Columbus Crew SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Columbus Crew SC

0 – 0

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New York City FC

Sat 22 Mar 2025 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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

Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 19 games · Avg 2.8 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Mar	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
16 Mar	San Diego FC	A	1–1	D
08 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	0–0	D
02 Mar	New England Revolution	A	1–0	W
23 Feb	Chicago Fire FC	H	4–2	W
19 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	3–2	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	New England Revolution	H	2–1	W
09 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
02 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	0–1	L
23 Feb	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–2	D
19 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York City FC
#10	Position	#8
16	Points	19
15	Played	15
4 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	5 / 4 / 6
21	Scored	25
23	Conceded	21
-2	GD	+4
1.07	PPG	1.27
27%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Lower.com Field as Columbus Crew SC face off against New York City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' Evan Bush has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' Cesar Ruvalcaba has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yevgen Cheberko made 284 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
35' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Shore. He replaces Keaton Parks on 35 minute.
40' 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.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
50' Jacen Russell-Rowe, a Canada forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
55' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Agustin Ojeda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
58' Agustin Ojeda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Julian Fernandez on 58 minute.
63' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
66' Cole Mrowka is replacing Aziel Jackson for the Columbus Crew SC side.
71' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
73' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Maximo Carrizo on, Hannes Wolf off on 73 minutes.
78' DeJuan Jones needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 15 Yellow cards this season.
83' Sean Zawadzki has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
88' Mitja Ilenic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 286 appearances.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hannes Wolf	5
Valentin Castellanos	5
Lucas Zelarayan	4
Pedro Santos	3
Christian Ramirez	2
Santiago Rodriguez	2
Gyasi Zardes	2
Talles Magno	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC D 2025-03-16 San Diego FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2025-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-03-02 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-02-23 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-10-19 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W

New York City FC Form

2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC D 2025-03-15 New York City FC 2–1 New England Revolution W 2025-03-09 New York City FC 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2025-03-02 Los Angeles FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2025-02-23 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 New York City FC D 2024-10-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.36 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC44% Draw28% New York City FC28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

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 SC29% Draw49% New York City FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

8.3%

0 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

7.5%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

3.8%

3 – 0

3.3%

1 – 3

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	21%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

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