FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew Prediction: a narrow FC Cincinnati win

The prediction

Model backs Over 2.5 at 64% — combined xG 3.4.

Every market we call on this match

• Over 1.5 goalsOver 1.5 goals tips today83%1.20
• FC Cincinnati or Columbus CrewDouble chance tips today77%1.30
• Over 2.5 goalsOver 2.5 goals tips today64%1.56
• Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score tips today62%1.61
• Correct score 1-1Correct score tips today9.8%10.20

Odds shown are implied by the model's own probability, not quoted from a bookmaker. Markets missing from this list are ones the numbers did not clear the bar on.

The reasoning

On the match result it splits close to evenly, 43 percent FC Cincinnati, 23 percent the draw and 35 percent Columbus Crew. That is a fixture the model will not call a winner in, and the honest read is that the value sits in the other markets rather than on the result. The model expects roughly 1.8 goals from FC Cincinnati and 1.6 from Columbus Crew, a combined 3.4, which points to an open game rather than a tight one. Four markets clear our bar on this fixture, led by Over 1.5 goals at 83 percent, FC Cincinnati or Columbus Crew at 77 percent and Over 2.5 goals at 64 percent. The most likely exact scoreline is 1-1, though at 9.8 percent that is a long shot by the nature of the correct score market. It does not publish a pick on match result here, which means the numbers did not clear the bar rather than that we forgot to look. A market with no pick is the model saying it sees no edge.

Generated from the same form, expected goals and head-to-head data that produced the picks above. How the model works.

Full-time result probabilities

Expected goals

FC Cincinnati1.76

Columbus Crew1.59

Expected goals estimate how many each side should score given the chances the model projects they will create and concede.