Major League Soccer duel: Close contest expected between Columbus Crew and New York City

These teams have little in common geographically as New York City have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Columbus Crew have less rest than New York City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, New York City have had more rest.

Columbus Crew form and stats

Columbus Crew have collected 15 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-3-4.

The Columbus Crew crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Montreal Impact here. Up until that defeat this club had gone nine consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. The defeat against Montreal Impact was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Waterman). Zelarayán (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Zelarayán scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Columbus Crew have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Columbus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Columbus Crew have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

New York City form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of New York City, who have the most scored goals (41) in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. New York City goalkeeper Sean Johnson is eager to challenge this, with his 373 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

York has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Montreal Impact for a 0-0 draw. Midfield player Pereira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Pereira hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for New York City, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

York have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played previously this season: New York City - Columbus Crew 2-0. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Columbus Crew, one draw and four wins for New York City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

V. Castellanos Giménez 13 goals

L. Zelarayán 6 goals

H. Araujo dos Santos 6 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

New York City missing players