New York City supporters expect points in home game versus Columbus Crew

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Wed 21.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (54251 seats)

The league table in Major League Soccer tells a story about these teams so far, with New York City leading Columbus Crew by 14 points. Match preview to follow:

It's no vacation for neither New York City nor Columbus Crew 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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New York City form and stats

New York City have performed well here at Yankee Stadium so far this season with 6 wins from 11 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for New York City after consecutive victories at their own ground.

New York City are returning here after visiting Cincinnati in a Major League Soccer game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Atlanta United.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus New York RB in only three days. This game is also played here at Yankee Stadium.

The New York City manager Domènec Torrent has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games. New York City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Columbus Crew so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Columbus Crew have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Columbus Crew's last game was the home draw against Toronto (2-2). A draw for Columbus Crew before that, at their own venue hosting Cincinnati (2-2).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Columbus Crew manager C. Porter as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cincinnati.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Columbus Crew as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games. In the opposite end, Columbus Crew have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Columbus Crew - New York City 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 New York City victories, 3 draws and 3 Columbus Crew wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Castellanos
9 goals / 4 assists
Heber
9 goals / 3 assists
Pedro Santos
9 goals / 3 assists

New York City missing players

Columbus Crew missing players

New York City Columbus Crew
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played 2 12 27
11 6 2 Won 0 2 7
8 4 1 Drew 0 2 6
5 1 0 Lost 2 8 14
45 22 6 Scored 1 11 29
32 11 2 Conceded 6 20 41
92% 82% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 64% 33% Over 1.5 100% 67% 70%
62% 55% 33% Over 2.5 100% 42% 48%
46% 45% 33% Over 3.5 50% 33% 33%
21% 27% 33% Over 4.5 0% 17% 7%
62% 55% 33% BTTS 50% 42% 48%
29% 36% 67% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 15%
17% 27% 33% Failed To Score 50% 50% 37%
 
5.5 6 3.7 Corners For (avg) 5.5 5.3 5.9
5.1 4 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.1 4.3
2.2 2.2 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

New York City
26-07-19 MLS New York City 3 - 1 Sporting KC
04-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 3 - 1 New York City
08-08-19 MLS New York City 3 - 2 Houston Dynamo
11-08-19 MLS Atlanta United 2 - 1 New York City
17-08-19 MLS Cincinnati 1 - 4 New York City
21-08-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Columbus Crew
24-08-19 MLS New York City 23:00 New York RB
01-09-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 02:00 New York City
07-09-19 MLS New York City 19:30 New England
11-09-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Toronto
Columbus Crew
20-07-19 MLS Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Montreal Impact
27-07-19 MLS New York RB 2 - 3 Columbus Crew
04-08-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 1 - 1 Columbus Crew
10-08-19 MLS Columbus Crew 2 - 2 Cincinnati
17-08-19 MLS Columbus Crew 2 - 2 Toronto
21-08-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Columbus Crew
25-08-19 MLS Cincinnati 22:00 Columbus Crew
31-08-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 Chicago Fire
14-09-19 MLS Atlanta United 23:00 Columbus Crew
21-09-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 21:00 Columbus Crew

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 27 13 6 8 48 40 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 3 6 20 26 8 45
2 Atlanta United 25 13 3 9 43 30 14 10 3 1 29 9 11 3 0 8 14 21 13 42
3 New York City 24 11 8 5 45 32 11 6 4 1 22 11 13 5 4 4 23 21 13 41
4 DC United 26 10 9 7 34 33 14 6 5 3 22 20 12 4 4 4 12 12 1 39
5 New York RB 26 11 5 10 44 39 14 8 2 4 27 16 12 3 3 6 17 23 5 38
6 New England 26 9 8 9 38 45 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 6 4 20 28 -7 35
7 Orlando City 27 9 7 11 35 35 13 6 1 6 19 18 14 3 6 5 16 17 0 34
8 Toronto 26 9 7 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 28 23 12 3 3 6 13 20 -2 34
9 Montreal Impact 27 10 4 13 39 50 12 6 2 4 17 16 15 4 2 9 22 34 -11 34
10 Chicago Fire 28 8 9 11 42 40 15 7 6 2 31 16 13 1 3 9 11 24 2 33
11 Columbus Crew 27 7 6 14 29 41 15 5 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 11 20 -12 27
12 Cincinnati 26 5 3 18 26 61 12 3 1 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 14 36 -35 18