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 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 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	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 2.8 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
#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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Columbus Crew SC to score. At the same time, New York Red Bulls does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Jonathan Mensah is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
6' Andreas Ivan adds to his 0 season tally! New York Red Bulls lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
11' Cristian Casseres Jr. has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
15' A moment of madness from Harrison Afful on 15 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Columbus Crew SC will be frustrated.
20' The travelling New York Red Bulls supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
25' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
27' Aaron Long picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
31' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Wil Trapp.
36' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
41' Gaston Sauro has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 41 minutes.
46' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Aaron Long exits the field as Tim Parker enters on 46.
51' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Omir Fernandez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
56' 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.
61' Alex Muyl is ready to make an impact after coming on for Marcus Epps at the 61 minute mark.
64' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Sean Nealis comes on to replace Kyle Duncan.
68' Cristian Casseres was booked on 68.
73' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
74' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Pedro Santos on 74 minutes.
79' Robinho gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Justin Meram and will look to change the dynamic.
84' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
89' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past New York Red Bulls's compact .
90' Columbus Crew SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

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
Darlington Nagbe	3
Pedro Santos	3
Jonathan Mensah	2
Miguel Berry	2
Cucho Hernandez	2
Alex Muyl	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

1.86 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.24 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC49% Draw25% New York Red Bulls26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

74%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

51%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC37% Draw43% New York Red Bulls20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.7%

1 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 1

4.8%

3 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 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%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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