Columbus Crew vs Philadelphia Union — result, stats and line-ups

Full Time

2024

Columbus CrewEastern Conference · 13.

6 OCT

3:2

Philadelphia UnionEastern Conference · 6.

Goals

GOAL

AST

Goal4'

Cucho Hernández (assist: Dylan Chambost) · Header 1-0

GOAL

Goal25'

Nathan Harriel · Shot 1-1

GOAL

Goal41'

Mohamed Farsi · Shot 2-1

GOAL

AST

Goal76'

Cucho Hernández (assist: Dylan Chambost) · Header 3-1

GOAL

AST

Goal78'

Jack McGlynn (assist: Kai Wagner) 3-2

Expected goals (xG)

Columbus CrewxGPhiladelphia Union

1.620.91

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TV stations

International

Bet365

Venue

Lower.com Field20,371 seats

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Conditions

Weatherclear sky
RefereeAllen Chapman
1st AssistantLogan Brown
2nd AssistantMeghan Mullen
4th OfficialThomas Snyder

Pressure index

Columbus CrewPhiladelphia Union

1′45′90′

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Match flow

GOAL

AST

Goal4'

Cucho Hernández (assist: Dylan Chambost) · Header 1-0

PLAYER

Yellow card14'

Andrés Herrera

GOAL

Goal25'

Nathan Harriel · Shot 1-1

GOAL

Goal41'

Mohamed Farsi · Shot 2-1

OUT

Substitution61'

In: Derrick Jones · Out: Darlington Nagbe

OUT

Substitution66'

In: Alejandro Bedoya · Out: Danley Jean Jacques

OUT

Substitution73'

In: AZ Jackson · Out: Diego Rossi

OUT

Substitution73'

In: Jack McGlynn · Out: Leon Flach

OUT

Substitution73'

In: Max Arfsten · Out: Mohamed Farsi

GOAL

AST

Goal76'

Cucho Hernández (assist: Dylan Chambost) · Header 3-1

GOAL

AST

Goal78'

Jack McGlynn (assist: Kai Wagner) 3-2

OUT

Substitution81'

In: Alexandru Mățan · Out: Dylan Chambost

OUT

Substitution81'

In: Taha Habroune · Out: AZ Jackson

PLAYER

Yellow card90'

Yevgen Cheberko

Ball positions

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Commentary

And that's the end of it. The match concludes - Columbus Crew triumphs with 3, Philadelphia Union trails with 2.
90+4′The second half has concluded with Columbus Crew leading Philadelphia Union 3-2.
90+3′Another offensive effort. Jack McGlynn from Philadelphia Union takes a left-footed shot from beyond the box, but it's saved in the right corner.
90+2′Yevhen Cheberko of Columbus Crew has been handed a yellow card due to a foul.
90+2′Mikael Uhre of Philadelphia Union has successfully secured a free kick on the offensive end.
90+2′Fouled by Yevhen Cheberko - Columbus Crew
90+1′Opportunity squandered. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew takes a right-footed shot from the right side of the box, narrowly missing the target. The assist came from Taha Habroune.
90+1′The referee's assistant has declared an additional 4 minutes of playtime.
90′Attempt thwarted. Max Arfsten from Columbus Crew has his left-footed shot from the right side of the box obstructed. The assist came from Cucho Hernández.
89′Alejandro Bedoya of Philadelphia Union has committed a foul.
89′Alexandru Matan of Columbus Crew has successfully earned a defensive free kick.
88′Missed chance. Dániel Gazdag - Philadelphia Union - shot with right foot from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Kai Wagner with a cross.
87′Pause finished. They are prepared to proceed.
87′Match pause - Columbus Crew.
87′Shot blocked. Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Max Arfsten.
86′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, thanks to Jack Elliott's deflection.
81′Player change - Columbus Crew. Aziel Jackson is replaced by Taha Habroune.
81′Player change - Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost is being replaced by Alexandru Matan.
80′Missed chance. Jack McGlynn - Philadelphia Union - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Quinn Sullivan.
79′Attempt thwarted. Cucho Hernández from Columbus Crew has his right-footed shot from beyond the box obstructed. The assist was provided by Christian Ramirez.
78′Score! Columbus Crew leads 3-2 against Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn of Philadelphia Union strikes with his left foot from outside the box, sending the ball to the left corner. The assist was by Kai Wagner.
76′Score! Columbus Crew 3, Philadelphia Union 1. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew sends the ball into the left corner from a short distance using his head. The assist comes from Dylan Chambost, who delivers a cross following a corner kick.
76′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, forced by Quinn Sullivan's defense.
75′Tai Baribo of Philadelphia Union has earned a free kick on the right flank.
75′Derrick Jones of Columbus Crew has committed a foul.
73′Player change - Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten is replacing Mohamed Farsi.
73′Player swap - Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn is replacing Leon Flach.
73′Player swap - Columbus Crew. Diego Rossi is being replaced by Aziel Jackson.
72′Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union successfully earned a defensive free kick.
72′Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew has committed a foul.
70′Alejandro Bedoya of Philadelphia Union has committed a foul.
70′Diego Rossi of Columbus Crew has earned an attacking free kick.
69′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, forced by Jakob Glesnes.
69′Attempt thwarted. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew's right-footed shot from beyond the box is intercepted. The assist was by Christian Ramirez.
67′Corner kick awarded to Philadelphia Union, forced by DeJuan Jones.
66′Player swap - Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya is coming on for Danley Jean Jacques.
64′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, forced by Nathan Harriel.
61′Player swap - Columbus Crew. Derrick Jones comes in to replace Darlington Nagbe.
54′Nathan Harriel - Philadelphia Union - won a free kick in defence.
54′Christian Ramirez commits a foul - Columbus Crew.
53′Another offensive move is underway. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew tries a header from the middle of the box, but the goalkeeper makes a save in the top right corner. The assist came from Dylan Chambost with a cross.
52′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, forced by Andre Blake.
52′Another offensive effort. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew takes a right-footed shot from beyond the penalty area, but it's saved in the top left corner. The assist came from Mohamed Farsi.Penalty
48′Missed chance. Nathan Harriel - Philadelphia Union - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
45′The second half kicks off with Columbus Crew leading 2-1 against Philadelphia Union.
45+3′The first half concludes with Columbus Crew leading Philadelphia Union 2-1.
45+2′The referee's assistant has declared an additional 3 minutes of playtime.
45+1′Nathan Harriel of Philadelphia Union has successfully secured a defensive free kick.
45+1′DeJuan Jones of Columbus Crew has committed a foul.
43′Another offensive effort. Tai Baribo of Philadelphia Union tries a header from the middle of the penalty area, but the goalkeeper manages to keep it out, saving it at the top middle of the net.Penalty
41′Score! Columbus Crew leads 2-1 against Philadelphia Union. Mohamed Farsi of Columbus Crew strikes with his left foot from the middle of the box, directing the ball straight into the heart of the goal.
41′Another offensive effort. Diego Rossi of Columbus Crew takes a shot with his right foot from the middle of the box, but the goalkeeper manages to save it right in the middle of the goal. The assist was provided by Mohamed Farsi.
39′Another offensive effort is underway. Christian Ramirez of Columbus Crew takes a shot with his right foot from the middle of the box, but it's deflected to the right corner. The assist came from Cucho Hernández.
39′Missed chance. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed. Assist - Diego Rossi.
37′New attacking attempt. Tai Baribo - Philadelphia Union - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Mikael Uhre.
34′Opportunity squandered. Dylan Chambost of Columbus Crew takes a left-footed shot from beyond the box, narrowly missing the goal. The assist was provided by Cucho Hernández.
33′Shot blocked. Tai Baribo - Philadelphia Union - header inside of six yard box - left side is blocked. Assist - Kai Wagner with a cross.
32′Corner kick awarded to Philadelphia Union, forced by Malte Amundsen's defense.
28′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, thanks to Andre Blake's defense.
28′Another offensive effort. Dylan Chambost of Columbus Crew takes a long-range shot with his left foot from the right side, but it's deflected into the right corner.
27′Kai Wagner of Philadelphia Union is penalized for a foul.
27′Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew has earned a free kick on the offensive end.
25′Score! Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union are now tied at 1-1. Nathan Harriel of Philadelphia Union strikes with his right foot from the right edge of the six-yard box, sending the ball into the left corner.
25′Another offensive effort. Jack Elliott of Philadelphia Union takes a shot with his right foot from beyond the box, but it's deflected to the right corner.
23′Fouled by Yevhen Cheberko - Columbus Crew
23′Dániel Gazdag - Philadelphia Union - won a free kick in attack.
20′Nathan Harriel of Philadelphia Union has successfully secured a defensive free kick.
20′Cucho Hernández has committed a foul - Columbus Crew.
19′Malte Amundsen of Columbus Crew has successfully earned a free kick on the left flank.
19′Mikael Uhre of Philadelphia Union commits a foul.
15′Opportunity squandered. Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it sails high and wide to the left. The assist was provided by Dylan Chambost.Penalty
15′Attempt thwarted. DeJuan Jones of Columbus Crew's right-footed shot from beyond the box is intercepted. The assist came from Christian Ramirez.
14′Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew has been shown a yellow card for committing a foul.
14′Mikael Uhre of Philadelphia Union has secured a free kick on the left flank.
14′Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew has committed a foul.
11′Yevhen Cheberko of Columbus Crew has successfully secured a defensive free kick.
11′Tai Baribo of Philadelphia Union has committed a foul.
10′Opportunity squandered. Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union nearly scores with a right-footed shot from beyond 35 yards. The shot is just off target. This follows a quick counter-attack with Andre Blake providing the assist.
10′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, thanks to Andre Blake's defense.
10′New attacking attempt. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Mohamed Farsi.
7′Opportunity squandered. Andrés Herrera of Columbus Crew fails to convert a header from within the six-yard box on the left side, sending it wide of the left post. The assist came from Dylan Chambost, who delivered a cross following a corner kick.
6′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, thanks to Andre Blake's defense.
6′New attacking attempt. Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Cucho Hernández.
4′Score! Columbus Crew takes the lead, 1-0 against Philadelphia Union. Cucho Hernández of Columbus Crew heads the ball into the net from the right side of the six-yard box, finding the right corner. The assist comes from Dylan Chambost, who delivers a cross following a corner kick.
3′Corner kick awarded to Columbus Crew, forced by Kai Wagner.
3′Danley Jean Jacques from Philadelphia Union has committed a foul.
3′Diego Rossi of Columbus Crew has successfully earned a free kick in the offensive zone.
2′DeJuan Jones from Columbus Crew has committed a foul.
2′Dániel Gazdag of Philadelphia Union has earned a free kick on the right flank.
The opening half commences...

Match statistics

COLPHI

Possession and passing

62%Possession38%

89%Pass accuracy63%

585Passes359

508Successful Passes270

96Ball Safe73

55Long Passes63

4 more

42%Long-pass accuracy54%

5Substitutions2

23Successful Long Passes34

2Throw-ins1

Attack

3Goals2

20Shots Total11

10Shots On Target6

4Big Chances Created2

9Corners2

48Dangerous Attacks41

13 more

5Accurate Crosses5

101Attacks66

2Big Chances Missed1

17Dribble Attempts3

36Duels Won44

15Goal Attempts10

5Shots Blocked1

12Shots inside the box4

5Shots Off Target4

8Shots outside the box7

47%Successful dribbles67%

8Successful Dribbles2

19Total Crosses12

Defence and discipline

4Saves7

11Tackles21

7Interceptions16

9Fouls6

2Yellow cards0

6Free Kicks9

1 more

7Goal Kicks9

Other

2Successful Headers3

1Assists0

The halves are each period's own numbers — not a split of the full-time figures.

The referee

A. ChapmanPer-match averages this season · 20 matches · career: 263

	Avg	Home	Away	Career
Yellow cards	3.05	1.55	1.50	3.40
Red cards	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.10
Second yellows	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.06
Penalties	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.38

Home / away: what the home and the away side received on average. Career: the average over every match officiated.

Expected goals (xG)

Columbus CrewxGPhiladelphia Union

1.620.91

Expected Goals on Target (xGoT)

3.341.47

Expected Goals Non Penalty Goals (npxG)

1.620.91

Expected Goals Open Play (xGOP)

1.130.44

Expected Goals Set Play (xGSP)

0.480.47

Expected Goals Corners (xGC)

0.440.16

Expected Goals Free Kicks (xGFK)

0.040.13

Expected Points (xPTS)

1.870.88

Starting XI

Philadelphia UnionFormation: 4-3-1-2

Jim Curtin

Columbus CrewFormation: 3-4-2-1

Wilfried Nancy

The ↓ and minute under a player mean they were substituted off then.

The amount under a player is their last known transfer fee and its year (provider data) — not a market value.

Columbus Crew — bench

Nicholas HagenGoalkeeper2

Andrés HerreraDefender · €275K (2024, loan)6.6 5

Derrick JonesMidfielder · €182K (2022)6.4 6

Darlington NagbeMidfielder · €954K (2019)6.2 7

Dylan ChambostMidfielder8.5 9

Cucho HernándezAttacker · €13M (2025)10.0 10

Diego RossiAttacker · €7M (2026)6.6 12

DeJuan JonesMidfielder · €372K (2025)6.4 13

AZ JacksonMidfielder · €606K (2024)4.0 14

Yaw YeboahMidfielder · €1.8M (2022)16

Taha HabrouneMidfielder6.7 17

Christian RamirezAttacker · €240K (2025)6.9 18

Malte AmundsenDefender · €364K (2023)6.6 19

Jacen Russell-RoweAttacker · €2.1M (2026)20

Alexandru MățanMidfielder · €1.5M (2021)6.9 21

Yevgen CheberkoDefender · €500K (2022)7.1 22

Abraham RomeroGoalkeeper · €45K (2024)23

Mohamed FarsiMidfielder7.8 27

Max ArfstenMidfielder · €6.5M (2026)6.8 28

Patrick SchulteGoalkeeper6.7

Philadelphia Union — bench

Player statistics

Columbus Crew starters then subs, by rating

Cucho Hernández#9 · Attacker · 90′10.0

In this match

Attack

Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Shots: 9
Shots on target: 5
Expected goals (xG): 0.54
xGoT: 1.74

Passing

Passes (accurate/total): 37/55
Pass accuracy: 67%
Key passes: 4
Passes in final third: 10
Crosses (accurate/total): 0/3
Long balls (won/total): 2/8

Possession & duels

Touches: 90
Duels (won/total): 11/20
Aerials won: 4
Dribbles (won/attempted): 5/9
Dispossessed: 2
Possession lost: 34
Ball recoveries: 6

Defence

Tackles: 2
Interceptions: 1
Blocked shots: 2

Discipline

Fouls: 1

Player	Reason	Back
Evan Bush🩹 injury · Broken Arm	injury · Broken Arm	19 Feb 2025
Will Sands🩹 injury · Calf Injury	injury · Calf Injury	10 Oct 2024
Rudy Camacho🟥 suspended · Indirect Card Suspension	suspended · Indirect Card Suspension	7 Oct 2024

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Columbus Crew	1.7557.14%	1.7058.82%
Draw	4.3323.08%	4.2523.53%
Philadelphia Union	4.1024.39%	4.2023.81%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Columbus Crew or Draw	1.2281.83%	1.2381.3%
Columbus Crew or Philadelphia Union	1.2083.33%	1.2281.97%
Draw or Philadelphia Union	2.0050%	2.0848.08%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
2+ goals	–	1.1090.91%
0–1 goals	–	6.7514.81%
3+ goals	1.3673.37%	1.3872.46%
0–2 goals	3.1032.26%	3.0033.33%
4+ goals	–	2.0050%
0–3 goals	–	1.6660.24%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Columbus Crew	2.2045.45%	2.1247.17%
Draw	2.6238.1%	2.6537.74%
Philadelphia Union	4.0025%	3.9025.64%

Outcome	bet365
COL → COL	2.6238.1%
COL → X	13.007.69%
COL → PHI	26.003.85%
X → COL	5.5018.18%
X → X	8.0012.5%
X → PHI	9.5010.53%
PHI → COL	17.005.88%
PHI → X	15.006.67%
PHI → PHI	6.5015.38%

Outcome	bet365
12 - 14	4.0025%
6 - 8	3.4029.41%
9 - 11	2.6038.46%
Under 6	11.009.09%
Over 14	8.0012.5%

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	49
1	Nashville SC	26	57
2	New England	26	46
2	Houston Dynamo	26	44
3	Inter Miami	26	46
3	St. Louis City	26	44
4	Charlotte	26	43
4	Dallas	26	44
5	Chicago Fire	25	39
5	SJ Earthquakes	26	42
6	Los Angeles FC	27	41
6	Philadelphia Union	26	36
7	Orlando City	26	34
7	Colorado Rapids	26	36
8	New York RB	26	33
8	LA Galaxy	27	33
9	Portland Timbers	26	32
9	Cincinnati	25	33
10	Seattle Sounders	25	32
10	New York City	26	32
11	San Diego	26	31
11	DC United	25	29
12	Austin	26	30
12	Toronto	26	29
13	Real Salt Lake	26	29
13	Columbus Crew	26	26
14	Atlanta United	26	26
14	Minnesota United	26	29
15	Sporting KC	25	18
15	CF Montréal	26	21

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Yes	1.4071.43%	1.4170.92%
No	2.7536.36%	2.6537.74%