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

Thu 14th May, 00:30 BST, Red Bull Arena Salzburg, Wals-Siezenheim

Thursday morning sees Sandro Schwarz’s New York RB and Wilfried Nancy’s Columbus Crew go up against one another in a Major League Soccer clash at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg. Form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and the best odds are all laid out below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed over 2.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Sandro Schwarz prepares his side for kick-off, we're predicting a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the match. Stats imply both clubs have the weapons to deliver up top, an encouraging sign for the neutrals. With a real favourite to win the game, we really like the look of over 2.5 goals.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Columbus coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NY Red Bulls
37%
33/206/4
Draw
21%
14/513/5
Columbus
42%
5/413/10
Draw 1-1
8%
7/113/2
Columbus 2-1
8%
17/28/1
NY Red Bulls 2-1
8%
10/117/2
Draw 2-2
7%
10/117/2
Columbus 3-1
5%
16/114/1
Columbus 3-2
5%
20/116/1
NY Red Bulls 3-1
5%
18/114/1
Columbus 1-0
5%
11/110/1
NY Red Bulls 3-2
4%
20/116/1
Columbus 2-0
4%
14/112/1
NY Red Bulls 1-0
4%
12/111/1
NY Red Bulls 2-0
4%
16/114/1
Draw 3-3
3%
33/125/1
Columbus 3-0
3%
22/118/1
Columbus 4-1
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
72%
1/210/21
Under 2.5 Goals
28%
6/46/4
Home 1st Goal
49%
20/2119/20
Away 1st Goal
50%
4/510/11
No 1st Goal
1%
18/116/1
BTTS - Yes
72%
4/94/9
BTTS - No
28%
13/813/8
BTTS - Home Win
25%
10/33/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
28%
11/413/5
Home/draw
58%
4/711/20
Away/draw
63%
4/910/21
Home/away
79%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
89%
1/71/7
Under 1.5 Goals
11%
9/217/4
Over 3.5 Goals
52%
6/523/20
Under 3.5 Goals
48%
8/1313/20
Over 4.5 Goals
32%
11/413/5
Under 4.5 Goals
68%
1/41/4
Over 5.5 Goals
18%
7/111/2
Under 5.5 Goals
82%
1/121/10
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/661/50
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
18/116/1
Home DNB
52%
1/119/20
Away DNB
57%
8/113/4
NY Red Bulls win to nil
12%
5/1-
Columbus win to nil
14%
4/1-
NY Red Bulls / NY Red Bulls
20%
10/329/10
NY Red Bulls / Columbus
4%
20/118/1
NY Red Bulls / Draw
7%
12/111/1
Draw / NY Red Bulls
12%
6/16/1
Draw / Columbus
13%
5/111/2
Draw / Draw
12%
11/211/2
Columbus / NY Red Bulls
4%
22/120/1
Columbus / Columbus
22%
13/513/5
Columbus / Draw
7%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win form
NY Red Bulls 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NY Red Bulls0 - 2Dallas
NY Red Bulls4 - 4DC United
NY Red Bulls4 - 2Cincinnati
NY Red Bulls0 - 3Montreal
NY Red Bulls1 - 0New England
NY Red Bulls0 - 1Cincinnati
NY Red Bulls2 - 3NY City
NY Red Bulls0 - 0Columbus
NY Red Bulls1 - 0Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls2 - 1Salt Lake
NY Red Bulls1 - 5Miami
NY Red Bulls5 - 3New England
NY Red Bulls2 - 2Minnesota
NY Red Bulls2 - 0Atlanta
NY Red Bulls4 - 2Charlotte
NY Red Bulls7 - 0LA Galaxy
NY Red Bulls1 - 0Montreal
NY Red Bulls1 - 2DC United
NY Red Bulls2 - 1Chicago
NY Red Bulls2 - 1Toronto
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANY Red Bulls3 - 1Chicago
HNY Red Bulls0 - 2Dallas
ANY Red Bulls0 - 2Cincinnati
HNY Red Bulls4 - 4DC United
ANY Red Bulls1 - 4Montreal
ANY Red Bulls2 - 2Miami
HNY Red Bulls4 - 2Cincinnati
ANY Red Bulls1 - 6Charlotte
ANY Red Bulls1 - 1Toronto
HNY Red Bulls0 - 3Montreal
HNY Red Bulls1 - 0New England
ANY Red Bulls2 - 1Orlando
ANY Red Bulls1 - 3Columbus
HNY Red Bulls0 - 1Cincinnati
HNY Red Bulls2 - 3NY City
ANY Red Bulls2 - 0Montreal
ANY Red Bulls1 - 2Portland
HNY Red Bulls0 - 0Columbus
ANY Red Bulls0 - 1Charlotte
HNY Red Bulls1 - 0Philadelphia
Columbus 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
New England2 - 1Columbus
Atlanta1 - 3Columbus
Toronto2 - 1Columbus
Sporting KC2 - 2Columbus
Portland3 - 2Columbus
Cincinnati2 - 1Columbus
Cincinnati1 - 0Columbus
Orlando1 - 1Columbus
Chicago2 - 0Columbus
NY City3 - 2Columbus
Atlanta4 - 5Columbus
NY Red Bulls0 - 0Columbus
Toronto1 - 1Columbus
Nashville3 - 0Columbus
Cincinnati2 - 4Columbus
Seattle1 - 1Columbus
Miami5 - 1Columbus
Charlotte3 - 2Columbus
Montreal1 - 1Columbus
Philadelphia2 - 2Columbus
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColumbus2 - 3Minnesota
HColumbus2 - 0Philadelphia
HColumbus2 - 1LA Galaxy
AColumbus1 - 2New England
HColumbus1 - 1Orlando
AColumbus3 - 1Atlanta
AColumbus1 - 2Toronto
HColumbus0 - 1Nashville
HColumbus0 - 0Chicago
AColumbus2 - 2Sporting KC
AColumbus2 - 3Portland
AColumbus1 - 2Cincinnati
HColumbus4 - 0Cincinnati
AColumbus0 - 1Cincinnati
HColumbus3 - 1NY Red Bulls
AColumbus1 - 1Orlando
AColumbus0 - 2Chicago
HColumbus1 - 1Toronto
AColumbus2 - 3NY City
AColumbus5 - 4Atlanta
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at NY Red Bulls since 2018
NY Red Bulls
Columbus
Goals: Scored
15
13
Games: Scored
8 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
1 / 9
NYR
3
D
3
COL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NY Red Bulls
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Columbus
NY Red Bulls2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
NY Red Bulls1 - 0
2 - 3Columbus
NY Red Bulls3 - 0
2 - 3Columbus
League games at Columbus since 2018
Columbus
NY Red Bulls
Goals: Scored
21
11
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
NYR
2
D
2
COL
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Columbus3 - 1
0 - 1NY Red Bulls
Columbus3 - 0
Columbus2 - 1
Columbus2 - 1
1 - 2NY Red Bulls
Columbus2 - 1
Columbus3 - 2
Columbus2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Columbus1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Columbus Crew have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Major League Soccer matches. Their PG of 1.9 against New York RB on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

NY Red Bulls 9th Columbus 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that NY Red Bulls will score 1 or more goals
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 86% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
NY Red Bulls have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
-1
Columbus’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season
NY Red Bulls
PG (predicted goals)
Columbus
1.8
1.9
Attack rating
NYR
COL
3%
better
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Games scored9
9
Failed to score3
2
Scored first6
8
Goals scored19
16
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
17
Avg. XG for1.6
1.4
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
NYR
COL
35%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
9
Clean sheets1
2
Conceded first6
2
Goals conceded28
16
Avg. goals conceded2.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
5
Conversion rate against23%
19%
Avg. XG against2
1.1
KickOff rating
+35%

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