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 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#7	Position	#11
47	Points	42
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 16
59	Scored	48
52	Conceded	62
+7	GD	-14
1.38	PPG	1.24
41%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ 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	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Columbus Crew SC get us underway at .
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
6' What composure from Andreas Ivan! The Romania international strokes it home. 0-1.
11' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
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' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
27' Aaron Long catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 27.
31' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a Yellow card on 31.
36' 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.
41' What composure from Gaston Sauro! The Argentina international strokes it home. 1-1.
46' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Aaron Long is withdrawn and Tim Parker gets his opportunity.
51' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
56' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past New York Red Bulls's compact .
61' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Marcus Epps departs to be replaced by Alex Muyl.
64' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 64 minute. Kyle Duncan leaves to be changed by Sean Nealis.
68' Cristian Casseres has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 68.
73' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
74' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Pedro Santos.
79' Robinho has so much to prove this time. He replaces Justin Meram on 79 minute.
84' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
89' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 303 games and scored 461 goals.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Waylon Francis is booked for Columbus Crew SC — Yellow card on 90.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls share the spoils 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
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

1.13 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC50% Draw25% New York Red Bulls25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.99

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

50%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw43% New York Red Bulls19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.6%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

6.7%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 2

3.4%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

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.