The Major League Soccer season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Columbus Crew and New York RB promises to be an interesting one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Columbus Crew and New York RB.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New York RB, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Columbus Crew form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Columbus Crew at their home stadium (ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The Columbus goalkeeper Eloy Room is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
The Columbus supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host New York RB in Major League Soccer and win 2-0. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Cincinnati.
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 Crew as a small favourite), we find nine games. Columbus has won three of these, drawn three and lost three.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Columbus Crew at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
New York RB form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
York lost away at Columbus Crew (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that game was the away victory against Atlanta United with the score of 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four New York RB wins, one draw and four defeats.
New York RB have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Columbus Crew and New York RB have met before this season: Columbus Crew - New York RB 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Columbus Crew, three draws and two wins for New York RB. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zardes 4 goals |  L. Zelarayán 3 goals |  Y. Mokhtar 1 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
New York RB missing players
| Columbus Crew | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 42% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| Columbus Crew | Last season | New York RB | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Conceded | C | 37 | 55 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 71% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 57% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 26% | ||
| 35% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 382 | 209 | Total Shots | T S | 216 | 468 | ||
| 123 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 162 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |