New York City vs Columbus Crew Betting Tips

Well, it didn’t go too well for New York City last weekend. They had the unenviable task of travelling to the in form LA Galaxy and came away licking their wounds after a 5-1 thrashing by the club.

This makes it 3 losses for New York City in their last 5 outings, with their only win being a 3-1 victory against DC United.

You can’t call the newly formed side boring though. There have been a huge 21 goals scored in these 5 matches, averaging over 4 goals per game.

Columbus Crew haven’t disappointed either, with 25 goals being scored in the last 5 games they’ve been involved in.

Unlike New York City, Columbus Crew have actually managed to put together a decent run of form. Only 1 of these 5 games has ended in defeat for the club, collecting a respectable 8 points during the run.

This puts them in 3^rd position in the MLS Eastern Conference, 6 points adrift of league leaders DC United but with a game in hand. New York Red Bulls stand between them though, with a point advantage and 2 games in hand over Columbus.

New York City are down in 7^th position in the table with 28 points from their 26 games. All but 2 of the teams above them hold games in hand as well, so they aren’t likely to be pushing too high up the table.

These 2 sides met under 2 weeks ago in Columbus, with a 2-2 draw giving each team a point to add to their tally.

The major players to watch out for in this game are New York City’s David Villa and Columbus Crew’s Kei Kamara. Between them, they have 33 league goals.

These are 2 very attack minded teams that are meeting up, and considering their matches have both averaged over 4 goals per game that odds of 1/1 for Over 3.5 Match Goals are very good value.