On the 14th of May, New York City hosts Columbus Crew at Yankee Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 6th placed New York City, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sporting KC. Neither New York City nor Sporting KC could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. New York City is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Columbus Crew is fresh off their 2-2 draw against New England Revolution. M. Berry scored the first goal for Columbus Crew in the 27th minute, then Jones tied it up for New England Revolution in the 71st minute . Columbus Crew is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Columbus Crew won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Darlington Nagbe and Derrick Etienne are the top scorers for Columbus Crew in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. New York City is glad to have Castellanos Gimenez in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored five goals.