Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Columbus Crew SC
3 – 1
Full Time
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.

Match Details

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

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

7
5
8
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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' Three points are at stake. Columbus Crew SC host New York City FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 10.
  • 15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 26' What composure from Artur! The Brazil international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 31' Aidan Morris has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 36' Alexander Callens needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 41' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 46' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 50' The Portugal Pedro Santos breaks the deadlock on 50 minutes. 2-0!
  • 55' Magnificent from Valentin Castellanos! That is 96 goals in 294 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 60' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 62' Maxi Moralez is replacing Gary Mackay-Steven for the New York City FC side.
  • 65' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 65 minute. Pedro Santos leaves to be changed by Youness Mokhtar.
  • 70' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 71' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Luis Diaz on, Ema Boateng off on 71 minutes.
  • 76' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
  • 81' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 82' Controversy at the stadium! Luis Diaz argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 84' Valentin Castellanos was booked on 84.
  • 89' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Hector Jimenez comes on to replace Derrick Etienne.
  • 90' Maxime Chanot was booked on 90.
  • 90' New York City FC ring the changes. Jesus Medina has done his job and it is now time for Tony Rocha to step up.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

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

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
1.6 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.37 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC44% Draw26% New York City FC30%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 2.97
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
70%
Draw or New York City FC
56%
Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC31% Draw45% New York City FC24%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 1
8.6%
1 – 2
7.4%
1 – 0
7.4%
0 – 0
6.9%
2 – 0
6.5%
0 – 1
6.2%
2 – 2
5.9%
0 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
Actual
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 13% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 20% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 17% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

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