Clinical Edge
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.92 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.92
- Overperformance
- +1.08
Major League Soccer · Matchday 26
CF Montreal
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–0
Columbus Crew
M. Farsi 57'
B. Mendez 68'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 26CF Montreal0–2Columbus Crew
0.47
Expected goals
0.92
57′68′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: MON 0.47, CC 0.92.
Match report
CF Montreal 0-2 Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew saw off CF Montreal 2-0 at Saputo Stadium in Major League Soccer. Farsi opened the scoring for Columbus Crew on 57' and Mendez made it 2-0 to Columbus Crew on 68'.
Expected goals finished CF Montreal 0.47, Columbus Crew 0.92. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. CF Montreal held 55.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Columbus Crew graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.92 expected goals. CF Montreal graded out for box occupation — 8 of 9 shots in the box and 0.05 xg per shot.
Mohamed Farsi came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Columbus Crew from 1 goal, 2 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 31 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with CF Montreal conceding the most free-kicks (20).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
55%Possession45%
9Shots13
0.47xG0.92
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
CF Montreal
CF Montreal kept getting bodies into the area — 89% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 9
- Share
- 89%
- xG per shot
- 0.05
Timeline
Brayan Ceballos
Foul
🟨2'
🟨32'
Steven Moreira
Foul
Half-time
⚽57'
M. Farsi — assist: S. Zawadzki
Prince Owusu · Goal cancelled
📺60'
W. Carmona ↑ F. Herbers ↓
🔄63'
D. Sealy ↑ G. Synchuk ↓
🔄63'
⚽68'
B. Mendez
🔄69'
B. Lennon ↑ A. Zaroury ↓
🔄69'
G. Tapia ↑ J. Martinez ↓
N. Streit ↑ B. Ceballos ↓
🔄74'
M. Longstaff ↑ V. Loturi ↓
🔄75'
D. Rios ↑ A. Sanchez ↓
🔄75'
🔄81'
E. Bailly ↑ S. Moreira ↓
🔄81'
T. Karumanchi ↑ S. Rodriguez ↓
Samuel Piette
Foul
🟨84'
🔄90'
C. Ruvalcaba ↑ M. Farsi ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSaputo Stadium, Montréal
RefereeF. Bazakos
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 26
StatusMatch Finished