FC Cincinnati at Columbus Crew 8/27/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 08/24/2021 at 6:52 PM ET

FC Cincinnati at Columbus Crew 8/27/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

The Crew are coming here after getting handed a loss in their last game. The loss for Columbus came by a final score of 2-1 against Seattle. The loss dropped the Crew to a record of 6 wins, 6 draws, but a total of 9 losses on the year so far. 

In the losing effort Columbus controlled the ball only 44% of the time. The Crew were able to get a total of 11 shots on the goal and 2 on goal. The Columbus team has ended up getting 15 fouls in the game and 1 yellow card. The Crew went offsides 2 times, but managed to get 4 corners won.

Cincinnati is coming off of yet another loss in their last game. The Cincinnati team ended up dropping the game by a shocking score by a score of 4-1 against the New England Revolution. With the loss Cincinnati ended up dropping to a record of 3 wins, 8 draws, but also a total of 8 losses on the day.

The loss seen Cincinnati control the ball only 50% of the time. The Cincinnati offense ended up getting 13 shots off on the day, but also managed to get 4 of those on goal. The Cincinnati club had only 8 fouls in the match and went offsides once in the match and ended up winning a total of 3 corners in the match.

This game should be a good back and forth battle. However, the Crew are coming in with the better offense overall. The Cincinnati defense has been questionable at times and has had some problems as well. Look for that to continue to be an issue in the game here for Cincinnati. Final Score Prediction, Columbus Crew win 3-1.