MLS

Columbus Crew vs CF Montréal, 2021 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
Columbus Crew
  • 44': Gyasi Zardes
  • 62': Gyasi Zardes
FT
2 - 1
CF Montréal
  • 90'+2': Romell Quioto

Columbus gets two from Gyasi Zardes to beat Montreal

Gyasi Zardes scored twice and the host Columbus Crew extended their unbeaten streak to three games with a 2-1 victory against CF Montreal.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew).
  • 1': Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Milton Valenzuela.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Kamal Miller.
  • 5': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Jonathan Mensah.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 8': Hand ball by Liam Fraser (Columbus Crew).
  • 12': Foul by Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal).
  • 12': Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 13': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Samuel Piette.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 16': Offside, Columbus Crew. Pedro Santos tries a through ball, but Derrick Etienne is caught offside.
  • 17': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Marlon Hairston.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Wanyama.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Liam Fraser (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 22': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Liam Fraser (Columbus Crew).
  • 23': Foul by Liam Fraser (Columbus Crew).
  • 23': Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 25': Foul by Josh Williams (Columbus Crew).
  • 25': Joaquín Torres (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 30': Foul by Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal).
  • 30': Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Offside, Columbus Crew. Milton Valenzuela tries a through ball, but Gyasi Zardes is caught offside.
  • 38': Foul by Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal).
  • 38': Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Josh Williams (Columbus Crew).
  • 39': Joaquín Torres (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 39': Josh Williams (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Foul by Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew).
  • 41': Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew).
  • 41': Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew).
  • 44': Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 44': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, CF Montréal 0. Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Derrick Etienne following a fast break.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal).
  • 45'+1': Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 1, CF Montréal 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 1, CF Montréal 0.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 48': Foul by Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew).
  • 48': Zachary Brault-Guillard (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 49': Offside, CF Montréal. Djordje Mihailovic tries a through ball, but Romell Quioto is caught offside.
  • 50': Offside, Columbus Crew. Evan Bush tries a through ball, but Gyasi Zardes is caught offside.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Samuel Piette (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Romell Quioto.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Joaquín Torres (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic.
  • 53': Hand ball by Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew).
  • 56': Offside, Columbus Crew. Milton Valenzuela tries a through ball, but Derrick Etienne is caught offside.
  • 57': Derrick Etienne (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
  • 59': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lucas Zelarayán replaces Liam Fraser.
  • 59': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Samuel Piette (CF Montréal).
  • 60': Foul by Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal).
  • 60': Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 61': Foul by Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal).
  • 61': Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, CF Montréal 0. Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Derrick Etienne (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Pedro Santos (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 67': Offside, Columbus Crew. Gyasi Zardes tries a through ball, but Derrick Etienne is caught offside.
  • 68': Substitution, CF Montréal. Sunusi Ibrahim replaces Mathieu Choinière.
  • 68': Substitution, CF Montréal. Zorhan Bassong replaces Joaquín Torres.
  • 68': Substitution, CF Montréal. Matko Miljevic replaces Samuel Piette.
  • 70': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Luis Díaz replaces Milton Valenzuela.
  • 70': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Miguel Berry replaces Gyasi Zardes.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Matko Miljevic (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 74': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Evan Bush.
  • 76': Foul by Miguel Berry (Columbus Crew).
  • 76': Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Sunusi Ibrahim (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Waterman with a cross.
  • 79': Foul by Marlon Hairston (Columbus Crew).
  • 79': Matko Miljevic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Substitution, CF Montréal. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Joel Waterman.
  • 82': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Saad Abdul-Salaam replaces Marlon Hairston because of an injury.
  • 83': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Alexandru Irinel Matan replaces Derrick Etienne.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Zorhan Bassong (CF Montréal) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Romell Quioto with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Lassi Lappalainen (CF Montréal) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, CF Montréal 1. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew).
  • 90'+4': Zachary Brault-Guillard (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, CF Montréal 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 2, CF Montréal 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 5
4 Corner Kicks 1
4 Saves 3
58 Possession 42
11 SHOTS 10
4 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
458 Accurate Passes 322
529 Passes 392
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 1
18 Crosses 8
0.2 Cross % 0.1
52 Long Balls 62
40 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.8 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 2
5 Effective Tackles 10
8 Tackles 21
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
8 Interceptions 13
10 Effective Clearances 11
10 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 19,423

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 New York City FC 4 +8 10
2 Nashville SC 4 +6 10
3 Inter Miami CF 4 0 7
4 Red Bull New York 4 -1 7
Full Table

Line-Ups

CLB Columbus Crew (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
24 Evan Bush (GK)
3 Josh Williams Yellow Card
4 Jonathan Mensah
19 Milton Valenzuela
25 Harrison Afful
6 Darlington Nagbe
17 Marlon Hairston
18 Liam Fraser
11 Gyasi Zardes
22 Derrick Etienne Jr.
7 Pedro Santos
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Miguel Berry, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Aboubacar Keita, Eric Dick, Steven Moreira, Luis Díaz, Alexandru Matan, Lucas Zelarayán, Bradley Wright-Phillips.

MTL CF Montréal (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
41 James Pantemis (GK)
4 Rudy Camacho
3 Kamal Miller
16 Joel Waterman
2 Victor Wanyama
6 Samuel Piette
29 Mathieu Choinière
15 Zachary Brault-Guillard
30 Romell Quioto
8 Djordje Mihailovic
18 Joaquín Torres
CF Montréal Substitutes:
Ballou Tabla, Sunusi Ibrahim, Bjorn Johnsen, Matko Miljevic, Lassi Lappalainen, Emanuel Maciel, Zorhan Bassong, Mustafa Kizza, Sébastian Breza.

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