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Columbus Crew v New York City : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 22nd Mar, 23:30 BST, Lower.com Field, Columbus

We’ve Major League Soccer action to look forward to on Saturday night, as Wilfried Nancy and his Columbus Crew side host Pascal Gastien’s New York City at the Lower.com Field. The predictions for all the markets are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with weighting given to top teams. All the stats and infographics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our prediction for Saturday's game is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Columbus and NY City to score 3 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. 2 goals or less would mean it's a losing tip but, with statistics below suggesting both teams have goals in them, we think it looks like a great bet.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Columbus are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Columbus
55%
3/4
5%
7/10
5%
Draw
22%
13/5
5%
13/5
3%
NY City
22%
15/4
5%
3/1
11%
Draw 1-1
10%
6/1
7%
6/1
7%
Columbus 2-1
10%
15/27/1
Columbus 1-0
9%
8/1
5%
7/1
6%
Columbus 2-0
9%
17/28/1
Columbus 3-1
6%
12/1
8%
11/1
9%
NY City 2-1
6%
14/111/1
8%
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1
8%
11/1
Columbus 3-0
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
NY City 1-0
5%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
13%
11/1
8%
Columbus 3-2
4%
20/116/1
NY City 2-0
3%
25/1
10%
20/1
9%
Columbus 4-1
3%
22/1
10%
20/1
24%
Columbus 4-0
3%
25/1
13%
22/1
21%
NY City 3-1
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
13/20
5%
8/13
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
6/5
6%
23/20
7%
Home 1st Goal
54%
1/2
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
7/4-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
58%
8/13
3%
8/13
1%
BTTS - No
42%
6/5
2%
23/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
28%
9/4
5%
11/5
10%
BTTS - Draw
17%
10/3
4%
18/5
BTTS - Away Win
12%
7/16/1
7%
Home/draw
78%
2/11
1%
2/9
3%
Away/draw
45%
1/1
7%
1/1
9%
Home/away
78%
2/7
3%
1/4
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/11
1%
1/5
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
7/2
10%
16/5
7%
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
6/4
5%
6/4
9%
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
1/2
2%
10/21
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
7/2
4%
17/5
10%
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
2/11
2%
2/11
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
9/1
25%
15/2
13%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/16
2%
1/16
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25
1%
1/33
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
13%
11/1
8%
Home DNB
71%
3/10
4%
1/3
6%
Away DNB
38%
12/5
9%
21/10
14%
Columbus win to nil
27%
12/5-
NY City win to nil
10%
9/1-
Columbus / Columbus
30%
7/4
6%
17/10
8%
Columbus / NY City
3%
33/128/1
15%
Columbus / Draw
6%
12/112/1
Draw / Columbus
17%
15/418/5
2%
Draw / NY City
9%
17/2
5%
8/1
10%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
8%
19/4
4%
NY City / Columbus
4%
18/118/1
NY City / NY City
12%
6/1
7%
6/1
7%
NY City / Draw
6%
14/112/1
13%
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Win / draw / win form
5
NY City have not won in 5 consecutive away league games
Columbus 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Columbus0 - 0Houston
Columbus4 - 2Chicago
Columbus0 - 1NY Red Bulls
Columbus4 - 0New England
Columbus3 - 2Philadelphia
Columbus2 - 3Miami
Columbus4 - 3Orlando
Columbus0 - 4Seattle
Columbus4 - 2NY City
Columbus1 - 1Charlotte
Columbus4 - 0Toronto
Columbus2 - 0Nashville
Columbus4 - 0Sporting KC
Columbus1 - 2Cincinnati
Columbus0 - 0Montreal
Columbus2 - 2Portland
Columbus1 - 1DC United
Columbus3 - 0NY Red Bulls
Columbus2 - 1Chicago
Columbus1 - 0Atlanta
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AColumbus1 - 1San Diego
HColumbus0 - 0Houston
AColumbus1 - 0New England
HColumbus4 - 2Chicago
AColumbus2 - 2NY Red Bulls
HColumbus0 - 1NY Red Bulls
AColumbus3 - 2NY Red Bulls
HColumbus4 - 0New England
HColumbus3 - 2Philadelphia
HColumbus2 - 3Miami
AColumbus2 - 2DC United
HColumbus4 - 3Orlando
AColumbus2 - 0Toronto
AColumbus0 - 0Cincinnati
HColumbus0 - 4Seattle
HColumbus4 - 2NY City
AColumbus1 - 0Philadelphia
AColumbus1 - 2Atlanta
HColumbus1 - 1Charlotte
AColumbus5 - 1LAFC
NY City 7TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
LAFC1 - 0NY City
Miami2 - 2NY City
Cincinnati0 - 0NY City
Cincinnati1 - 0NY City
Montreal2 - 0NY City
NY Red Bulls1 - 5NY City
DC United1 - 1NY City
Columbus4 - 2NY City
Orlando1 - 1NY City
Atlanta2 - 2NY City
Chicago0 - 0NY City
Austin2 - 1NY City
Nashville1 - 0NY City
LA Galaxy2 - 0NY City
New England0 - 1NY City
Philadelphia1 - 2NY City
Toronto2 - 3NY City
Miami1 - 1NY City
Cincinnati1 - 0NY City
Saint Louis City2 - 0NY City
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNY City2 - 1New England
HNY City2 - 1Orlando
ANY City0 - 1LAFC
ANY City2 - 2Miami
HNY City0 - 2NY Red Bulls
ANY City0 - 0Cincinnati
HNY City3 - 1Cincinnati
ANY City0 - 1Cincinnati
ANY City0 - 2Montreal
HNY City3 - 1Nashville
HNY City3 - 2Cincinnati
ANY City5 - 1NY Red Bulls
HNY City1 - 1Miami
HNY City1 - 5Philadelphia
ANY City1 - 1DC United
ANY City2 - 4Columbus
HNY City2 - 2Chicago
ANY City1 - 1Orlando
ANY City2 - 2Atlanta
ANY City0 - 0Chicago
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Columbus have not lost to NY City in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Columbus since 2018
Columbus
NY City
Goals: Scored
18
10
Games: Scored
8 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
0 / 8
COL
6
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus4 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Columbus3 - 2
Columbus2 - 1
Columbus3 - 1
Columbus1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Columbus2 - 1
League games at NY City since 2018
NY City
Columbus
Goals: Scored
14
7
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
COL
2
D
1
NYC
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NY City
2 - 3Columbus
Draw1 - 1Draw
NY City2 - 0
NY City4 - 1
1 - 2Columbus
NY City1 - 0
NY City1 - 0
NY City2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Columbus 3rd NY City 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that NY City will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Columbus’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-17
NY City have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season
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Columbus
PG (predicted goals)
NY City
1.9
1.1
Attack rating
9%
better
COL
NYC
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Games scored3
3
Failed to score1
1
Scored first2
1
Goals scored6
6
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for21
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
47%
better
COL
NYC
view stats
Games conceded2
4
Clean sheets2
0
Conceded first1
3
Goals conceded3
5
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against12%
17%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+47%

Columbus v NY City Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4212
P SchulteD RossiM AmundsenM Amundsen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Schulte GLK4
1
-
M Amundsen DEF41
1
1
Y Cheberko DEF4
-
D Rossi MID42
1
-
M Farsi MID41
1
-
A Jackson MID4
-
D Nagbe MID4
-
D Chambost MID4
1
-
S Zawadzki MID4
2
-
J Russell-Rowe FWD42
-
M Arfsten FWD41
2
-
A Herrera DEF3
-
S Moreira DEF21
-
D Jones DEF21
-
NY City Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4312
M FreeseA MartínezM MoralezK Parks
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Freese GLK4
1
-
K Parks MID4
2
-
J Haak MID4
-
M Moralez MID41
1
-
A Martínez FWD43
-
J Fernández FWD411
-
H Wolf FWD411
-
M. Bakrar FWD4
1
-
A Ojeda FWD4
-
K O'Toole DEF3
1
1
B Risa DEF3
-
T Martins DEF3
-
S Tanasijević DEF3
1
-
J. Shore MID3
1
-
A Perea MID2
-
T Gray DEF1
-