New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Columbus Crew SC

Wed 21 Aug 2019 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45+16'

Y 12' David Guzman

Y 49' Jonathan Mensah

Y 64' Eloy Room

Y 68' Alex Crognale

Ronald Matarrita 80' Y

Overview

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New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Nick Uranga
Referee Geoff Gamble
Referee

11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 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

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-06-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 New York City FC 2018-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC 2018-07-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
17 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	4–1	W
11 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
04 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
17 Aug	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
10 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	2–2	D
04 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
27 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	3–2	W
20 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–1	W

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' Temperatures are rising at as New York City FC face off against Columbus Crew SC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
12' The referee has no hesitation. David Guzman is booked for Columbus Crew SC — Yellow card on 12.
17' David Accam is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
22' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 22.
27' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
32' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
36' A goal from the Argentina international Valentin Castellanos! He fires home on 36 to make it 1-0!
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 293 games and scored 463 goals.
46' Pedro Santos has so much to prove this time. He replaces Eduardo Sosa on 46 minute.
49' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jonathan Mensah.
54' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
59' Alexandru Mitrita has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gary Mackay-Steven on 59 minute.
60' Jordan Hamilton gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Romario Williams and will look to change the dynamic.
64' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
68' Alex Crognale has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 68.
73' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
78' The supporters are chanting for Luis Diaz. He replaces Luis Argudo on 78 minute.
80' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
82' Tony Rocha makes way for Keaton Parks at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
87' Sebastien Ibeagha is ready to make an impact after coming on for Valentin Castellanos at the 87 minute mark.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — New York City FC 1-0 Columbus Crew SC.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Gary Mackay-Steven ↓ Alexandru Mitrita 59'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 87'
22
Ronald Matarrita
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
15
Tony Rocha ↓ Keaton Parks 82'
9
Heber

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
9
David Guzman
29
David Accam
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
8
Artur
20
Eduardo Sosa ↓ Pedro Santos 46'
21
Alex Crognale
2
Luis Argudo ↓ Luis Diaz 78'
31
Connor Maloney
17
Romario Williams ↓ Jordan Hamilton 60'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

New York City FC Form

2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-17 FC Cincinnati 1–4 New York City FC W 2019-08-11 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2019-08-08 New York City FC 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York City FC L 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-08-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Toronto FC D 2019-08-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati D 2019-08-04 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-07-20 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.69 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC52% Draw25% Columbus Crew SC23%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.76

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

48%

New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC36% Draw46% Columbus Crew SC18%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

8.8%

0 – 0

8.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 1

5.8%

3 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

3 – 0

4.9%

0 – 2

3.6%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	23%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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