Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Columbus Crew SC

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New York City FC

Sat 31 Aug 2024 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Malte Amundsen 21' Y

Y 72' Maxi Moralez

Y 85' Santiago Rodriguez

R 90' Julian Fernandez

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

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

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

2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC 2024-06-15 New York City FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2023-07-08 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York City FC 2023-06-17 New York City FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC 2022-08-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	New York City FC	H	4–2	W
28 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–0	W
20 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
17 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	1–1	D
14 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	5–1	W
06 Jul	Toronto FC	H	4–0	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–4	L
24 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–2	D
20 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
17 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	2–2	D
14 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–0	D
07 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–2	L

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' That's the starting whistle at Lower.com Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC.
4' Goal! Alonso Martinez scores his 33 goal in 305 matches.
9' New York City FC have won 475 goals from 305 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
12' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Matt Freese is withdrawn and Luis Barraza gets his opportunity.
17' What an equalizer from Diego Rossi!
21' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a card on 21.
26' James Sands, a USA defensive midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
31' 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.
36' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
41' Birk Risa is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
45' The whistle greets James Sands as he departs to be replaced by Justin Haak.
50' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
58' What a strike from Max Arfsten! The score is 2-1.
60' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Kevin O'Toole exits the field as Christian McFarlane enters on 60.
61' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Agustin Ojeda departs to be replaced by Maxi Moralez.
66' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
71' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Malte Amundsen is replaced by Yevgen Cheberko on 71 minute.
72' Maxi Moralez picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
73' Another change for New York City FC made on 73 minute. Hannes Wolf leaves to be changed by Julian Fernandez.
78' Luis Barraza needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
83' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
85' New York City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 85.
86' GOAL! Monsef Bakrar fires home to make it 2-2!
90' New York City FC player sees a card in front of him.
90' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Max Arfsten is withdrawn and Yaw Yeboah gets his opportunity.
Game over. The scoreline of 4-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez ↓ Dylan Chambost 90'
31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen ↓ Yevgen Cheberko 71'
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Alexandru Matan 71'
10
Diego Rossi
4
Rudy Camacho
6
Darlington Nagbe
28
Patrick Schulte
25
Sean Zawadzki ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 90'
23
Mohamed Farsi ↓ DeJuan Jones 90'
27
Max Arfsten ↓ Yaw Yeboah 90'

Bench

7
Dylan Chambost ↑ 90'
14
Yaw Yeboah ↑ 90'
20
Alexandru Matan ↑ 71'
5
Derrick Jones
12
DeJuan Jones ↑ 90'
13
Aziel Jackson
19
Jacen Russell-Rowe ↑ 90'
21
Yevgen Cheberko ↑ 71'

Coach Wilfried Nancy

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Hannes Wolf ↓ Julian Fernandez 73'
13
Thiago Martins
6
James Sands ↓ Justin Haak 45'
55
Keaton Parks
49
Matt Freese ↓ Luis Barraza 12'
24
Tayvon Gray
5
Birk Risa
10
Santiago Rodriguez
22
Kevin O'Toole ↓ Christian McFarlane 60'
26
Agustin Ojeda ↓ Maxi Moralez 61'
16
Alonso Martinez ↓ Monsef Bakrar 61'

Bench

12
Strahinja Tanasijevic
27
Maxi Moralez ↑ 61'
1
Luis Barraza ↑ 12'
80
Justin Haak ↑ 45'
18
Christian McFarlane ↑ 60'
7
Jovan Mijatovic
35
Mitja Ilenic
11
Julian Fernandez ↑ 73'
9
Monsef Bakrar ↑ 61'

Coach Nick Cushing

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

2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC W 2024-08-28 Philadelphia Union 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-07-20 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2024-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Charlotte FC D 2024-07-14 Los Angeles FC 1–5 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-07-06 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Toronto FC W

New York City FC Form

2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-07-20 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-07-17 Atlanta United FC 2–2 New York City FC D 2024-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2024-07-07 Austin FC 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.12 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC56% Draw22% New York City FC22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

78%

Draw or New York City FC

44%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC40% Draw40% New York City FC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

1 – 0

5.9%

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 1

3.6%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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