Major League Soccer

May 15, 2022 at 12am UK

Yankee Stadium

NY City
2 - 0
Columbus Crew

Magno (9'), Castellanos (57')
Moralez (18'), Parks (84'), Martins (90')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Mensah (86')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between New York City FC and Columbus Crew, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a New York City FC win with a probability of 68.91%. A draw had a probability of 18.2% and a win for Columbus Crew had a probability of 12.92%.

The most likely scoreline for a New York City FC win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.83%) and 2-1 (9.71%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.56%), while for a Columbus Crew win it was 0-1 (3.77%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for New York City FC in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for New York City FC.

Result
New York City FC	Draw	Columbus Crew
68.91%	18.17%	12.92%

Both teams to score 52.1%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

60.71%

39.29%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.37%

61.63%

New York City FC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

89.65%

10.35%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

66.17%

33.83%

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

58.12%

41.88%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.67%

78.33%

Score Analysis

New York City FC 68.91%

Columbus Crew 12.92%

Draw 18.17%

New York City FC	Draw	Columbus Crew
2-0 @ 11.15% 1-0 @ 9.83% 2-1 @ 9.71% 3-0 @ 8.43% 3-1 @ 7.34% 4-0 @ 4.78% 4-1 @ 4.16% 3-2 @ 3.19% 5-0 @ 2.17% 5-1 @ 1.89% 4-2 @ 1.81% Other @ 4.46% Total : 68.91%	1-1 @ 8.56% 0-0 @ 4.34% 2-2 @ 4.22% 3-3 @ 0.93% Other @ 0.12% Total : 18.17%	0-1 @ 3.77% 1-2 @ 3.73% 0-2 @ 1.64% 2-3 @ 1.23% 1-3 @ 1.08% Other @ 1.47% Total : 12.92%