Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Columbus Crew SC

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New York City FC

Sun 1 Mar 2020 · 17:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45+5' · FT 45+4'

R 3' Maxime Chanot

Vito Wormgoor 10' Y

Pedro Santos 20' Y

Pedro Santos 21' Y

Y 31' Heber

Artur 53' Y

Harrison Afful 77' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Felisha Mariscal
Referee Hilario Grajeda
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC 2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-06-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 New York City FC 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
01 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
06 Oct	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L
29 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W
21 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
14 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	3–1	W
31 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–1	L
23 Oct	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
06 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
29 Sep	New England Revolution	A	0–2	L
25 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	4–1	W
22 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York City FC
#12	Position	#8
29	Points	33
27	Played	27
8 / 5 / 14	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 10
39	Scored	41
43	Conceded	36
-4	GD	+5
1.07	PPG	1.22
30%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). New York City FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ 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	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC — let the football do the talking.
3' Maxime Chanot has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Red card on 3.
8' Pedro Santos has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Vito Wormgoor.
14' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Jesus Medina is replaced by Sebastien Ibeagha on 14 minute.
19' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
20' A moment of madness from Pedro Santos on 20 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
21' Columbus Crew SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 21.
26' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
31' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
36' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
41' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
46' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
51' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Heber has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
53' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a Yellow card on 53.
56' GOAL! Lucas Zelarayan scores on 56.
58' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Luis Diaz on, Youness Mokhtar off on 58 minutes.
63' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Sebastien Ibeagha departs to be replaced by Keaton Parks.
68' 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' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Valentin Castellanos comes on to replace Heber.
75' Ghana international Jonathan Mensah has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
77' Harrison Afful has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 77.
80' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Fanendo Adi is hanging Gyasi Zardes on the field on 80 minute.
85' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
87' Lucas Zelarayan makes way for Christopher Cadden at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
The points are shared — Columbus Crew SC 1-0 New York City FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
19
Milton Valenzuela
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Fanendo Adi 80'
7
Pedro Santos
8
Artur
6
Darlington Nagbe
5
Vito Wormgoor
34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Luis Diaz 58'
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Christopher Cadden 87'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC W 2019-10-06 Toronto FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-14 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

New York City FC Form

2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC L 2019-10-23 New York City FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC W 2019-09-29 New England Revolution 2–0 New York City FC L 2019-09-25 New York City FC 4–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-09-22 FC Dallas 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.3 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.1 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC44% Draw28% New York City FC28%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.4

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

72%

Draw or New York City FC

56%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC28% Draw50% New York City FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

11.2%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

8.8%

2 – 1

8.1%

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 2

5.3%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

3.6%

3 – 0

3.1%

1 – 3

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	12%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	21%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	18%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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