A quick look at the Major League Soccer standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Check out our Columbus Crew - New York City match guide!
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (42) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for New York City when visiting Columbus as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Columbus Crew nor New York City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Columbus Crew form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at MAPFRE Stadium for Columbus Crew. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Orlando City game Columbus has been unbeatable here at MAPFRE Stadium producing five straight wins.
The Columbus Crew coach Nancy and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Inter Miami (placed 15th). Ramirez, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.43 (out of 10). Ramirez scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting New York RB in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus Crew handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Columbus are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 11 games).
New York City form and stats
New York City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-6-5 (12 played).
New York City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Charlotte (placed 11th) in their previous match. The attacker Ledezma got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Ledezma hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 47 successful passes (of 50 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montreal Impact at their stadium, the result 1-0.We have checked recent matches where New York City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of York when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, New York City have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting ended New York City - Columbus Crew 1-1, played this season. Columbus Crew-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Columbus five wins, New York City four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 8 goals |  C. Ramírez 8 goals |   G. Pereira dos Santos 6 goals |
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| Columbus Crew | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 42 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 68% |
| 62% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 32% |
| 43% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 24% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 71% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 24% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 15.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 8.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 46% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 24% |
| 10.7 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.7 | 11 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York City have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (29) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (42) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Columbus Crew is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | New England | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | DC United | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | New York City | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Toronto | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
