New York City FC vs Columbus Crew match stats & report

3–2 Full time

Major League Soccer · USA · Regular Season - 26 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx · Ref Sergiy Boyko, Ukraine

New York City FC stats & fixtures · Columbus Crew stats & fixtures

New York City FC beat Columbus Crew 3–2 in Major League Soccer on 17 September 2025. Expected goals finished 2.05–1.28. New York City FC had 57% of the ball.

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew match statistics

New York City FCColumbus Crew

57% Ball possession 43%
2.05 Expected goals (xG) 1.28
18 Total shots 8
8 Shots on target 5
4 Shots off target 0
6 Blocked shots 3
12 Shots inside the box 8
7 Corners 3
10 Fouls 12
0 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 0
556 Passes 430
83% Pass accuracy 79%
3 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

40' Penalty scored D. Gazdag Columbus Crew
45' Goal H. Wolf New York City FC
60' Goal W. Abou Ali Columbus Crew
73' Goal H. Wolf New York City FC
90' Goal J. Fernández (assist A. Ojeda) New York City FC
90+5' Yellow card J. Fernández New York City FC

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

New York City FC

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Pascal Jansen

49 M. Freese

22 K. O'Toole 80 J. Haak 13 Thiago Martins 24 T. Gray

21 A. O'Neill 8 A. Perea

17 H. Wolf 10 M. Moralez 7 N. Mercau

16 A. Martinez

Bench T. Romero , J. Shore , M. Carrizo , M. Ilenic , J. Fernández , S. Tanasijevic , A. Ojeda , S. Reid , Raul Gustavo

Columbus Crew

Confirmed 5-3-2 Wilfried Nancy

28 P. Schulte

27 M. Arfsten 18 M. Amundsen 21 Y. Cheberko 31 S. Moreira 2 M. Herrera

30 H. Picard 6 D. Nagbe 16 T. Habroune

9 W. Abou Ali 8 D. Gazdag

Bench A. Sejdić , D. Jones , E. Bush , J. Russell-Rowe , I. Aliyu , T. Brown , N. Hagen , D. Chambost , Cesar Ruvalcaba

Form guide

New York City FC at home

2–4–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 5.4 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Columbus Crew away

1–2–7 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 2.2 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.8 per game
Shots on target: 4.3 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
22 Mar 25	Columbus Crew v New York City FC	0–0
31 Aug 24	Columbus Crew v New York City FC	4–2
14 Jun 24	New York City FC v Columbus Crew	2–3
8 Jul 23	Columbus Crew v New York City FC	1–1
17 Jun 23	New York City FC v Columbus Crew	1–1
6 Aug 22	Columbus Crew v New York City FC	3–2

The full New York City FC vs Columbus Crew head-to-head record