Columbus Crew vs FC Cincinnati prediction: USA: MLS – Play Offs betting tips on match 2025-11-02 23:30.
[p]Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati will meet in the 1/8-finals of the MLS Play Offs at Lower.com Field in Columbus, OH. The series is currently led by FC Cincinnati with one win, and this is the second leg of the round.[/p]
[p]Columbus Crew has played one match in the Play Offs, resulting in one loss and no wins or draws. The team has not scored and has conceded one goal in the Play Offs. In the previous match, Columbus Crew lost to FC Cincinnati with a score of zero to one. Key players for Columbus Crew include Maximilian Arfsten, who did not miss any minute in the last five matches, and Lassi Lappalainen and Sean Zawadzki, both selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament. Absences for Columbus Crew are Derrick Jones (inactive) and Mohamed Farsi (pelvis injury).[/p]
[p]FC Cincinnati has played one match in the Play Offs, resulting in one win and no draws or losses. The team has scored one goal and has not conceded in the Play Offs. In the previous match, FC Cincinnati defeated Columbus Crew with a score of one to zero. Key players for FC Cincinnati are Evander, Evan Louro, and Teenage Hadebe, all selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament. Absences for FC Cincinnati include Bradley Smith (muscle injury), Matt Miazga (leg injury), Lukas Engel (leg injury), and Ayoub Jabbari (leg injury).[/p]
[p]In the last five matches between Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati in the MLS, Columbus Crew has won one, FC Cincinnati has won two, and two matches ended in a draw. The most recent match took place in October 2025, with FC Cincinnati winning one to zero.[/p]
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[p]The offence of Columbus Crew is good and is better than offence of FC Cincinnati. FC Cincinnati has scored fifty-three goals (14th in the competition) so far. Columbus Crew has scored fifty-five goals (shared 12th to 13th position in the competition) so far. The defence of FC Cincinnati is outstanding and is better than the defence of Columbus Crew. Columbus Crew has conceded fifty-two goals (shared 18th to 19th position in the competition) so far. FC Cincinnati has conceded forty goals (6th in the competition) so far.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats[/p]
[p] – Columbus Crew are in the Top 3 teams for the lowest number of yellow cards received in the league this season. In 35 matches they have received 48 yellow cards (the league average is 68.3) at an average of 1.4 per match. [/p]
[p] – Columbus Crew are in the Top 3 teams for ball possession in the league this season. In average, they have had 44.9% possession in a match.[/p]
[p] – FC Cincinnati are in the Top 3 teams for the most wins in the league this season, winning 21 out of 35 matches. [/p]
[p]Streaks[/p]
[p] – FC Cincinnati are unbeaten in the last 8 away league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Columbus Crew have scored in their last 8 home league matches against FC Cincinnati.[/p]
[p] – Columbus Crew failed to win 4 out of the last 5 league matches against FC Cincinnati.[/p]
[p]Betting Tips, Prediction[/p]
[p] – 8 of the last 10 H2H league matches saw 2 or more goals scored.[/p]
[p] – 8 of the last 10 H2H league matches saw Columbus Crew score at least one goal in the 2nd half.[/p]
[p] – Only 2 of the last 10 H2H league matches saw FC Cincinnati score at least one goal in both halves.[/p]
[p] – Score prediction: At least 4 goals in total (over 3.5).[/p]
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