Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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New York Red Bulls

Sat 2 Mar 2019 · 21:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Harrison Afful 15' Y

Y 27' Aaron Long

Wil Trapp 31' Y

Y 68' Cristian Casseres Jr.

Pedro Santos 74' Y

Waylon Francis 90' Y

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS .

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Guido Gonzalez
Referee Matthew Franz

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 21 games · Avg 2.7 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
12 Nov	New York Red Bulls	A	0–3	L
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

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
30 Nov	Atlanta United FC	H	1–0	W
25 Nov	Atlanta United FC	A	0–3	L
12 Nov	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–0	W
04 Nov	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–1	L
28 Oct	Orlando City SC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York Red Bulls
#12	Position	#10
29	Points	33
27	Played	26
8 / 5 / 14	W / D / L	9 / 6 / 11
39	Scored	34
43	Conceded	48
-4	GD	-14
1.07	PPG	1.27
30%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/6

76+

5/4

■ 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	10 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at . Columbus Crew SC are looking to make home advantage count against New York Red Bulls.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
6' What a moment for Andreas Ivan! That strike on 6 puts his side firmly in control.
11' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' A meaty challenge results in booking for Harrison Afful on 15.
20' New York Red Bulls are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
27' New York Red Bulls player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
31' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Wil Trapp.
36' Michael Amir Murillo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
41' GOAL! Gaston Sauro scores on 41. Assisted by Federico Higuain
46' Tim Parker is ready to make an impact after coming on for Aaron Long at the 46 minute mark.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
56' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Alex Muyl on, Marcus Epps off on 61 minutes.
64' New York Red Bulls make a change. Kyle Duncan trudges off to be replaced by Sean Nealis on 64 minutes.
68' New York Red Bulls receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 68.
73' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Aaron Long has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
74' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Pedro Santos.
79' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Robinho is hanging Justin Meram on the field on 79 minute.
84' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
89' New York Red Bulls seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
90' Columbus Crew SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Kaku
26
Tim Parker ↑ 46'
27
Sean Davis
19
Alex Muyl ↑ 61'
17
Benjamin Mines
24
Evan Louro
15
Sean Nealis ↑ 64'

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	4
Daniel Royer	4
Pedro Santos	3
Darlington Nagbe	3
Jonathan Mensah	2
Miguel Berry	2
Alex Muyl	2
Cucho Hernandez	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2018-11-02 D.C. United SC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-10-28 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Minnesota United FC W 2018-10-21 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L

New York Red Bulls Form

2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-11-30 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2018-11-25 Atlanta United FC 3–0 New York Red Bulls L 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2018-10-28 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Orlando City SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.69 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.12 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC48% Draw27% New York Red Bulls25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

75%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

52%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC35% Draw45% New York Red Bulls20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.3%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

6.1%

0 – 1

5.8%

3 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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