Columbus Crew vs Toronto FC — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow7 clips- 16′Columbus Crew, goal:1–0assist
- 21′Columbus Crew, goal:2–0assist
- 32′Columbus Crew, yellow card:
- Half-time2 – 0
- 48′Columbus Crew, goal:3–0assist
- 57′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 57′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 59′Columbus Crew, goal:4–0assist
- 63′Toronto FC, substitution:off
- 68′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 68′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 69′Toronto FC, goal:4–1assist
- 70′Columbus Crew, second yellow card:
- 78′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 78′Toronto FC, substitution:off
- 81′Toronto FC, goal:4–2assist
- Full-time4 – 2
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Columbus Crew hold off Toronto FC fightback to win 4-2 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 4-2 in Major League Soccer on Matchday 31 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, building a four-goal lead before holding on after a late visiting rally and a red card of their own. The result lifted the hosts from 21st to 18th in the table, while Toronto dropped from 20th to 21st.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Gonzalo Tapia opened the scoring in the 16th minute, converting Mohamed Farsi's assist, and Malte Amundsen doubled the lead five minutes later from Dylan Chambost's pass. Columbus led 2-0 at the interval and extended the advantage within three minutes of the restart, Amundsen scoring again at 48 minutes, once more set up by Chambost.
Brooks Lennon made it 4-0 in the 59th minute, with Chambost providing a third assist. Toronto responded through Dániel Sallói at 69 minutes, Theo Corbeanu the creator, but Columbus lost Sékou Bangoura to a red card a minute later. Josh Sargent, assisted by Emilio Aristizábal, pulled another back in the 81st minute, though the hosts held on.
Columbus had been sent off with the score at 4-1 and conceded once more from that point without scoring again. Toronto's next game is at home to DC United on Wednesday 28 October in Major League Soccer, while Columbus travel to FC Dallas in the same competition.
Dylan Chambost laid on three of Columbus's four goals, for Amundsen twice and Lennon, and earned the match's highest rating at 8.64. Amundsen's two goals brought him a rating of 8.28.
Toronto had 20 shots to Columbus's 10, yet trailed 4-0 before getting on the scoresheet.
Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 4–2 (half-time 2–0).
Columbus Crew met Toronto FC in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 31). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 19:30 UTC at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field. Referee: Chris Penso. Attendance: 19,487.
Team pages: Columbus Crew · Toronto FC · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 16' Goal: Gonzalo Tapia (assist: Mohamed Farsi) — 1–0 · Watch Gonzalo Tapia's goal video (16')
- 21' Goal: Malte Amundsen (assist: Dylan Chambost) — 2–0 · Watch Malte Amundsen's goal video (21')
- 48' Goal: Malte Amundsen (assist: Dylan Chambost) — 3–0 · Watch Malte Amundsen's goal video (48')
- 59' Goal: Brooks Lennon (assist: Dylan Chambost) — 4–0 · Watch Brooks Lennon's goal video (59')
- 69' Goal: Dániel Sallói (assist: Theo Corbeanu) — 4–1 · Watch Dániel Sallói's goal video (69')
- 81' Goal: Josh Sargent (assist: Emilio Aristizábal) — 4–2 · Watch Josh Sargent's goal video (81')
Starting line-ups
Columbus Crew (4-4-2)
Toronto FC (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Columbus Crew 59%, the draw 24%, Toronto FC 17%. It finished Columbus Crew 4–2 Toronto FC.
Strong home edge in this league puts Columbus Crew ahead — We give Columbus Crew 59% mainly because home sides in Major League Soccer out-perform the global norm, and our strength rating also has them a shade stronger, 1520 to 1452. The draw sits at 24%, down from a usual 27% for a gap this size, mostly because finishing streaks like these tend to lower it.
Why Columbus Crew at 59%?
Columbus Crew sit 68 points higher on our strength rating — 1520 to 1452. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.1% of 11,069 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.1% of 5,253 games vs 44.6% across all 107,859 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Toronto FC scored +0.93 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,625 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 59%?
Columbus Crew scored +0.32 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.7% of 1,643 games, vs 27.8% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,159. The cool-off factor takes 2.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Columbus Crew have gained 62 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 40.0% of 11,927 such games vs 40.6% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Out: Walker Zimmerman, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Columbus Crew vs Toronto FC final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Gonzalo Tapia's goal against Toronto FC (16').
- Watch Malte Amundsen's goal against Toronto FC (21').
- Watch Malte Amundsen's goal against Toronto FC (48').
- Watch Brooks Lennon's goal against Toronto FC (59').
- Watch Dániel Sallói's goal against Columbus Crew (69').
- Watch Josh Sargent's goal against Columbus Crew (81').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Columbus Crew 4–2 Toronto FC. Explore more on the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC team pages or the Major League Soccer page.