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

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

3 – 1

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New York City FC

Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 22:00 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+8'

Y 10' Alexander Ring

Luis Diaz 82' Y

Y 84' Valentin Castellanos

Y 90' Maxime Chanot

Overview

Match Preview

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

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Peter Manikowski
Referee Guido Gonzalez

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	New York City FC	H	3–1	W
14 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
07 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–2	L
04 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D
27 Sep	Toronto FC	A	1–3	L
23 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	2–1	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–3	L
14 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
11 Oct	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
08 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	4–1	W
04 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–2	W
26 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	4–0	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York City FC
#7	Position	#10
47	Points	42
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
59	Scored	49
52	Conceded	45
+7	GD	+4
1.38	PPG	1.24
41%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ 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	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to MAPFRE Stadium that hosts another battle between Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC.
5' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Hannes Wolf scoring 3 goals.
10' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alexander Ring on 10.
15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
26' Artur is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
36' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Keaton Parks, as he is very good at scoring at MAPFRE Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
46' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
50' Assisted by Derrick Etienne with the perfectly-timed delivery and Pedro Santos makes no mistake. 2-0!
55' Goal! Valentin Castellanos scores his 97 goal in 305 matches.
60' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' Maxi Moralez gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Gary Mackay-Steven and will look to change the dynamic.
65' The whistle greets Pedro Santos as he departs to be replaced by Youness Mokhtar.
70' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
71' The whistle greets Ema Boateng as he departs to be replaced by Luis Diaz.
76' Ismael Tajouri is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
81' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
82' A moment of madness from Luis Diaz on 82 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
84' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
89' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Derrick Etienne is withdrawn and Hector Jimenez gets his opportunity.
90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maxime Chanot.
90' Jesus Medina makes way for Tony Rocha at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC share the spoils 3-1.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Gary Mackay-Steven ↓ Maxi Moralez 62'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 62'
29
Ismael Tajouri
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Tony Rocha 90'
1
Sean Johnson
55
Keaton Parks

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC W 2020-10-14 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-10-07 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2020-10-04 FC Dallas 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-27 Toronto FC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-09-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Minnesota United FC W

New York City FC Form

2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC L 2020-10-14 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2020-10-11 New York City FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-10-08 New York City FC 4–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-04 Internacional CF Miami 2–3 New York City FC W 2020-09-26 New York City FC 4–0 FC Cincinnati W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.72 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC47% Draw26% New York City FC27%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

73%

Draw or New York City FC

53%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC34% Draw44% New York City FC22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

2 – 1

1 – 0

7.6%

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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