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Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sun 4 Nov 2018 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Peter Manikowski
  • Referee Jose Da Silva

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Nov New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W
02 Nov D.C. United SC A 2–2 D
28 Oct Minnesota United FC H 3–2 W
21 Oct Orlando City SC A 1–2 L
06 Oct Montreal Impact FC A 0–3 L
29 Sep Philadelphia Union H 0–0 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Nov Columbus Crew SC A 0–1 L
28 Oct Orlando City SC H 1–0 W
21 Oct Philadelphia Union A 1–0 W
07 Oct San Jose Earthquakes A 3–1 W
30 Sep Atlanta United FC H 2–0 W
22 Sep Toronto FC H 2–0 W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC New York Red Bulls
#10 Position #8
20 Points 25
18 Played 18
5 / 5 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 4 / 7
26 Scored 29
28 Conceded 39
-2 GD -10
1.11 PPG 1.39
28% Win % 39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 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 Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/1
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
1/5
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A
New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 9 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls.
  • 5' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' Tyler Adams, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at . Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 30' Kaku has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 35' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 40' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Aaron Long has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 50' Harrison Afful needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 55' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 65' 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.
  • 70' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 75' New York Red Bulls are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 80' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bradley Wright-Phillips, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 85' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 90' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Julian Hall scoring 1 goals.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.8 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.23 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC50% Draw25% New York Red Bulls25%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.03
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 36%
64%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
75%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
50%
Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC36% Draw44% New York Red Bulls20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.6%
2 – 1
9.3%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
7.7%
0 – 0
6.5%
1 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
5.7%
3 – 1
5.5%
0 – 1
5.1%
3 – 0
4.5%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 13% 87%
-2 13% 15% 72%
-1.5 28% 72%
-1 28% 21% 51%
-0.5 49% 51%
+0.5 75% 25%
+1 75% 14% 11%
+1.5 89% 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% 4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
30%
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
17%

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