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

Sun 10th Aug, 00:30 BST, Citi Field, Bronx

Pascal Gastien welcomes Wilfried Nancy to the Citi Field on Sunday morning, as their New York City and Columbus Crew sides clash in the Major League Soccer. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've delved into our expansive database and pulled out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form is included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.


Best Tip: Both teams to score

Here is a pair of impressive, attacking groups going head-to-head and, as such, we are predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective bosses Pascal Gastien or Wilfried Nancy deliver a defensive plan that will shut out the opposition? Latest form stats and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookmakers, do not suggest so.

In-Play
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 NY City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.55.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NY City
47%
2.552.40
Draw
23%
3.303.25
Columbus
29%
2.702.60
Draw 1-1
11%
6.506.50
NY City 2-1
9%
10.009.00
NY City 1-0
8%
12.0010.00
Columbus 2-1
7%
11.009.50
NY City 2-0
7%
15.0013.00
Draw 2-2
6%
11.0010.00
Columbus 1-0
6%
12.0011.00
NY City 3-1
6%
19.0015.00
Draw 0-0
4%
15.0012.00
NY City 3-0
4%
26.0021.00
Columbus 2-0
4%
17.0013.00
NY City 3-2
4%
23.0019.00
Columbus 3-1
3%
19.0017.00
Columbus 3-2
3%
23.0019.00
NY City 4-1
2%
41.0029.00
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
1.621.60
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
2.252.20
Home 1st Goal
52%
1.911.91
Away 1st Goal
46%
1.952.00
No 1st Goal
3%
15.0012.00
BTTS - Yes
61%
1.501.50
BTTS - No
39%
2.502.40
BTTS - Home Win
26%
4.334.00
BTTS - Draw
19%
4.004.00
BTTS - Away Win
17%
4.504.33
Home/draw
71%
1.441.44
Away/draw
53%
1.501.50
Home/away
77%
1.331.30
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1.181.20
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
4.504.20
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
2.502.45
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
1.501.50
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
4.504.20
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1.181.20
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
9.008.00
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1.071.07
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1.031.04
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
15.0012.00
Home DNB
64%
1.801.80
Away DNB
46%
1.911.91
NY City win to nil
22%
5.50-
Columbus win to nil
13%
5.50-
NY City / NY City
21%
4.003.90
NY City / Columbus
4%
23.0023.00
NY City / Draw
7%
13.0012.00
Draw / NY City
13%
6.506.00
Draw / Columbus
13%
6.506.50
Draw / Draw
14%
6.005.25
Columbus / NY City
4%
23.0021.00
Columbus / Columbus
19%
4.334.20
Columbus / Draw
7%
13.0012.00
Win / draw / win form
NY City 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
Columbus 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Columbus have not lost to NY City in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at NY City since 2018
NY City
Columbus
Goals: Scored
17
7
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
NYC
6
D
1
COL
1
League games at Columbus since 2018
Columbus
NY City
Goals: Scored
18
10
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
D
3
COL
6
Goal Statistics

New York City's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Columbus Crew have conceded in each of their last 5 Major League Soccer matches. A PG of 1.8 for Pascal Gastien's side suggests that run should continue.

NY City 8th Columbus 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that NY City will score 1 or more goals
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 74% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
NY City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+17
Columbus have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season
NY City
PG (predicted goals)
Columbus
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
NYC
COL
21%
better
view stats
Games scored16
21
Failed to score8
4
Scored first10
12
Goals scored34
41
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.6
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.5
1.7
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
17%
better
NYC
COL
view stats
Games conceded17
21
Clean sheets7
4
Conceded first12
11
Goals conceded29
36
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against13%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+17%

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

NY City Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241255
J HaakA MartínezM MoralezT Gray
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Haak MID243
4
-
M Moralez MID2425
4
-
A Ojeda FWD241
-
J. Shore MID231
1
-
J Fernández FWD2324
3
-
H Wolf FWD2394
2
-
T Martins DEF22
1
-
M Freese GLK21
2
-
A Martínez FWD21121
1
-
K O'Toole DEF161
2
1
T Gray DEF16
5
-
N. Cavallo DEF15
1
-
A Perea MID1511
3
-
K Parks MID1412
3
-
A O'Neill MID11
3
-
S Tanasijević DEF10
3
-
T Keubler GLK3
-
M. Carrizo Ballesteros MID3
-
N Mercau MID11
-
Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241255
D RossiD RossiD ChambostS Zawadzki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Chambost MID2515
3
-
J Russell-Rowe FWD2571
3
-
D Rossi MID24123
2
-
D Nagbe MID24
1
-
Y Cheberko DEF22
1
-
S Zawadzki MID222
5
-
S Moreira DEF2112
3
-
M Arfsten FWD2043
4
-
M Farsi MID1813
2
-
P Schulte GLK17
2
-
D Gazdag MID1712
4
-
M Amundsen DEF1511
2
1
I Aliyu FWD1522
-
A Sejdic MID12
-
T Habroune MID111
2
-
L Lappalainen FWD1112
-
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF91
1
-
E Bush GLK5
-
N Hagen GLK3
-
D Jones MID3
-
C. Mrowka MID2
-