New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rubiel Vazquez
- Assistant 1 Nick Uranga
- Assistant 2 Jose Da Silva
10 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Columbus Crew SC H 3–0 W 03 May D.C. United SC H 0–2 L 25 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L 22 Apr FC Cincinnati H 4–4 D 18 Apr Charlotte FC H 1–2 L 11 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May New York City FC A 0–3 L 02 May Minnesota United FC H 0–0 D 25 Apr Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W 23 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W 18 Apr New England Revolution A 1–2 L 12 Apr Orlando City SC H 1–1 D Season Stats
New York City FC Columbus Crew SC #8 Position #10 19 Points 16 15 Played 15 5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7 25 Scored 21 21 Conceded 23 +4 GD -2 1.27 PPG 1.07 33% Win % 27% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonNew York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
New York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Columbus Crew SC gets underway.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 283 games and scored 452 goals.
- 12' What a strike from Hannes Wolf! The score is 1-0.
- 16' GOAL! Hannes Wolf scores on 16. Assisted by Nicolas Fernandez Marcau
- 21' Raul Gustavo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 26' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sean Zawadzki, as he is very good at scoring at Yankee Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 31' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 36' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nicolas Fernandez Marcau made 233 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 41' Hugo Picard needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 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' New York City FC 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.
- 61' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
- 63' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Taha Habroune gets a card.
- 66' GOAL! Hannes Wolf scores on 66.
- 71' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 76' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 81' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Tayvon Gray has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 86' 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.
- Another three points for New York City FC.
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Lineups
New York City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 17
- 13
- 10
- 55
- 49
- 5
- 24
- 34
- 26
- 7
- 2
Bench
- 19
- 18
- 30
- 29
- 32
- 88
- 99
- 87
- 15
Coach Pascal JansenColumbus Crew SC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 20
- 31
- 7
- 10
- 2
- 4
- 28
- 25
- 30
- 27
- 16
Bench
- 8
- 14
- 23
- 17
- 21
- 1
- 46
- 12
- 90
Coach Henrik Rydström -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Valentin Castellanos 5 Hannes Wolf 5 Lucas Zelarayan 4 Pedro Santos 3 Jesus Medina 2 Christian Ramirez 2 Santiago Rodriguez 2 Gyasi Zardes 2 Head to Head
New York City FC Form
2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-03 New York City FC 0–2 D.C. United SC L 2026-04-25 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2026-04-22 New York City FC 4–4 FC Cincinnati D 2026-04-18 New York City FC 1–2 Charlotte FC L 2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC LColumbus Crew SC Form
2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-02 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2026-04-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-04-18 New England Revolution 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-04-12 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Orlando City SC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.03 New York City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.27 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.3Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
New York City FC or Draw 76%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 48%New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: New York City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.3%2 – 1 9.3%2 – 0 7.6%1 – 0 6.9%3 – 1 6.3%2 – 2 5.9%1 – 2 5.8%0 – 0 5.2%3 – 0 Actual3 – 2 4%0 – 1 4%4 – 1 3.2%Asian Handicap — New York City FC
Handicap New York City FC covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 16% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 21% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 13% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
New York City FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✗Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.