New York City are aiming to brush off the league table ahead of this game against Columbus Crew. Here's everything you need to know before the game!
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Columbus Crew have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
New York City and Columbus Crew should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
New York City form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for New York City at their home stadium (Yankee Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
New York City are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 206 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Cufré). Nothing to worry about in defence for New York City, as their goalkeeper Luis Barraza has completely shut out the opponents for 200 minutes in the Major League Soccer.
An away draw last time out for York, facing Real Salt Lake in a game that ended 0-0. The result was a tad lucky as the match had an xG (expected goals) of 2.68 - .40. The goalie Barraza was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.03 out of ten. Barraza topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, New York City drew at home versus New England.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 New York City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for New York City as they are travelling to their away game against Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The York fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
There's been little loot from Columbus Crew's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Major League Soccer. Columbus Crew only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Columbus Crew play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Chicago Fire (placed 14th). Late drama in the previous game, when Zelarayán scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Chicago Fire. Attacker Hernández got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Hernández scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Charlotte.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Columbus Crew, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Observe! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.
Columbus have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Columbus Crew have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: New York City won four, Columbus Crew triumphed in five and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 8 goals |  C. Ramírez 5 goals |   G. Pereira dos Santos 4 goals |
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| New York City | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 35% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 14.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.9 | 14.1 |
| 4.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 24% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | 39% |
| 11.2 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.9 | 10.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
- Columbus Crew have scored more than double the goals of New York City.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | New England | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | DC United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Toronto | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | New York RB | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | New York City | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
