New York City FC vs Columbus Crew Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 5-0 MLS victory against Orlando City.

In that game, New York City FC had 61% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 15 on target. For New York City FC, the goalscorers were Medina (40'), Tajouri-Shradi (53'), Moralez (65'), Amundsen (79') and Castellanos (82'). Orlando City got 5 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

New York City FC haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew head into the clash following on from a 0-1 MLS win in the defeat of Atlanta United in their most recent outing.

In that game, Columbus Crew managed 42% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Columbus Crew was Mensah (65'). Atlanta United got 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Caleb Porter's Columbus Crew have found the back of the net 7 times - yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 21/08/2019 shows that New York City FC have won 2 of these & Columbus Crew 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

In all, 13 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 from The Pigeons and 8 for The Crew. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was MLS match day 17 on 17/07/2021 when it finished Columbus Crew 2-1 New York City FC.

On that occasion, Columbus Crew had 40% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Nagbe (45') and Zelarayán (62').

For their opponents, New York City FC got 21 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Medina (47') scored.

The referee was Ramy Touchan.

📋 Team News: New York City FC

Gedion Zelalem (Knee Injury) and Héber (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be available for NYCFC gaffer Ronny Deila.

ℹ️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Out of a mainly healthy group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Columbus Crew gaffer Caleb Porter to be concerned with. Aidan Morris (Knee Injury) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, New York City FC look likely to score more than once when they line up against Columbus Crew, who may well find it hard scoring a goal of their own.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 2-0 margin for New York City FC after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 10:07 26/07/2021