Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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New York Red Bulls

Sat 18 Oct 2025 · 22:00 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 15' Daniel Edelman

Y 70' Dylan Nealis

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Lower.com Field.

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

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

2025-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls 2025-08-30 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2024-10-19 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2024-03-16 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 New York Red Bulls 2023-07-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	3–1	W
04 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
28 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
20 Sep	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D
17 Sep	New York City FC	A	2–3	L
13 Sep	Atlanta United FC	A	5–4	W

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–3	L
04 Oct	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
27 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–3	L
20 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–0	W
14 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
30 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Columbus Crew SC and New York Red Bulls get this one started.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Julian Hall scoring 1 goals.
11' Against the run of play, Maxim Choupo-Moting has scored! This game has turned on its head.
15' Poor challenge from Daniel Edelman. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
16' Against the run of play, Marcelo Herrera has scored! This game has turned on its head.
21' Wiktor Bogacz has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
26' 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.
31' Columbus Crew SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
36' Hugo Picard is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
41' Sean Zawadzki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 302 appearances.
46' Lassi Lappalainen makes way for Daniel Gazdag at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Steven Moreira, as he is very good at scoring at Lower.com Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
56' USA international Max Arfsten has been a key figure this campaign — 4 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
59' The crowd applauds Raheem Edwards as he leaves the pitch. Wikelmann Carmona steps in for New York Red Bulls.
61' The crowd applauds Jacen Russell-Rowe as he leaves the pitch. Taha Habroune steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
66' Columbus Crew SC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Daniel Gazdag on 66.
70' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Dylan Nealis on 70 minutes.
74' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Kyle Duncan comes on to replace Dylan Nealis.
79' 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.
82' The supporters are chanting for Ibrahim Aliyu. He replaces Dylan Chambost on 82 minute.
84' Ibrahim Aliyu is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
89' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Steven Moreira is replaced by Cesar Ruvalcaba.
Full Time. Columbus Crew SC beats New York Red Bulls

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

31
Steven Moreira ↓ Cesar Ruvalcaba 89'
7
Dylan Chambost ↓ Ibrahim Aliyu 82'
18
Malte Amundsen
2
Marcelo Herrera
6
Darlington Nagbe
26
Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Daniel Gazdag 46'
28
Patrick Schulte
25
Sean Zawadzki
19
Jacen Russell-Rowe ↓ Taha Habroune 61'
30
Hugo Picard
27
Max Arfsten

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

13
Maxim Choupo-Moting ↓ Wiktor Bogacz 74'
42
Alexander Hack
10
Emil Forsberg
23
John McCarthy
44
Raheem Edwards ↓ Wikelmann Carmona 59'
4
Gustav Berggren
15
Sean Nealis
12
Dylan Nealis ↓ Kyle Duncan 74'
75
Daniel Edelman
5
Omar Valencia ↓ Julian Hall 74'
22
Dennis Gjengaar ↓ Serge Ngoma 59'

Bench

26
Tim Parker
6
Kyle Duncan ↑ 74'
31
Carlos Coronel
81
Serge Ngoma ↑ 59'
19
Wikelmann Carmona ↑ 59'
8
Peter Stroud
48
Ronald Donkor
16
Julian Hall ↑ 74'
7
Wiktor Bogacz ↑ 74'

Coach Sandro Schwarz

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

2025-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2025-10-04 Orlando City SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2025-09-28 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2025-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Toronto FC D 2025-09-17 New York City FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2025-09-13 Atlanta United FC 4–5 Columbus Crew SC W

New York Red Bulls Form

2025-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-10-04 New York Red Bulls 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2025-09-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New York City FC L 2025-09-20 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 New York Red Bulls W 2025-09-14 Portland Timbers 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-08-30 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.22 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Columbus Crew SC to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC61% Draw21% New York Red Bulls18%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.38

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

82%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

39%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC44% Draw40% New York Red Bulls16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.3%

1 – 0

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 2

0 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.1%

4 – 1

3.9%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	22%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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