-1 6%	12.00 8%	-
Cincinnati 3-2 6%	17.00	-
Cincinnati 2-0 4%	15.00 15%	-
Columbus 3-2 4%	21.00 9%	-
Cincinnati 4-1 4%	26.00 13%	-
Cincinnati 1-0 4%	15.00	-
Columbus 3-1 3%	21.00 9%	-
Cincinnati 3-0 3%	21.00 11%	-
Draw 3-3 3%	26.00	-
Cincinnati 4-2 3%	34.00 17%	-
Columbus 1-0 3%	19.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 79%	1.40	-
Under 2.5 Goals 21%	2.88	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	1.73 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	2.05 2%	-
No 1st Goal 1%	23.00	-
BTTS - Yes 76%	1.36 3%	-
BTTS - No 24%	3.00 9%	-
BTTS - Home Win 36%	3.20 7%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.00 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	4.50 10%	-
Home/draw 71%	1.36 5%	-
Away/draw 49%	1.67 9%	-
Home/away 81%	1.25	-
Over 1.5 Goals 92%	1.11 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 8%	6.50 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 60%	1.91	-
Under 3.5 Goals 40%	1.80	-
Over 4.5 Goals 40%	3.25	-
Under 4.5 Goals 60%	1.33	-
Over 5.5 Goals 24%	6.00 9%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 76%	1.13 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 98%	1.01	-
Under 0.5 Goals 2%	23.00	-
Home DNB 65%	1.57 9%	-
Away DNB 43%	2.25 14%	-
Cincinnati win to nil 15%	5.50 22%	-
Columbus win to nil 8%	8.00 11%	-
Cincinnati / Cincinnati 25%	3.25 8%	-
Cincinnati / Columbus 4%	23.00	-
Cincinnati / Draw 6%	13.00	-
Draw / Cincinnati 14%	6.00 9%	-
Draw / Columbus 11%	7.50 12%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	7.00 7%	-
Columbus / Cincinnati 4%	19.00	-
Columbus / Columbus 17%	4.75 14%	-
Columbus / Draw 6%	13.00	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cincinnati	2 - 3	New England
Cincinnati	3 - 3	Charlotte
Cincinnati	1 - 1	Seattle
Cincinnati	2 - 1	NY City
Cincinnati	4 - 2	San Jose
Cincinnati	4 - 3	Vancouver
Cincinnati	6 - 2	Orlando
Cincinnati	3 - 5	Miami
Cincinnati	2 - 0	NY Red Bulls
Cincinnati	3 - 3	Chicago
Cincinnati	4 - 3	Montreal
Cincinnati	0 - 1	Toronto
Cincinnati	2 - 0	Atlanta
Cincinnati	0 - 4	Miami
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Columbus
Cincinnati	1 - 0	Columbus
Cincinnati	3 - 0	Montreal
Cincinnati	1 - 1	Orlando
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Nashville
Cincinnati	0 - 1	Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cincinnati	2 - 3	New England
A	Cincinnati	3 - 1	Atlanta
A	Cincinnati	1 - 3	Montreal
A	Cincinnati	2 - 2	Houston
H	Cincinnati	3 - 3	Charlotte
A	Cincinnati	0 - 5	Philadelphia
A	Cincinnati	0 - 4	Nashville
H	Cincinnati	1 - 1	Seattle
H	Cincinnati	2 - 1	NY City
A	Cincinnati	1 - 1	Orlando
H	Cincinnati	4 - 2	San Jose
A	Cincinnati	1 - 2	Columbus
H	Cincinnati	4 - 3	Vancouver
H	Cincinnati	6 - 2	Orlando
A	Cincinnati	3 - 3	San Diego
H	Cincinnati	3 - 5	Miami
A	Cincinnati	2 - 2	Charlotte
A	Cincinnati	3 - 2	Chicago
H	Cincinnati	2 - 0	NY Red Bulls
A	Cincinnati	4 - 4	NY City

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Orlando	3 - 2	Columbus
Montreal	0 - 2	Columbus
DC United	2 - 1	Columbus
Nashville	3 - 2	Columbus
Charlotte	3 - 1	Columbus
Miami	2 - 2	Columbus
Philadelphia	1 - 1	Columbus
NY Red Bulls	3 - 2	Columbus
NY City	3 - 0	Columbus
New England	2 - 1	Columbus
Atlanta	1 - 3	Columbus
Toronto	2 - 1	Columbus
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Portland	3 - 2	Columbus
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Columbus
Cincinnati	1 - 0	Columbus
Orlando	1 - 1	Columbus
Chicago	2 - 0	Columbus
NY City	3 - 2	Columbus
Atlanta	4 - 5	Columbus

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Columbus	3 - 1	Charlotte
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Orlando
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Miami
A	Columbus	2 - 0	Montreal
H	Columbus	0 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	1 - 2	DC United
H	Columbus	3 - 0	Colorado
H	Columbus	1 - 3	New England
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Nashville
H	Columbus	1 - 2	Montreal
A	Columbus	1 - 3	Charlotte
A	Columbus	2 - 2	Miami
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	1 - 2	NY City
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Atlanta
A	Columbus	1 - 1	Philadelphia
A	Columbus	2 - 3	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	0 - 3	NY City
H	Columbus	2 - 3	Minnesota
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Philadelphia

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cincinnati

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

Clean sheets

3 / 12

CIN

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cincinnati
Cincinnati	2 - 1
Cincinnati	1 - 0
	2 - 4	Columbus
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Cincinnati	3 - 2
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Cincinnati	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 4	Columbus
	1 - 3	Columbus

Columbus

Cincinnati

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

0 / 9

CIN

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus	2 - 1
Columbus	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Cincinnati
Columbus	3 - 0
Columbus	2 - 0
Columbus	3 - 2
Columbus	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.4 is decent for Cincinnati in their clash with Columbus Crew, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 40 consecutive Major League Soccer matches.

Columbus Crew's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday night, not least because Cincinnati have conceded in each of their last 17 Major League Soccer games. A PG of 1.8 for Columbus Crew suggests that run should continue.

	Cincinnati 9th	Columbus 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.4 goals	1.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 9% 1 22% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 22% There is a 69% probability that Cincinnati will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+18 Cincinnati have scored 18% more goals at home than predicted	=0 Columbus’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	2.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

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CIN

COL

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Games scored	23		24
Failed to score	4		4
Scored first	12		14
Goals scored	58		41
Avg. goals scored	2.1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	11		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	19		16
Avg. XG for	1.8		1.4
KickOff rating		+9%

CIN

COL

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Games conceded	25		23
Clean sheets	2		5
Conceded first	15		13
Goals conceded	65		46
Avg. goals conceded	2.4		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	21%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.9		1.3
KickOff rating		+20%

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Cincinnati Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	16	10	8
P Bucha	K Denkey	Evander	B Ramírez

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Barlow FWD	27	8	3	3 -
S. Gidi MID	26		1	4 -
P Bucha MID	25	6	4	3 -
K Denkey FWD	25	16	4	3 1
B Ramírez FWD	25	2	3	8 -
R Celentano GLK	24			1 -
Evander MID	24	13	10	4 -
E Peña FWD	24	1	6	1 -
G Valenzuela MID	23	1	4	2 2
A Jabbari FWD	23	2	2	1 -
K Smith DEF	22	1	1	2 1
K. Mboma Dem FWD	22	5	1	1 -
O Nwobodo MID	21		1	6 1
M Robinson DEF	20		1	2 1
N Hagglund DEF	17	1		1 -
T Anunga MID	17			2 -
T Hadebe DEF	15			3 -
A Powell DEF	12		1	1
A. Chirila DEF	9	1	1	1 -
A. Lajhar DEF	4			1 -
E Louro GLK	3			-
D Doudera MID	2			-
K Fletcher FWD	2			-
T Malacia DEF	1			-
J Malatini DEF	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	37	10	24
K Denkey	Evander	Evander	Evander

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Denkey FWD	16	31	4	2
Evander MID	13	37	10	24
T Barlow FWD	8	19	3	3
P Bucha MID	6	10	4	4
K. Mboma Dem FWD	5	11	1	1
B Ramírez FWD	2	10	3	7
A Jabbari FWD	2	7	2	4
E Peña FWD	1	10	6	11
G Valenzuela MID	1	6	4	4
K Smith DEF	1	3	1
N Hagglund DEF	1	3
A. Chirila DEF	1	3	1	1
S. Gidi MID			1	3
O Nwobodo MID		2	1
M Robinson DEF		3	1	1
T Anunga MID		1
T Hadebe DEF		1
A Powell DEF			1
K Fletcher FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1324	47	110
S. Gidi	B Ramírez	B Ramírez

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S. Gidi MID	1324	31	90
M Robinson DEF	1044	20	73
P Bucha MID	1039	41	75
Evander MID	926	23	104
B Ramírez FWD	814	47	110
G Valenzuela MID	811	23	94
K Smith DEF	691	18	34
N Hagglund DEF	673	16	58
R Celentano GLK	584	1	7
E Peña FWD	535	23	77
A. Chirila DEF	533	9	29
K. Mboma Dem FWD	526	23	75
O Nwobodo MID	512	44	62
K Denkey FWD	417	14	102
T Hadebe DEF	373	6	28
T Anunga MID	332	23	37
T Barlow FWD	310	8	51
A Jabbari FWD	140	9	83
E Louro GLK	107
A Powell DEF	102	8	23
D Doudera MID	44	1	1
T Malacia DEF	27		2
A. Lajhar DEF	12	2	2
K Fletcher FWD	6		3
J Malatini DEF	6		2

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	5	3	6
P Schulte	W Ali	T Habroune	R Camacho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Schulte GLK	28			2 -
S Zawadzki DEF	28		1	3 -
T Habroune MID	27	3	3	4 -
S Moreira DEF	26			3 -
D Chambost MID	24		2	4 -
M Amundsen DEF	23		1	2 -
A Gomes MID	20	1		3 -
A Herrera DEF	19		1	2 -
R Camacho DEF	19			6 -
S Bangoura MID	18	1		4 -
M Farsi MID	17	2	3	-
J Thiaré FWD	15	2		3 -
B Méndez MID	11	4	1	3 -
T. Karumanchi MID	10			3 -
J Martínez FWD	10	1	1	-
B Lennon DEF	8		1	1 -
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	7			2 -
A Sejdic MID	7			-
W Ali FWD	7	5	1	1 -
S Rodríguez MID	6	2	1	2 -
G Tapia FWD	6	1	1	-
C. Adams FWD	6	1		-
L Giaccone FWD	5			-
E Bailly DEF	3			1 -
A Zaroury FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	14	3	8
W Ali	B Méndez	T Habroune	T Habroune

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Ali FWD	5	9	1
B Méndez MID	4	14	1	2
T Habroune MID	3	9	3	8
M Farsi MID	2	4	3	3
J Thiaré FWD	2	3		1
S Rodríguez MID	2	5	1	2
A Gomes MID	1	4		1
S Bangoura MID	1	2
J Martínez FWD	1	4	1
G Tapia FWD	1	5	1	2
C. Adams FWD	1	1
S Zawadzki DEF		3	1
S Moreira DEF		3		2
D Chambost MID		4	2	4
M Amundsen DEF			1	3
A Herrera DEF		5	1	2
R Camacho DEF		4
T. Karumanchi MID				1
B Lennon DEF		2	1	1
A Sejdic MID		2
A Zaroury FWD		4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1816	56	122
S Zawadzki	T Habroune	S Zawadzki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Zawadzki DEF	1816	55	122
R Camacho DEF	1481	18	49
S Moreira DEF	1432	20	48
D Chambost MID	1229	28	44
A Gomes MID	1090	28	72
M Amundsen DEF	1088	32	75
T Habroune MID	1043	56	112
P Schulte GLK	952		5
M Farsi MID	564	11	35
B Méndez MID	467	15	38
A Herrera DEF	456	21	42
S Bangoura MID	436	19	47
T. Karumanchi MID	338	21	37
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	263	5	15
B Lennon DEF	200	2	11
S Rodríguez MID	192	10	38
A Sejdic MID	125	6	9
W Ali FWD	116	5	23
A Zaroury FWD	88	2	10
E Bailly DEF	87	2	5
J Martínez FWD	70	1	6
L Giaccone FWD	65	1	3
J Thiaré FWD	61	3	22
G Tapia FWD	47	3	11
C. Adams FWD	31	3	10