Match Centre: Columbus Crew vs Cincinnati
Thiaré 41′Gazdag 45+6′ (p)
Denkey 9′Valenzuela 90+4′
Player of the match Evander 8.0
GolVolt rating 5.7GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 41' Thiaré, 1:1-
0:1 → 2:1
Columbus Crew came from behind to win.
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43% → 94%
Columbus Crew: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 91.
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25 → 20
Columbus Crew climb 5 places in the table. Cincinnati stay in place 12.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:1, from 19% to 39% (Columbus Crew).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+2' · 2:1Columbus Crew 94%draw 6%Cincinnati 0%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:1.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 6.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Gazdag scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.7more watchable than 57% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Goal: Kévin Denkeyassist: Evander0:1
- 41' Goal: Jamal Thiaréassist: Chambost1:1
- 45+6' Goal: Dániel Gazdagpenalty2:1
- Half-time · 2:1
- 46' SubstitutionGomes for Bangoura
- 64' 2 substitutionsBarlow for DemRamírez for Echenique
- 66' Matt Miazgayellow card
- 70' 2 substitutionsJabbari for DenkeySmith for Miazga
- 70' SubstitutionChambost
- 79' SubstitutionPicard for Thiaré
- 85' 2 substitutionsAdams for GazdagAmundsen for Moreira
- 85' SubstitutionAnunga for Nwobodo
- 90+4' Gerardo Valenzuelared card
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Columbus Crew
Cincinnati
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Columbus Crew
- 1 Nicholas Hagen GK —
- 12 Cesar Ruvalcaba DEF —
- 18 Malte Amundsen DEF on
- 45 Owen Presthus DEF —
- 14 Amar Sejdić MID —
- 20 André Gomes MID on
- 30 Hugo Picard MID on
- 46 Chase Adams ATT on
- 90 Nariman Akhundzada ATT —
Cincinnati
- 13 Evan Louro GK —
- 2 Alvas Powell DEF —
- 4 Nick Hagglund DEF —
- 15 Teenage Hadebe DEF —
- 24 Kyle Smith DEF on
- 29 Bryan Ramírez DEF on
- 27 Tah Anunga MID on
- 16 Tom Barlow ATT on
- 99 Ayoub Jabbari ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Lower.com Field
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cincinnati Evander
- 2. place · Cincinnati Kévin Denkey
- 3. place · Columbus Crew Dániel Gazdag
Columbus Crew
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Columbus Crew
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Pro analysis
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Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the dayAbsences
Columbus Crew · 2 out
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Wessam Abou Ali Injured
return date unknown · Cruciate Ligament Injury
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André Gomes Unavailable
Thigh Muscle Strain
Cincinnati · 1 out
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Kristian Fletcher Injured
since 26 Jun 2025 · return date unknown · 45 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.