Columbus Crew vs New York Red Bulls Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Columbus Crew

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Columbus Crew will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.

In that game, Columbus Crew had 58% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Inter Miami got 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Higuaín (16') scored for Inter Miami.

It has been seldom in recent times that Columbus Crew have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Columbus Crew have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals in the process.

New York Red Bulls

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In their previous game, New York Red Bulls drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with D.C. United.

In that match, New York Red Bulls had 46% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for New York Red Bulls was Yearwood (5'). On the other side, D.C. United got 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Kamara (44') was the scorer for D.C. United.

It is worth noting that New York Red Bulls have failed to get amongst the goals in their past six games, contributing the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those fixtures, Red Bulls have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 6. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this match, however.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 02/03/2019 tells us that Columbus Crew have won 4 of them and New York Red Bulls 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 from The Crew and 6 being from Red Bulls. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league contest between these sides was MLS match day 27 on 19/08/2021 which ended up with the score at New York Red Bulls 1-0 Columbus Crew.

That day, New York Red Bulls had 44% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Tolkin (33').

On the other side, Columbus Crew had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Chris Penso.

🗞️ Team News: Columbus Crew

Aidan Morris (Knee Injury), Perry Kitchen (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury), Artur (Surgery) and Kevin Molino (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not available for Columbus Crew gaffer Caleb Porter.

🗞️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there’s just a single fitness worry for the New York Red Bulls boss Gerhard Struber to contend with. Aaron Long (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that New York Red Bulls could well find it tough to get anything against this Columbus Crew outfit who we think will manage to score & go ahead.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for Columbus Crew at the end of the match.

There should be little in it.

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

Victor Martins, 10:38 12/09/2021