New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC
Major League Soccer
Date: Sunday, 5th November 2017
Kick-off at 22:00UK/ 23:00 CET
Venue: Yankee Stadium (New York).

New York City FC has a mountain to climb when they welcome Columbus Crew for the second leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the 2017 MLS edition.

Crew SC run rout at the Mapfre Stadium when the teams met three days ago by a comfortable 4-1 margin. With momentum on their side, Gregg Berhalter’s team certainly has one foot in the finals.

For City FC this is an uphill task as they team is low on confidence with the team coming on the back of a 4 match win-less run. Also, Patrick Vieira’s men managed just 1 win from their last 8. It is very difficult to pick them up after a heavy defeat in the first leg.

Meanwhile, Columbus Crew are on excellent form. They are now unbeaten in their last 12 MLS games with 8 wins and 4 draws. Away from home, the streak is five games.

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

There is little to separate the team on previous head-to-head meetings as they share 2 wins and 3 draws from 7 games.

The significant point to note is that those games produced a total of 32 goals, City with 17 and Columbus with 15.

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew: Predictions

There is not doubt that Patrick Vieira’s men are one of the best attacking teams in the league. But their current form is little to write about. On the other hand, Crew have the momentum as are scoring goals for fun. Even if City managed to win here, this won’t be sufficient to overturn the first leg defeat.

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew: Bet Tips

Both teams to Score and No Draw @ 2.10

Over 1.5 second half goals @ 1.70.

Match odds courtesy of William Hill.

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