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- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
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 form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Columbus Crew so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Columbus.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Cincinnati (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 2-2. The attacker Lucas Zelarayán was "man of the match" for Columbus with a rating of 9.05/10. Zelarayán scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times. Columbus salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Cincinnati, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Miguel Berry equalizing. The hometeam coach C. Porter made a successful contribution in the game against Cincinnati, bringing on Miguel Berry who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Before that, Columbus drew at home versus New England.This is expected to be a close game, with Columbus Crew perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Columbus as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Columbus Crew has won five of these, drawn four and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nashville SC are coming to town in four days.
Columbus have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Columbus have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York City form and stats
Playing away, New York City have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
York lost away at Montreal Impact (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Keaton Parks got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Parks scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 59 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against DC United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with York playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were seven New York City wins, four draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montreal Impact in just four days.
York find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. New York City have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was New York City - Columbus 1-2, played this season. Columbus-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Columbus Crew four wins, New York City five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 5 goals |  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |  G. Zardes 4 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
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| Columbus Crew | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 25% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 13 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.4 | 14 |
| 3.4 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 36% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 33% |
- All of New York City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Columbus Crew have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- New York City have scored in all their matches so far.
- New York City have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | New York City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | DC United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Toronto | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 8 |