Columbus Crew vs St. Louis CITY SC, 2023 Leagues Cup, Group Stage

· Leagues Cup
Columbus Crew
  • 11': Lucas Zelarayán
  • 29': Cucho Hernández (P)
FT
2 - 1
St. Louis CITY SC
  • 85': Jacen Russell-Rowe (OG)

About

Columbus Crew are hosting St. Louis CITY SC at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, Columbus, Ohio, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the Leagues Cup.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 3': Offside, St. Louis City SC. Eduard Löwen tries a through ball, but Rasmus Alm is caught offside.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 6': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by John Nelson.
  • 8': Foul by Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC).
  • 8': Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 9': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Jonathan Bell (St. Louis City SC).
  • 11': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, St. Louis City SC 0. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Ostrák.
  • 12': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
  • 15': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC).
  • 16': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 16': Offside, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák tries a through ball, but Samuel Adeniran is caught offside.
  • 19': Foul by Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew).
  • 19': Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Foul by Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC).
  • 24': Foul by Gustavo Vallecilla (Columbus Crew).
  • 24': Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Jonathan Bell (St. Louis City SC).
  • 27': Penalty conceded by Lucas Bartlett (St. Louis City SC) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Ramírez.
  • 29': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 0. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen with a cross.
  • 32': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Gustavo Vallecilla.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Ostrák.
  • 36': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Yaw Yeboah.
  • 37': Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 37': Foul by Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew).
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen with a cross.
  • 38': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
  • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Evan Bush (Columbus Crew).
  • 41': Attempt missed. Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi.
  • 43': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Foul by Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC).
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by John Nelson.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 0.
  • 45': Delay in match because of an injury Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 0.
  • 45': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Njabulo Blom replaces Tomás Ostrák.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 50': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC).
  • 53': Offside, Columbus Crew. Darlington Nagbe tries a through ball, but Yaw Yeboah is caught offside.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 56': Foul by Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC).
  • 56': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC).
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 59': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ben Lundt.
  • 60': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by John Nelson.
  • 61': Foul by Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC).
  • 61': Yaw Yeboah (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Samuel Adeniran.
  • 61': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Aziel Jackson replaces Eduard Löwen.
  • 64': Offside, Columbus Crew. Cucho Hernández tries a through ball, but Christian Ramírez is caught offside.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi with a headed pass.
  • 66': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
  • 67': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Foul by Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC).
  • 70': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Yevhen Cheberko replaces Yaw Yeboah.
  • 70': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nicholas Gioacchini.
  • 71': Delay in match (Columbus Crew).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gustavo Vallecilla.
  • 73': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ben Lundt.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 76': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Foul by Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew).
  • 77': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Jared Stroud replaces Rasmus Alm.
  • 77': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Indiana Vassilev replaces Miguel Perez.
  • 78': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Jake Nerwinski.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 80': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Lucas Bartlett.
  • 81': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten replaces Christian Ramírez.
  • 83': Foul by Jared Stroud (St. Louis City SC).
  • 83': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jared Stroud.
  • 84': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
  • 85': Own Goal by Jacen Russell-Rowe, Columbus Crew. Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 1.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 88': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
  • 89': Jared Stroud (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Foul by Gustavo Vallecilla (Columbus Crew).
  • 90': Attempt saved. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi with a cross.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ben Lundt.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew).
  • 90'+2': Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Lucas Bartlett (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+5': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
  • 90'+5': Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 2, St. Louis City SC 1.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 8
7 Saves 2
35.5 Possession 64.5
11 SHOTS 19
2 ON GOAL 9
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
200 Accurate Passes 428
277 Passes 505
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
11 Crosses 16
0.3 Cross % 0.1
51 Long Balls 69
21 Accurate Long Balls 42
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
5 Blocked Shots 6
17 Effective Tackles 5
27 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
12 Interceptions 9
20 Effective Clearances 9
20 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Leagues Cup

Venue: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,533

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
24 Evan Bush (GK)
25 Sean Zawadzki
18 Malte Amundsen
12 Gustavo Vallecilla
8 Aidan Morris
6 Darlington Nagbe
14 Yaw Yeboah
23 Mohamed Farsi Yellow Card
9 Cucho Hernández
10 Lucas Zelarayán
17 Christian Ramírez
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Isaiah Parente, Josh Williams, Max Arfsten, Patrick Schulte, Yevhen Cheberko, Steven Moreira, Philip Quinton, Jimmy Medranda, Kevin Molino, Luis Díaz, Jacen Russell-Rowe.

STL St. Louis CITY SC (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
39 Benjamin Lundt (GK)
23 Jon Bell
24 Lucas Bartlett
14 John Nelson
2 Jakob Nerwinski
21 Rasmus Alm
28 Miguel Perez
7 Tomas Ostrak
12 Célio Pompeu Yellow Card
10 Eduard Löwen
16 Samuel Adeniran Yellow Card
St. Louis CITY SC Substitutes:
Joshua Yaro, Kyle Hiebert, Akil Watts, Isak Jensen, Nicholas Gioacchini, Selmir Pidro, Michael Creek, Jared Stroud, Aziel Jackson, Njabulo Blom, Indiana Vassilev.

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