Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 CONFERENCE QUARTER FINALS

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Columbus Crew SC

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New York Red Bulls

Sat 21 Nov 2020 · 20:00 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+8'

Y 40' Sean Davis

Y 81' Kyle Duncan

Y 84' Kyle Duncan

Y 89' Aaron Long

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Eric Weisbrod
Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Alex Chilowicz

8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Nov	New York Red Bulls	H	3–2	W
08 Nov	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W
05 Nov	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L
01 Nov	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
29 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	0–1	L
25 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Nov	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–3	L
08 Nov	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W
02 Nov	New York City FC	A	2–5	L
28 Oct	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D
18 Oct	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D

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' We are underway at MAPFRE Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' 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 quiet spell here at MAPFRE Stadium. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their trying to find a way past New York Red Bulls's compact .
23' Caden Clark makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and New York Red Bulls are in front.
26' GOAL! Pedro Santos scores on 26.
31' 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.
36' It’s high time Gerhard Struber made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
40' Sean Davis has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 40.
45' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Darlington Nagbe makes it 2-1.
51' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Dru Yearwood is withdrawn and Cristian Casseres Jr. gets his opportunity.
56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
59' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Brian White on, Daniel Royer off on 59 minutes.
64' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
68' Gyasi Zardes adds to his 0 season tally! Columbus Crew SC lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
73' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
76' Marc Rzatkowski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sean Davis on 76 minute.
81' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Derrick Etienne is withdrawn and Luis Diaz gets his opportunity.
81' Kyle Duncan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 81.
84' Kyle Duncan was booked on 84.
89' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Aaron Long on 89 minutes.
90' Brian White adds to his 5 season tally! New York Red Bulls lead 3-2 — and this changes everything.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Columbus Crew SC take all three points.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

16
Dru Yearwood ↓ Cristian Casseres Jr. 51'
24
Jason Pendant
77
Daniel Royer ↓ Brian White 59'
33
Aaron Long
26
Tim Parker
27
Sean Davis C ↓ Marc Rzatkowski 76'
18
Ryan Meara
6
Kyle Duncan
22
Florian Valot ↓ Kaku 76'
74
Tom Barlow
37
Caden Clark ↓ Jared Stroud 76'

Bench

1
David Jensen
39
Mandela Egbo
90
Marc Rzatkowski ↑ 76'
10
Kaku ↑ 76'
42
Brian White ↑ 59'
23
Cristian Casseres Jr. ↑ 51'
3
Amr Tarek
11
Samuel Tetteh
8
Jared Stroud ↑ 76'

Coach Gerhard Struber

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Royer	4
Gyasi Zardes	4
Pedro Santos	3
Darlington Nagbe	3
Jonathan Mensah	2
Derrick Etienne	2
Brian White	2
Emil Forsberg	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls W 2020-11-08 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2020-11-05 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-11-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2020-10-29 D.C. United SC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-10-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

New York Red Bulls Form

2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2020-11-08 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Toronto FC W 2020-11-02 New York City FC 5–2 New York Red Bulls L 2020-10-28 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New England Revolution W 2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-18 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Orlando City SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.41 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC55% Draw21% New York Red Bulls24%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

45%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC41% Draw37% New York Red Bulls22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 1

7.8%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.5%

1 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.2%

1 – 0

4 – 1

3.9%

2 – 3

3.5%

4 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	16%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	20%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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