Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Columbus Crew SC
3 – 2
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Eric Weisbrod
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

11
4
5
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #5
16 Points 22
15 Played 15
4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5
21 Scored 25
23 Conceded 32
-2 GD -7
1.07 PPG 1.47
27% Win % 40%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds MAPFRE Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 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' Magnificent from Caden Clark! That is 13 goals in 283 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 26' Magnificent from Pedro Santos! That is 30 goals in 284 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 31' A quiet spell here at MAPFRE Stadium. New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 36' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Lucas Zelarayan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 40' The referee shows New York Red Bulls player a Yellow card on 40.
  • 45' Jared Stroud needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 46' What a strike from Darlington Nagbe! The score is 2-1.
  • 51' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Dru Yearwood by Cristian Casseres Jr. on 51 minute.
  • 56' Paraguay international Kaku has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 59' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Daniel Royer by Brian White on 59 minute.
  • 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 68' Gyasi Zardes adds to his 0 season tally! Columbus Crew SC lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 73' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 76' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Marc Rzatkowski comes on to replace Sean Davis.
  • 81' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Derrick Etienne is withdrawn and Luis Diaz gets his opportunity.
  • 81' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kyle Duncan.
  • 84' New York Red Bulls player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 89' The referee shows New York Red Bulls player a Yellow card on 89.
  • 90' The USA Brian White breaks the deadlock on 90 minutes. 3-2!
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Columbus Crew SC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerhard Struber

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Daniel Royer 4
Gyasi Zardes 4
Darlington Nagbe 3
Pedro Santos 3
Emil Forsberg 2
Jonathan Mensah 2
Miguel Berry 2
Cucho Hernandez 2

Head to Head

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

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
2.33 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 74% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC54% Draw21% New York Red Bulls25%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes72% 0% No28%
Avg goals/match: 3.94
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 74%
26%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 36%
64%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
76%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
46%
Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC40% Draw37% New York Red Bulls23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.3%
1 – 1
8.1%
2 – 2
6.5%
3 – 1
6.3%
1 – 2
5.7%
2 – 0
5.4%
3 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
4.2%
3 – 0
4.1%
4 – 1
3.7%
2 – 3
3.5%
0 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 18% — 82%
-2 18% 16% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 20% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 13% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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