The home team has won each of the last four meetings between New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC, with both teams winning at home last season. The Columbus Crew SC have just one win in their last nine away matches against New York City FC dating back to 2016 (D1 L7, including playoffs), a 2-1 victory in May 2021.
New York City FC is winless in eight straight league matches (D3 L5), the second-longest regular season streak in club history (11 straight in March – May 2015). New York City FC’s last two matches have ended in scoreless draws after failing to keep clean sheets in any of its previous 12 league games.
The Columbus Crew SC have won three straight matches for the second time this season (also in March – April), with those two streaks accounting for six of the team’s eight wins this year. The Columbus Crew SC’s last four-match winning streak within a single regular season came in July – August 2020, including MLS is Back group stage matches.
New York City FC managed just one shot on target in its scoreless draw at Real Salt Lake on Saturday, the ninth time since the start of last season that New York City FC was held to fewer than two shots on target. New York City FC hit fewer than two shots on target in a match only eight times in the club’s first seven season in MLS seasons combined.
Cucho Hernandez has contributed to at least one goal in eight straight matches (4 goals, 6 assists), equaling Jeff Cunningham’s Columbus Crew SC record, set in 2001. Hernandez has been directly involved in 64 shots during that run (48 shots, 16 chances created), second only to Thiago Alamada (66) in MLS.
