New York RB beat Columbus Crew to win 2-1. A goal from S. Nealis was decisive in the 87min. It was New York RB to strike first with an early goal of C. Casseres at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 18′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Nealis gave the win to New York RB in the 87′ minute with a goal.
P. Klimala missed a penalty (53′) for New York RB.
The match was played on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Alan Kelly with the help of Oscar Mitchell Carvalho and Cory Richardson. The 4th official was Adam Kilpatrick.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 5 Total 15
- 2 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 104 Attack 110
- 36 Dangerous attack 67
- 74 Ball safe 65
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Columbus Crew was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. New York RB that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
New York RB was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why New York RB won the match.
Columbus Crew shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, New York RB shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Columbus Crew didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, New York RB received 2 yellow cards (D. Yearwood and P. Klimala).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Columbus Crew will stay with 38 points to stay in the 19th place. On the other side, New York RB will have 43 points like Atlanta United and Vancouver Whitecaps to move down in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Columbus Crew will host Orlando City on the 27th of October with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Orlando City (3 draws).
New York RB will play away agasint DC United on the 27th of October with a 19-17 head to head record in favor of New York RB (15 draws).
Columbus Crew – Formation
Columbus Crew
83'
18'
Columbus Crew started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Caleb Porter decided to play with the following team: Eloy Room , Steven Moreira , Jonathan Mensah , Vito Wormgoor , Milton Valenzuela , Darlington Nagbe , Marlon Hairston , Pedro Santos , Lucas Zelarayán , Derrick Etienne Junior and Miguel Berry .
The home team had on the bench: Saad Abdul-Salaam, Harrison Afful, Waylon Francis, Evan Bush, Liam Fraser , Alexandru Mățan , Aboubacar Keita and Bradley Wright-Phillips .
Substitutions
Columbus Crew made 3 changes: D. Etienne for A. Matan (73′), M. Hairston for L. Fraser (73′) and P. Santos for B. Wright-Phillips (83′).
Best player: Steven Moreira
The most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Steven Moreira.
His rating is with 44 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.
New York RB – Formation
New York RB
70'
New York RB started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Talking about the opposition, Gerhard Struber played with: Carlos Miguel , Tom Edwards , Sean Nealis , Andres Reyes , Kyle Duncan , Dru Yearwood , Sean Davis , Andrew Gutman , Cristian Casseres Jr , Patryk Klimala and Fábio .
They had on the bench: Youba Diarra, Ryan Meara, Daniel Royer, Tom Barlow, John Tolkin , Lucas Monzón, Caden Clark, Frankie Amaya and Wikelman Carmona .
Substitutions
New York RB made 4 changes: T. Edwards for W. Carmona (46′), Fabio for J. Tolkin (77′), P. Klimala for T. Barlow (89′) and C. Casseres for F. Amaya (90′).
Best player: Kyle Duncan
The most impressive player for New York RB was Kyle Duncan even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 34 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Seattle Sounders – Sporting KC – 1-2
- Columbus Crew – New York RB – 1-2
- Philadelphia Union – Nashville SC – 1-0
- Toronto – Montreal Impact – 1-1
- New York City – DC United – 6-0
