New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.
- New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# 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 13 May Columbus Crew SC H 1–0 W 09 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–1 W 02 May FC Dallas H 0–0 D 25 Apr FC Cincinnati A 0–2 L 22 Apr D.C. United SC H 4–4 D 18 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May New York Red Bulls A 0–1 L 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 Season Stats
New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC #5 Position #10 22 Points 16 15 Played 15 6 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7 25 Scored 21 32 Conceded 23 -7 GD -2 1.47 PPG 1.07 40% Win % 27% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonNew York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
New York Red Bulls0-155/116-301/131-453/546-603/561-751/276+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York Red Bulls to score. At the same time, Columbus Crew SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 7' GOAL! Julian Hall scores on 7.
- 12' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Julian Hall scoring 1 goals.
- 17' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 22' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 22 minutes.
- 27' New York Red Bulls 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.
- 32' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 32.
- 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
- 42' Owen Presthus needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 47' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 52' 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.
- 57' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sean Zawadzki made 282 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 282 games and scored 423 goals.
- 72' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 77' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Patrick Schulte has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 82' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 87' It’s high time Michael Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew SC (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
New York Red Bulls Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 34
- 10
- 26
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 48
- 16
- 11
- 15
- 56
Bench
- 77
- 4
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 33
- 37
- 39
- 79
Coach Michael BradleyColumbus Crew SC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 20
- 31
- 4
- 8
- 28
- 25
- 30
- 27
- 17
- 16
- 45
Bench
- 10
- 2
- 14
- 23
- 21
- 1
- 46
- 12
- 90
Coach Henrik Rydström -
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
New York Red Bulls Form
2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-02 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-22 New York Red Bulls 4–4 D.C. United SC D 2026-04-18 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls LColumbus Crew SC Form
2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 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 -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 31.59 New York Red Bulls xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.41 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC 74% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York Red Bulls winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
New York Red Bulls or Draw 69%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 57%New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC 74%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.1%2 – 1 8.5%1 – 2 7.6%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 6.7%2 – 0 6.2%0 – 1 6.2%2 – 2 6%0 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.5%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls
Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 20% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 17% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.