MLS

FT Saturday, April 4, 2026
Columbus Crew LDDLL 3
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Atlanta United FC LLLWD 1
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium · 34,130 att.

Match Report

Abou Ali leads Crew over Atlanta for first win of season

Wessam Abou Ali scored two goals in the first eight minutes of the second half and the Columbus Crew won for the first time this season, beating Atlanta United 3-1 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
42.4
Possession
57.6
16
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
525
426
Passes
599
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
0
22
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.0
41
Long Balls
44
23
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
8
17
Effective Clearances
23
17
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CLB leads series 4-1

Lineups

ATL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Lucas HoyosG
  2. 4Enea MihajCD-L
  3. 5Stian GregersenCD-R
  4. 8Tristan MuyumbaDM
  5. 3Elías BaezLB
  6. 55Tomás JacobRB
  7. 28Will ReillyCM-L
  8. 7Steven AlzateCM-R
  9. 10Miguel AlmirónLM
  10. 59Alexey MiranchukRM
  11. 9Emmanuel Latte LathF

Substitutes

  1. 48Cooper SanchezSUB
  2. 35Jay FortuneSUB
  3. 47Matt EdwardsSUB
  4. 18Pedro AmadorSUB
  5. 6Juan BerrocalSUB
  6. 11Saba LobjanidzeSUB
  7. 42Jayden HibbertSUB
  8. 2Ronald HernándezSUB
  9. 22Fafà PicaultSUB

CLB · 4-4-2

  1. 28Patrick SchulteG
  2. 25Sean ZawadzkiCD-L
  3. 4Rudy CamachoCD-R
  4. 18Malte AmundsenLB
  5. 31Steven MoreiraRB
  6. 7Dylan ChambostCM-L
  7. 20André GomesCM-R
  8. 27Max ArfstenLM
  9. 2Andrés HerreraRM
  10. 10Diego RossiCF-L
  11. 9Wessam Abou AliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Nicholas HagenSUB
  2. 12Cesar RuvalcabaSUB
  3. 16Taha HabrouneSUB
  4. 30Hugo PicardSUB
  5. 90Nariman AkhundzadeSUB
  6. 8Dániel GazdagSUB
  7. 19Jamal ThiaréSUB
  8. 14Amar SejdicSUB
  9. 17Sékou Tidiany BangouraSUB

Timeline

  1. 48' Goal! Atlanta United 0, Columbus Crew 1. Wessam Abou Ali (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Arfsten with a cross.
  2. 53' Goal! Atlanta United 0, Columbus Crew 2. Wessam Abou Ali (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
  3. 58' Substitution, Atlanta United. Cooper Sanchez replaces Will Reilly.
  4. 58' Substitution, Atlanta United. Ajani Fortune replaces Tristan Muyumba.
  5. 60' Goal! Atlanta United 1, Columbus Crew 2. Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  6. 61' Goal! Atlanta United 1, Columbus Crew 3. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrés Herrera.
  7. 68' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Hugo Picard replaces Max Arfsten.
  8. 68' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Taha Habroune replaces André Gomes.
  9. 74' Substitution, Atlanta United. Saba Lobjanidze replaces Steven Alzate.
  10. 74' Substitution, Atlanta United. Matt Edwards replaces Tomás Jacob.
  11. 85' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Sékou Bangoura replaces Dylan Chambost.
  12. 86' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jamal Thiaré replaces Diego Rossi.
  13. 90' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Nariman Akhundzada replaces Andrés Herrera.
  14. 90' Enea Mihaj (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+2' Elías Báez (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.

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