Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC, 2018

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New York City FC

Sun 2 Sep 2018 · 00:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC — MLS .

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Nick Uranga
Referee Alan Kelly
Referee Younes Marrakchi

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC 2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
11 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
28 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	3–2	W
21 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	3–2	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
22 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
18 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	0–2	L
12 Aug	Toronto FC	A	3–2	W
05 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–2	D
29 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York City FC
#10	Position	#5
20	Points	26
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
26	Scored	31
28	Conceded	24
-2	GD	+7
1.11	PPG	1.44
28%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). New York City FC are 5th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Columbus Crew SC to score. At the same time, New York City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' The 38-year-old Pedro Santos has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Domenec Torrent will be considering his options from the bench.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
40' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Ben Sweat has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' A quiet spell here at . Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
55' New York City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
60' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
65' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
70' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
75' Jon Lewis is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 289 games and scored 459 goals.
85' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
90' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

19
Milton Valenzuela
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful
10
Federico Higuain ↓ Joshua Williams 89'
11
Gyasi Zardes
6
Wil Trapp C
7
Pedro Santos
23
Zack Steffen
8
Artur
17
Lalas Abubakar
9
Justin Meram ↓ Luis Argudo 90'

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

23
Rodney Wallace ↓ Ben Sweat 46'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Jon Lewis 79'
29
Ismael Tajouri
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring
15
Thomas McNamara ↓ Valentin Castellanos 67'
33
Sebastien Ibeagha
7
David Villa C
1
Sean Johnson

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hannes Wolf	5
Valentin Castellanos	5
Lucas Zelarayan	4
Pedro Santos	3
Daniel Gazdag	2
Agustin Ojeda	2
Christian Ramirez	2
Santiago Rodriguez	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.54 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.44 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC 75% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC45% Draw25% New York City FC30%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

70%

Draw or New York City FC

55%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC29% Draw45% New York City FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.8%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.8%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

2 – 0

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.3%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	19%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

New York City FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Clean Sheet