Columbus Crew
2 - 1
NY City

Nagbe (45+3'), Zelarayan (62')
Abdul-Salaam (9'), Hairston (37'), Santos (77'), Francis (79')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Medina (47')
Chanot (31'), Medina (34'), Acevedo (39'), Thorarinsson (51')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between Columbus Crew and New York City FC, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a New York City FC win with a probability of 37.86%. A win for Columbus Crew had a probability of 36.98% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a New York City FC win was 0-1 with a probability of 8.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.41%) and 0-2 (6%). The likeliest Columbus Crew win was 1-0 (8.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.84%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.3% likelihood.

Result
Columbus Crew	Draw	New York City FC
36.98%	25.16%	37.86%

Both teams to score 57.18%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.59%

46.41%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.31%

68.69%

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.38%

24.62%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.87%

59.13%

New York City FC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.85%

24.15%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.54%

58.46%

Score Analysis

Columbus Crew 36.98%

New York City FC 37.86%

Draw 25.16%

Columbus Crew	Draw	New York City FC
1-0 @ 8.33% 2-1 @ 8.3% 2-0 @ 5.84% 3-1 @ 3.88% 3-2 @ 2.75% 3-0 @ 2.73% 4-1 @ 1.36% 4-2 @ 0.97% 4-0 @ 0.96% Other @ 1.87% Total : 36.98%	1-1 @ 11.84% 0-0 @ 5.95% 2-2 @ 5.9% 3-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 0.18% Total : 25.16%	0-1 @ 8.45% 1-2 @ 8.41% 0-2 @ 6% 1-3 @ 3.99% 0-3 @ 2.84% 2-3 @ 2.79% 1-4 @ 1.42% 0-4 @ 1.01% 2-4 @ 0.99% Other @ 1.95% Total : 37.86%