All you need to know about the Columbus Crew - New York City game:

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPFRE Stadium (24650 seats)

Columbus Crew and New York City supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Major League Soccer season. Game on!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New York City, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Columbus Crew friendly games in pre-season: Columbus Crew played four friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Columbus Crew scored 12 goals and conceded 3 in these four games.

Last season, Columbus Crew's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Columbus Crew managed 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 22 conceded.

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New York City form and stats

It's a day of discovery for New York City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which New York City have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games New York City has scored 3 goals and conceded 4 times.

Last season was a triumph for New York City in the national league as they took home the Major League Soccer trophy. The championship was secured after 18 wins, 10 draws and only 6 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 7, drew 5 and lost 5.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Columbus Crew victories, three draws and five New York City wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Columbus Crew missing players

New York City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Columbus Crew New York City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Columbus Crew Last season New York City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 35
10 6   Won W   7 18
8 5   Drew D   5 10
16 6   Lost L   5 7
39 21   Scored S   29 64
47 22   Conceded C   26 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
71% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 86%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 63%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 37%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 17%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 69%
15% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 23%
35% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 14%
 
5.6 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.3
1.7 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
382 209   Total Shots T S   218 515
123 69   Shots on Target S O   84 195
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 York City 34 18 10 6 63 42 17 11 5 1 34 16 17 7 5 5 29 26 21 64
2 Atlanta United 34 18 4 12 58 43 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 6 1 10 22 29 15 58
3 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 17 10 4 3 36 19 17 6 3 8 22 31 8 55
4 Toronto 34 13 11 10 57 52 17 9 4 4 34 26 17 4 7 6 23 26 5 50
5 DC United 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 16 4 50
6 New York RB 34 14 6 14 53 51 17 9 3 5 29 18 17 5 3 9 24 33 2 48
7 New England 34 11 12 11 50 57 17 8 4 5 23 19 17 3 8 6 27 38 -7 45
8 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 17 8 7 2 37 18 17 2 5 10 18 29 8 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 17 8 3 6 23 22 17 4 2 11 24 38 -13 41
10 Columbus Crew 34 10 8 16 39 47 17 6 5 6 21 22 17 4 3 10 18 25 -8 38
11 Orlando City 34 9 10 15 44 52 17 6 3 8 26 29 17 3 7 7 18 23 -8 37
12 Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 17 3 3 11 15 36 17 3 3 11 16 39 -44 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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