Columbus Crew at New York City FC 7/30/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

New York City completely destroyed Orlando at home last week and they will now play their third consecutive match at home. They will play host to Columbus on Saturday, in what will be the third meeting between these two in the season. Columbus won each of the previous two and New York City are definitely looking for revenge here. 

New York City (7-5-2) are coming into this match after a massive 5-0 home win over Orlando City. They only scored once in the first half, but they exploded in the second and reached a huge win. They have now won two in a row and 4 of their last 6, winning all 4 at home and losing both on the road. New York City are sitting at the 6th spot of the Eastern Conference with 23 points, scoring 26 and conceding 15 goals in the process. They have a 5-2-1 record at home, scoring 18 and conceding 7 goals. They have scored in all their home matches so far and have kept 4 clean sheets in the process.

Columbus Crew (6-3-6) were not very good in their away match against Atlanta last week, but still managed to score the only goal of the match and grabbed all 3 points. They are now unbeaten in their last 6 but 4 of those were draws (2-0-4). Columbus are sitting at the 5th spot of the Eastern Conference with 24 points, scoring 16 and conceding 12 goals (which is the best defense in the Conference). They have not been anything special on the road so far (2-3-3), scoring 5 and conceding 7 goals in the process. 6 of their 8 away matches had Under 2.5 Goals, with Columbus scoring in just 3 away matches and keeping just 2 clean sheets.