Tuesday's Major League Soccer predictions including Columbus Crew vs. NY Red Bulls

Sports Mole provides score predictions and previews for all of today's Major League Soccer fixtures, including Columbus Crew vs. New York Red Bulls.

Published: October 29 2024 | 06:25

Columbus Crew vs. NY Red Bulls (Tuesday, 10.45pm)

The Columbus Crew will begin defence of their MLS Cup when they host the New York Red Bulls in game one of that best-of-three series on Tuesday at Lower.com Field.

In the regular season, the Crew finished second in the Eastern Conference, winning their previous encounter against the Red Bulls 3-2 last week, dropping the latter down to seventh.

We say: Columbus Crew 3-0 New York Red Bulls

All year, the Crew rarely showed any effects of fatigue despite a demanding schedule, and we trust their attacking depth will propel them to another victory at Lower.com Field.

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Salt Lake vs. Minnesota Utd (Wednesday, 1.00am)

The first games in the opening round of the MLS Cup playoffs conclude on Tuesday at America First Field when Real Salt Lake host Minnesota United in game one of that best-of-three series.

In their regular-season finale, RSL defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 to finish third in the Western Conference, with the Loons beating St Louis City 4-1, ending the campaign in sixth.

We say: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Minnesota United

Claret and Cobalt are competing in the playoffs for a third successive occasion, and that experience, along with the quality of Chicho Arango, could make the difference in this opening contest.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21