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New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York City FC
2 – 0
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
Sat 14 Jul 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Jeffrey Greeson
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez
  • Referee Richard Gamache
17 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.9 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

8
5
7
New York City FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–0 W
11 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W
08 Jul New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W
01 Jul Chicago Fire FC A 2–3 L
24 Jun Toronto FC H 2–1 W
09 Jun Atlanta United FC H 1–1 D
Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jul New York City FC A 0–2 L
08 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–4 L
30 Jun Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W
24 Jun Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
13 Jun Atlanta United FC H 0–2 L
09 Jun New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D

Season Stats

New York City FC Columbus Crew SC
#8 Position #12
33 Points 29
27 Played 27
8 / 9 / 10 W / D / L 8 / 5 / 14
41 Scored 39
36 Conceded 43
+5 GD -4
1.22 PPG 1.07
30% Win % 30%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
4/4
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/4
61-75
4/6
76+
2/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
3/6
16-30
4/4
31-45
6/6
46-60
6/2
61-75
3/4
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 15 G 4 A
Agustin Ojeda 5 G 5 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC get this one started.
  • 5' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Pedro Santos is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
  • 20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 25' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Domenec Torrent will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gregg Berhalter might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 40' Joshua Williams is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
  • 45' It’s high time Gregg Berhalter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 50' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 55' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 65' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 70' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 75' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 80' Ronald Matarrita, a Costa Rica , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 294 games and scored 463 goals.
  • 90' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Hannes Wolf scoring 3 goals.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hannes Wolf 5
Valentin Castellanos 5
Lucas Zelarayan 4
Pedro Santos 3
Daniel Gazdag 2
Agustin Ojeda 2
Christian Ramirez 2
Santiago Rodriguez 2

Head to Head

2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

New York City FC Form

2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-07-11 New York City FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2018-07-01 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 New York City FC L 2018-06-24 New York City FC 2–1 Toronto FC W 2018-06-09 New York City FC 1–1 Atlanta United FC D

Columbus Crew SC Form

2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2018-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-13 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Atlanta United FC L 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.62 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC66% Draw22% Columbus Crew SC12%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 2.62
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
88%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
34%
New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC48% Draw43% Columbus Crew SC9%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
14.1%
1 – 1
9.6%
3 – 0
9.3%
0 – 0
9.1%
2 – 1
8.7%
3 – 1
5.9%
4 – 0
4.6%
0 – 1
3.7%
4 – 1
3%
2 – 2
2.7%
1 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 22% — 78%
-2 22% 21% 56%
-1.5 44% — 56%
-1 44% 25% 31%
-0.5 69% — 31%
+0.5 91% — 9%
+1 91% 7% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
54% ✓
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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