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

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

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
#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 game is set. Columbus Crew SC kicks off things out of here…
4' Alonso Martinez makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and New York City FC are in front.
9' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Patrick Schulte made 287 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
12' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Matt Freese is replaced by Luis Barraza on 12 minute.
17' Diego Rossi doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
21' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a card on 21.
26' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
31' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
36' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Nick Cushing will be considering his options from the bench.
41' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
45' New York City FC make a change. James Sands trudges off to be replaced by Justin Haak on 45 minutes.
50' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
58' Max Arfsten does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
60' New York City FC ring the changes. Kevin O'Toole has done his job and it is now time for Christian McFarlane to step up.
61' Maxi Moralez gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Agustin Ojeda and will look to change the dynamic.
66' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Darlington Nagbe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
71' The supporters are chanting for Yevgen Cheberko. He replaces Malte Amundsen on 71 minute.
72' That looks like a foul for a card for Maxi Moralez.
73' The crowd applauds Hannes Wolf as he leaves the pitch. Julian Fernandez steps in for New York City FC.
78' Rudy Camacho has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
83' With 0 assists to his name this season, Matt Freese is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
85' Santiago Rodriguez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 85.
86' Magnificent from Monsef Bakrar! That is 9 goals in 289 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
90' Poor challenge from Julian Fernandez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
90' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Max Arfsten exits the field as Yaw Yeboah enters on 90.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC share the spoils 4-2.

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

1.99 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.53 New York City FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC52% Draw22% New York City FC26%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.52

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

75%

Draw or New York City FC

48%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC36% Draw40% New York City FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.7%

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

3.9%

3 – 0

3.8%

0 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	20%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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