Columbus Crew vs New York City Prediction: New York City will aim for the top

New York City brings their excellent record to the Lower.com Field as they face Columbus Crew. Both teams occupy the top end of the table. New York City FC are currently 2nd on 42 points and Columbus are 6th on 30 points. Both have played 22 games so far and have a lot to play for in this match. A win for New York City will see them climb to the top of the Eastern Conference table and for Columbus Crew, they can occupy the 5th spot with a win here.

Columbus Crew are coming off a 2-1 defeat against CF Montreal last time out. They fell to 2nd half goals Kei Kamara in the 88th minute and Joel Waterman in stoppage time, to overturn their 1-0 1st half lead. 

Apart from that fixture, Columbus has gone unbeaten in their last 9 games in the MLS. Currently, they are 6th on the Eastern Conference standings, with 30 points. Their record shows they have 7 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses after 22 games. 

Columbus Crew come up against a tougher opponent and will need to put in the extra effort to keep them at bay. Already these two sides have met in May, and New York City won 2-0, at home. Columbus will try to reply in a similar style here.

New York City deserves to be in the 2nd spot and could possibly end even higher in the Eastern Conference table. They are in super hot form lately after picking up 4 wins in their last 5 games. Last time out, they struggled to create something against CF Montreal and finally settled for a 0-0 draw. 

Now, they face a side that's below them on the log and they would need to recover lost points here. Judging by the table, New York City can return to the top of the Eastern Conference table if they can pick up a win here. 

New York City have 42 points in 22 games after winning 12 games, drawn 6 and lost 4. They are also decent in the goal scoring department, as they scored 41 goals and conceded 21 goals.

New York City and Columbus Crew have met 20 times. Both teams have won exactly 8 games each and 4 ended in a draw.

• Columbus Crew: No players are currently injured or suspended
• New York City: Maxime Chanot (injury), Anton Tinnerholm(Injury),Keaton Parks(Injury)

From every indication, New York City should get the job done here against Columbus. But we're going to consider a little bit of care here. Going by records, New York City have not scored more than 1 goal in their last 3 away matches, their latest away game ended 0-0. And for the Columbus Crew team, they don't look capable of beating New York City outright, but it's possible they can get at least a goal.

• Back New York City Over 1 Goal at 1.60 Odds
• Back Columbus Crew Under 1.5 Goals at 1.64 Odds
• Back Correct Score of 0-2 at 14 Odds