Prediction New York City vs Columbus Crew 2025 – Betting Tips for the Major League Soccer on 17/09/2025

Match context and recent shapes

New York City welcome Columbus Crew to Yankee Stadium on 17/09/2025 in what promises to be an entertaining Regular Season clash. The Bronx setting and the crowd of up to 47,309 adds a cauldron-like backdrop for a fixture between two sides with attacking intent. New York City come into the game sitting seventh in the table with 47 points from 28 matches, a team that has been capable of striking quickly and often at home — 22 goals scored at Yankee Stadium this season against 13 conceded. Their last outing produced a confident 3-1 win over Chicago Fire, a match in which Maxi Moralez stood out with the best player rating. That result extends a run where New York City have been collecting wins with frequency, reflected in a recent ledger showing six victories in ten outings.

Columbus Crew travel as the fifth-placed side on 49 points from 29 matches. Their season numbers underline a club geared towards open football: 48 goals scored so far and a rather porous defensive record away from home where they have conceded 25. Columbus arrive off an absolute goal-fest, a 5-4 win over Atlanta United where Diego Martín Rossi Marachlian earned a spectacular best-player rating. Recent form for Columbus has been mixed but dangerous — capable of high-scoring triumphs and also prone to defensive lapses.

Tactical shapes and statistical edge

Numbers point to an attractive, end-to-end encounter. Both teams have a 50% rate of both-teams-to-score in their respective home and away splits, and the away team’s over-2.5 percentage sits north of 60% this season. New York City’s attacking averages — total shots and shots inside the box — indicate they will look to control the game through sustained pressure, while Columbus’ higher shots and dangerous-attacks averages suggest they will punish spaces in transition. The head-to-head earlier in the season settled at 0-0, but that blank scoreline looks like an outlier when stacked against recent fireworks from both camps.

Referee Sergii Boiko will take charge, and the likely open nature of play could see plenty of set-piece opportunities at a stadium that has witnessed its share of vivid MLS encounters.

Betting suggestion: Given the attacking traits on display for both sides, recent high-scoring results (3-1 and 5-4), and season over-2.5 goal percentages leaning toward more goals, the strongest single-market play here is the goal market: Back Over 2.5 goals. This selection captures the profile of two teams that score freely and concede too, offering value in a fixture that should produce entertainment and multiple goalmouth moments.