MLS

FT Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Columbus Crew WDWWL 2
–
Atlanta United FC LDDLW 4
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CLB112
ATL224
series tied 1-1 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium · 41,850 att.

Match Report

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Giakoumakis, Atlanta United beat Crew to force Game 3

Giorgos Giakoumakis scored and had two assists as host Atlanta United staved off elimination with a 4-2 victory against the Columbus Crew on Tuesday in Match 2 of a best-of-three Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
2
49.1
Possession
50.9
11
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
413
Accurate Passes
423
469
Passes
497
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.4
27
Long Balls
50
15
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
7
8
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
3
10
Effective Clearances
19
10
Clearances
19

Highlights

00:44 Atlanta United guilty of an incredible miss Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CLB leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ATL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 4Luis AbramCD-L
  3. 12Miles RobinsonCD-R
  4. 26Caleb WileyLB
  5. 11Brooks LennonRB
  6. 10Thiago AlmadaAM
  7. 8Tristan MuyumbaLM
  8. 20Matheus RossettoRM
  9. 7Giorgos GiakoumakisF
  10. 16Xande SilvaAM-L
  11. 9Saba LobjanidzeAM-R

CLB · 3-4-3

  1. 28Patrick SchulteG
  2. 4Rudy CamachoCD
  3. 25Sean ZawadzkiCD-L
  4. 31Steven MoreiraCD-R
  5. 8Aidan MorrisCM-L
  6. 6Darlington NagbeCM-R
  7. 18Malte AmundsenLM
  8. 7Julian GresselRM
  9. 9Cucho HernándezF
  10. 20Alexandru MatanCF-L
  11. 10Diego RossiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Giorgos Giakoumakis (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 38' Goal! Atlanta United 1, Columbus Crew 0. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Atlanta United) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brooks Lennon with a cross.
  3. 41' Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Goal! Atlanta United 1, Columbus Crew 1. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
  5. 45'+4' Goal! Atlanta United 2, Columbus Crew 1. Xande Silva (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis following a fast break.
  6. 45'+4' Xande Silva (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  7. 57' Substitution, Atlanta United. Ajani Fortune replaces Matheus Rossetto because of an injury.
  8. 64' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Yaw Yeboah replaces Sean Zawadzki because of an injury.
  9. 80' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Mohamed Farsi replaces Julian Gressel.
  10. 80' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Christian Ramírez replaces Aidan Morris.
  11. 80' Substitution, Atlanta United. Tyler Wolff replaces Saba Lobjanidze.
  12. 80' Substitution, Atlanta United. Edwin Mosquera replaces Xande Silva.
  13. 83' Goal! Atlanta United 3, Columbus Crew 1. Edwin Mosquera (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
  14. 88' Goal! Atlanta United 4, Columbus Crew 1. Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Caleb Wiley.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Cucho Hernández.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten replaces Alexandru Matan.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Atlanta United. Juan José Purata replaces Thiago Almada.
  18. 90'+3' Substitution, Atlanta United. Jamal Thiare replaces Giorgos Giakoumakis.
  19. 90'+5' Goal! Atlanta United 4, Columbus Crew 2. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yaw Yeboah with a cross following a corner.

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