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

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MLS · 2026

New York City FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Sun 10 May 2026 · 20:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Hannes Wolf 12' 1–0

Hannes Wolf 16' 2–0

Hannes Wolf 66' 3–0

Y 63' Taha Habroune

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant 1 Nick Uranga
Assistant 2 Jose Da Silva

11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2025-09-17 New York City FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC 2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC 2024-06-15 New York City FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

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

Columbus Crew SC

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
#5	Position	#10
26	Points	20
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 8
31	Scored	26
24	Conceded	28
+7	GD	-2
1.44	PPG	1.11
39%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Yankee Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Hannes Wolf scoring 3 goals.
12' The deadlock is broken! Hannes Wolf gets on the scoresheet on 12 minutes.
16' Hannes Wolf has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 16 minutes.
21' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
26' New York City FC are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's 4-4-2 shape.
31' A quiet spell here at Yankee Stadium. New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
36' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
41' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
46' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
56' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Columbus Crew SC's compact 4-4-2.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
63' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Taha Habroune on 63 minutes.
66' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Hannes Wolf makes no mistake. 3-0!
71' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
76' It’s high time Pascal Jansen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Marcelo Herrera, as he is very good at scoring at Yankee Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
86' Rudy Camacho has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Henrik Rydström

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

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 L

Columbus 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 accuracy

3 / 4

2.1 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC53% Draw24% Columbus Crew SC23%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

New York City FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

47%

New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC41% Draw40% Columbus Crew SC19%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	21%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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