New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 19 Aug 2021 · 00:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Patryk Klimala 55' Y

Y 84' Erik Hurtado

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

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

New York Red Bulls 21 games · Avg 2.7 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
15 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
05 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	0–0	D
31 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
26 Jul	D.C. United SC	A	0–1	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	2–4	L
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L
24 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W

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' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' Gyasi Zardes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
15' 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.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. John Tolkin made 302 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
30' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
33' What a moment for John Tolkin! That strike on 33 puts his side firmly in control.
38' New York Red Bulls are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
43' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 43.
45' The supporters are chanting for Lucas Zelarayan. He replaces Gyasi Zardes on 45 minute.
46' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Andres Reyes is withdrawn and Frankie Amaya gets his opportunity.
51' Waylon Francis makes way for Pedro Santos at the 51 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
52' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Alexandru Matan is withdrawn and Derrick Etienne gets his opportunity.
55' That is a Yellow card for New York Red Bulls. Patryk Klimala will be fuming at that decision.
60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Harrison Afful is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
61' Patryk Klimala makes way for Tom Barlow at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York Red Bulls.
66' The 36-year-old Waylon Francis has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
71' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Fabio is withdrawn and Daniel Royer gets his opportunity.
73' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Amro Tarek by Mandela Egbo on 73 minute.
75' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Kevin Molino by Erik Hurtado on 75 minute.
80' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
84' Erik Hurtado catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 84.
89' Amro Tarek is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

24
Jason Pendant
39
Mandela Egbo ↑ 73'
77
Daniel Royer ↑ 71'
18
Ryan Meara
21
Omir Fernandez
8
Frankie Amaya ↑ 46'
74
Tom Barlow ↑ 61'
37
Caden Clark ↑ 71'

Coach Gerhard Struber

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Derrick Etienne 52'
99
Bradley Wright-Phillips
18
Liam Fraser
14
Waylon Francis ↓ Pedro Santos 51'
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Lucas Zelarayan 45'
9
Kevin Molino ↓ Erik Hurtado 75'
6
Darlington Nagbe
30
Aboubacar Keita

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Royer	4
Gyasi Zardes	4
Pedro Santos	3
Darlington Nagbe	3
Cucho Hernandez	2
Alex Muyl	2
Jonathan Mensah	2
Derrick Etienne	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-08-15 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-08-08 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-08-05 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2021-07-31 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-07-26 D.C. United SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC L 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC L 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.38 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls39% Draw27% Columbus Crew SC34%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.85

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

65%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

61%

New York Red Bulls or Columbus Crew SC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls26% Draw46% Columbus Crew SC28%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 0

7.6%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.4%

1 – 3

4.1%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	18%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	19%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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