New York City v Columbus

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Next Saturday afternoon will feature an all-Eastern Conference clash between lowly New York City and their sixth-placed visitors, Columbus Crew, when the two teams meet at the Yankee Stadium with the hosts desperate to pull themselves out of a miserable eight-match winless run in the MLS.

Five defeats within these last eight matches has seen New York City slip to defeats against Toronto, Charlotte, local rivals New York RB, Philadelphia Union and Cincinnati, which has dumped New York down in the lower reaches of the Eastern Conference table.

Indeed, New York City sit third from bottom in the Conference table but although the hosts are without a home win in their last three games, overall results at the Yankee Stadium should still give the team from the Big Apple plenty of confidence as they have lost just two of their last 12 home games.

Goals could feature also in this clash as eight of New York City's last 12 home games have also resulted in both teams scoring (66.6%).

Columbus Crew sit in sixth place in the Eastern Conference ladder and therefore are amongst the Final Series pack heading into next weekend's MLS action on the back of claiming eight wins out of their 17 matches played to date in this season's campaign.

However, despite winning their last three games on the trot with victories over Colorado Rapids, Charlotte and Chicago Fire, six of Columbus' eight league wins to date this term have been achieved on home turf at their Lower.com Field, while results away from home have shown a very different side to The Crew's results on the road in the MLS.

The visitors have managed to pick up just two away wins all season to date which came in the form of victories at DC United and Chicago Fire but Columbus Crew have also been handed no fewer than five losses on their travels this term.

The bigger picture paints an even gloomier outlook where Columbus Crew are concerned as the visitors have gained just two wins from their previous 15 outings on their travels but goals also look likely in this upcoming encounter at Yankee Stadium as 13 of Columbus Crew's last 15 away games have also seen both teams hit the back of the net (86.6%).

New York City v Columbus Crew Verdict

New York City have really struggled to find the winning formula lately in the MLS while Columbus Crew have found wins away from home hard to come by, but both teams have been involved in entertaining games which have produced goals for both teams and this trend looks set to continue next Saturday afternoon, especially as four of the last five meetings between these two clubs have seen both teams score as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score YES @ 1.65 Other side bets worth considering:

Draw @ 3.55

Correct score: 2-2 @ 13.00