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 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

11 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

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
#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' In just a few seconds MAPFRE Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' The 38-year-old Joshua Williams has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York Red Bulls's shape.
23' What composure from Caden Clark! The USA international strokes it home. 0-1.
26' What a strike from Pedro Santos! The score is 1-1.
31' 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.
36' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
40' That is a Yellow card for New York Red Bulls. Sean Davis will be fuming at that decision.
45' Columbus Crew SC 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.
46' A goal from the USA international Darlington Nagbe! He fires home on 46 to make it 2-1!
51' New York Red Bulls make a change. Dru Yearwood trudges off to be replaced by Cristian Casseres Jr. on 51 minutes.
56' 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.
59' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Daniel Royer is replaced by Brian White on 59 minute.
64' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Columbus Crew SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
68' A goal from the USA international Gyasi Zardes! He fires home on 68 to make it 3-1!
73' Jonathan Mensah has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
76' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Sean Davis exits the field as Marc Rzatkowski enters on 76.
81' The whistle greets Derrick Etienne as he departs to be replaced by Luis Diaz.
81' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kyle Duncan.
84' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kyle Duncan.
89' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Aaron Long.
90' What a moment for Brian White! That strike on 90 puts his side firmly in control.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls share the spoils 3-2.

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
Cucho Hernandez	2
Alex Muyl	2
Jonathan Mensah	2
Derrick Etienne	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

1.5 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC57% Draw21% New York Red Bulls22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.91

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	35%	65%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

78%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

43%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC43% Draw37% New York Red Bulls20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 1

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

5.9%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.6%

1 – 0

4.5%

4 – 1

4.1%

2 – 3

3.2%

0 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	20%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	12%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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.