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New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York Red Bulls
2 – 3
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
Sat 28 Jul 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Sorin Stoica
  • Referee Peter Balciunas
  • Referee Timothy Ford
  • Referee Richard Gamache
  • Referee Farhad Dadkho

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

6
4
11
New York Red Bulls 21 games · Avg 2.7 goals Columbus Crew SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–3 L
26 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–0 W
21 Jul New England Revolution H 2–0 W
14 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 3–2 W
08 Jul New York City FC A 0–1 L
01 Jul Toronto FC A 1–0 W
Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul New York Red Bulls A 3–2 W
21 Jul Orlando City SC H 3–2 W
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

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC
#11 Position #7
42 Points 47
34 Played 34
12 / 6 / 16 W / D / L 14 / 5 / 15
48 Scored 59
62 Conceded 52
-14 GD +7
1.24 PPG 1.38
35% Win % 41%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
7/7
16-30
4/3
31-45
8/7
46-60
7/10
61-75
4/6
76+
8/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
4/8
16-30
12/7
31-45
7/7
46-60
10/2
61-75
7/5
76+
6/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 13 G 3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 8 G 1 A
Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' New York Red Bulls have kicked off against Columbus Crew SC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at . Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Tyler Adams has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 30' Sean Davis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 35' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 40' 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.
  • 45' Over 45 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 50' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Columbus Crew SC's compact .
  • 55' Niko Hansen has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 60' Hector Jimenez, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 65' Supporters expect more eagerness from Derrick Etienne, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 70' 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.
  • 75' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
  • 80' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 85' 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.
  • 90' Zack Steffen is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
  • New York Red Bulls will have plenty to reflect on. Columbus Crew SC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gyasi Zardes 4
Daniel Royer 4
Pedro Santos 3
Darlington Nagbe 3
Jonathan Mensah 2
Miguel Berry 2
Alex Muyl 2
Cucho Hernandez 2

Head to Head

2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls

New York Red Bulls Form

2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-07-26 D.C. United SC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2018-07-21 New York Red Bulls 2–0 New England Revolution W 2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2018-07-01 Toronto FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-07-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Orlando City SC W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.82 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.79 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls39% Draw25% Columbus Crew SC36%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.61
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
64%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
61%
New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls30% Draw40% Columbus Crew SC30%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.7%
2 – 1
7.8%
1 – 2
7.6%
2 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
4.7%
2 – 0
4.5%
1 – 3
4.5%
0 – 2
4.4%
1 – 0
4.3%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
4.2%
2 – 3
Actual

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 18% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 17% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 11% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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