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

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

1 – 2

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New York City FC

Wed 22 Jul 2026 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–2 70' Agustin Ojeda

Daniel Gazdag pen 90+3' 1–2

Y 40' Tayvon Gray

Jamal Thiare 57' Y

Max Arfsten 60' Y

Taha Habroune 82' Y

Y 90' James Sands

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	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
4	Los Angeles FC	19	34
5	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
6	Houston Dynamo	18	32
7	New England Revolution	18	30
8	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
9	FC Dallas	18	27
10	Real Salt Lake	17	27
11	New York City FC	18	26
12	FC Cincinnati	18	26
13	St. Louis City	18	26
14	Charlotte FC	18	25
15	New York Red Bulls	18	25
16	Portland Timbers	18	24
17	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
18	Minnesota United FC	18	24
19	D.C. United SC	18	23
20	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
21	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
22	San Diego FC	18	21
23	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
24	Orlando City SC	18	20
25	Toronto FC	18	17
26	Austin FC	18	17
27	Philadelphia Union	18	16
28	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
29	Sporting Kansas City	18	14
30	Atlanta United FC	18	12

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2026-07-22 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York City FC 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2025-09-17 New York City FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC 2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–2	L
24 May	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W
16 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
13 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
10 May	New York City FC	A	0–3	L
02 May	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
24 May	Nashville SC	A	1–2	L
16 May	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
13 May	Charlotte FC	A	1–0	W
10 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–0	W
03 May	D.C. United SC	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York City FC
#23	Position	#11
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

19% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

14% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 23rd (20 pts). New York City FC are 11th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

6/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

4/5

46-60

3/3

61-75

2/4

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	13 G	3 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	4 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Columbus Crew SC and New York City FC has kicked off!
5' James Sands needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
10' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' Nico Cavallo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
30' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' 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.
40' Tayvon Gray is having his name booked by the referee on 40.
45' 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.
50' A quiet spell here at Lower.com Field. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
55' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Malachi Jones is replaced by Talles Magno on 55 minute.
57' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Jamal Thiare on 57 minutes.
60' Columbus Crew SC player sees a card in front of him.
63' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Rudy Camacho is replaced by Hugo Picard.
64' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Malte Amundsen by Steven Moreira on 64 minute.
69' Columbus Crew SC currently sit 10 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
70' A goal from the Argentina international Agustin Ojeda! He fires home on 70 to make it 0-1!
74' Sekou Bangoura makes way for Dylan Chambost at the 74 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
75' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Jamal Thiare exits the field as Daniel Gazdag enters on 75.
77' The crowd applauds Jonathan Shore as he leaves the pitch. Kevin Pierre Jr. steps in for New York City FC.
82' Taha Habroune catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 82.
83' The whistle greets Nico Cavallo as he departs to be replaced by Maximo Carrizo.
88' Mohamed Farsi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 3 cards already picked up this season.
90' That is a card for New York City FC. James Sands will be fuming at that decision.
1-2 the final result. Columbus Crew SC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

31
Steven Moreira ↑ 64'
7
Dylan Chambost ↑ 74'
8
Daniel Gazdag ↑ 75'
14
Amar Sejdic
30
Hugo Picard ↑ 63'
1
Nicholas Hagen
45
Owen Presthus
46
Chase Adams ↑ 83'
12
Cesar Ruvalcaba

Coach Laurent Courtois

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

13
Thiago Martins
6
James Sands
49
Matt Freese
8
Andres Perea
24
Tayvon Gray
26
Agustin Ojeda
9
Benie Traore ↓ Hannes Wolf 55'
32
Jonathan Shore ↓ Kevin Pierre Jr. 77'
7
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau
88
Malachi Jones ↓ Talles Magno 55'
2
Nico Cavallo ↓ Maximo Carrizo 83'

Bench

17
Hannes Wolf ↑ 55'
11
Talles Magno ↑ 55'
30
Tomas Romero
29
Maximo Carrizo ↑ 83'
35
Mitja Ilenic
99
Seymour Reid
87
Arnau Farnos
15
Kevin Pierre Jr. ↑ 77'

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Hannes Wolf	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

2026-07-22 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York City FC L 2026-05-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2026-05-16 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-02 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Minnesota United FC D

New York City FC Form

2026-07-22 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-05-13 Charlotte FC 0–1 New York City FC W 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-03 New York City FC 0–2 D.C. United SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.33 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.55 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC31% Draw27% New York City FC42%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

58%

Draw or New York City FC

69%

Columbus Crew SC or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC24% Draw45% New York City FC31%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

7.8%

0 – 0

7.5%

2 – 1

7.4%

0 – 2

6.6%

1 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 3

4.5%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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