New York City FC 3-2 Columbus Crew — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 18 Sep 2025

📅18/09/2025 · 🕒02:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
1.9
Draw
25%
3.64
Away
28%
3.25
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
2.33
Over 2.5
60%
1.54
Both Teams to Score
Yes
62%
1.5
No
38%
2.4
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
22%
2-3 Goals
38%
4-5 Goals
29%
6+ Goals
11%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
1/2
6%
1/X
8%
X/1
17%
X/2
9%
X/X
10%
2/1
11%
2/2
13%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
49%
-1.6pp
25%
Draw
24%
+0.5pp
28%
Away Win
27%
+1.1pp
40%
Under 2.5
39%
+0.6pp
60%
Over 2.5
61%
-0.5pp
62%
BTTS Yes
62%
-0.3pp
38%
BTTS No
38%
+0.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME New York City FC EU Bookmakers 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Columbus Crew EU Bookmakers 31%
-4% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +23%
1.82/1.09 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.35/1.45
-2% / +2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +14% / +0%
50% Ball Possession 50%
14 Total Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
328 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 331 · 79%
29.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 22.7
17.0 Crosses 15.8
2.2 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME New York City FC
0W-4D-2L
AWAY Columbus Crew
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.09 xG 1.51
46% Ball Possession 54%
11 Total Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
362 Passes 446
83% Pass Accuracy 86%
18 Box Touches 30
11 Crosses 15
3 Yellow Cards 2
23.03.2025 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 0-0 HT 0-0 New York City FC New York City FC ABD
01.09.2024 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 4-2 HT 1-1 New York City FC New York City FC ABD
18.08.2024 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 1-1 HT 1-1 New York City FC New York City FC CONLK
15.06.2024 New York City FC New York City FC 2-3 HT 1-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
09.07.2023 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 1-1 HT 0-0 New York City FC New York City FC ABD
17.06.2023 New York City FC New York City FC 1-1 HT 0-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME New York City FC
3-2
AWAY Columbus Crew
2.04 xG 1.31
56% Ball Possession 44%
18 Total Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 3
462 Passes 347
83% Pass Accuracy 79%
34 Box Touches 22
17 Crosses 13
1 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH New York City FC vs Columbus Crew
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

New York City FC squeezed past Columbus Crew 3-2. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had New York City FC as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (60%), both teams to score (62%) came in.

On the day, New York City FC had 56% of the ball to Columbus Crew's 44%, shots finished 18-8, expected goals 2.04 to 1.31.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Columbus Crew led the recent series with 2 wins, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for New York City FC and 1.67 for Columbus Crew.

What was the final score of New York City FC vs Columbus Crew?

New York City FC 3-2 Columbus Crew in the USA - Major League on 18/09/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for New York City FC vs Columbus Crew?

Before kick-off our model rated a New York City FC win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split New York City FC 47%, draw 25%, Columbus Crew 28%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (New York City FC), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (New York City FC) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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