Columbus Crew hosts FC Cincinnati on Sunday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Columbus is eighth in the conference table at 6-8-5 on 26 points with a goal difference of +3. Columbus battled on the road to a 2-2 draw with DC United on Wednesday. Cucho Hernandez scored a brace for Columbus Crew with goals in the 62nd and 81st minute but Columbus gave up an equalizer in second-half stoppage time to share spoils.'
Columbus is unbeaten in each of its last seven matches with three wins and four draws. Columbus has not posted a longer unbeaten run during the course of a single season since 2018. Derrick Etienne is the leading goal scorer for Columbus five, while Lucas Zelarayan has scored four. Etienne is the leader in assists with five and Zelarayan is second with four.
FC Cincinnati is sixth in the conference table at 7-6-7 on 27 points with a goal difference of -3. FC Cincinnati was held at home to a 2-2 draw by the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday.' Cincinnati opened the scoring with a goal by Alvaro Barreal in the third minute but Vancouver scored an equalizer in the fifth minute. Cincinnati took the lead again with a Brandon Vasquez goal in the 23rd minute but gave up an equalizer late in the 82nd minute and had to share spoils.
FC Cincinnati has one win and five draws over its last six matches in the MLS. Cincinnati's current unbeaten run is two matches longer than at any other time in club history.' Philadelphia is the only other club to have gone six consecutive matches without losing that has included five draws. Brandon Vasquez is the leader in goals scored with 10 and Luciano Acosta is the leader in assists with six.
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