Columbus Crew vs Minnesota United FC — Major League Soccer 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 16+ matches
Columbus Crew48%
Minnesota United FC27%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Columbus Crew creates 42% more chances
Season form · 16 home / 26 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Columbus Crew ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Columbus Crew at home — creates 1.50, concedes 1.05 · 16 matches
Minnesota United FC away — creates 1.23, concedes 1.74 · 26 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Columbus Crew attack 1.50 + Minnesota United FC defence 1.74 → ÷2 → 1.62
Minnesota United FC attack 1.23 + Columbus Crew defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 1.14
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 48%?"
Columbus Crew at 48% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 48% does not mean "Columbus Crew will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
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Real Salt Lake
FC Dallas
Los Angeles FC
Seattle Sounders
Houston DynamoMinnesota United FC
Los Angeles Galaxy
St. Louis City
Portland Timbers
San Diego
Colorado Rapids
Austin
Sporting Kansas City
Nashville SC
Inter Miami
Chicago Fire
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Charlotte
FC Cincinnati
New York City FC
DC UnitedColumbus Crew
CF Montreal
Toronto FC
Orlando City SC
Atlanta United FC
Philadelphia UnionIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Columbus Crew host Minnesota United FC on Wednesday, 23 September 2020 at 23:30. The match is part of the Major League Soccer 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Columbus Crew vs Minnesota United FC
Columbus Crew beat Minnesota United FC 2-1 in Major League Soccer on September 23, 2020.
The match was played at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.