New York City vs Columbus Crew preview for betting prediction

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Columbus Crew have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

New York City form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Major League Soccer games here at Yankee Stadium for New York City. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. York has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Yankee Stadium. We remember; it was New England.

York are confident in defense, having played 208 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for York last time playing, versus Orlando City. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Valentin Castellanos, Maxi Moralez, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi and Jesús Medina scoring for the victors. Maxi Moralez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 10.0/10. Moralez scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. As indicated by the result mentioned above, York played a great game against Orlando City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, York had a home game versus Montreal Impact which ended with a victory 1-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), York's attacking play is working. York have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Columbus Crew form and stats

Playing away, Columbus Crew, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer, have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

Columbus have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Eloy Room. It's been 223 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.

It's the second away game in a row for Columbus Crew, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Atlanta United (placed 10th) in the Major League Soccer last time out. Jonathan Mensah was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.35. The defender Mensah scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

A draw for Columbus before that, at their own venue hosting Nashville SC (0-0).

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Columbus Crew - York 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four New York City victories, one draw and five Columbus Crew wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Medina Maldonado 7 goals

I. Tajouri-Shradi 6 goals

V. Castellanos Giménez 5 goals

New York City missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	New England	16	10	3	3	30	19	7	6	0	1	14	8	9	4	3	2	16	11	11	33
2	Nashville SC	15	6	8	1	24	14	11	6	5	0	22	10	4	0	3	1	2	4	10	26
3	Orlando City	15	7	4	4	23	19	7	4	2	1	13	4	8	3	2	3	10	15	4	25
4	Philadelphia Union	16	6	6	4	20	16	7	4	1	2	9	6	9	2	5	2	11	10	4	24
5	Columbus Crew	15	6	6	3	16	12	7	4	3	0	11	5	8	2	3	3	5	7	4	24
6	New York City	14	7	2	5	26	15	8	5	1	2	18	7	6	2	1	3	8	8	11	23
7	Montreal Impact	15	6	4	5	20	18	7	4	2	1	13	9	8	2	2	4	7	9	2	22
8	DC United	15	6	2	7	21	18	7	5	0	2	12	4	8	1	2	5	9	14	3	20
9	New York RB	14	5	3	6	18	17	6	4	1	1	10	4	8	1	2	5	8	13	1	18
10	Atlanta United	15	2	8	5	14	18	7	2	3	2	8	7	8	0	5	3	6	11	-4	14
11	Toronto	15	3	4	8	20	32	6	1	3	2	8	9	9	2	1	6	12	23	-12	13
12	Cincinnati	14	3	4	7	17	29	5	0	2	3	5	9	9	3	2	4	12	20	-12	13
13	Chicago Fire	15	3	3	9	17	27	10	3	3	4	15	14	5	0	0	5	2	13	-10	12
14	Inter Miami	13	2	3	8	10	23	7	0	2	5	5	17	6	2	1	3	5	6	-13	9