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88:00'
- New York Red Bulls's Sean Davis is shown a yellow card in the 88th minute.
- Sean Davis's first yellow card in this MLS Cup.
- It's the 5th yellow card Nima Saghafi has handed out in the MLS Cup. (2 matches)
Substitution
87:00'
- 87th min: Justin Meram is replaced by Lalas Abubakar.
- This is the 2nd time Justin Meram has been substituted this season in 2 starts. Overall, he has been substituted 6 times in 12 MLS Cup starts.
- Lalas Abubakar on for the 1 time this season from his 1 appearance on the bench, never appearing in the starting XI this season, Overall he has come of the bench 1 time in 5 appearances on the bench.
Substitution
70:00'
- 70th min: Alex Muyl is replaced by Andreas Ivan.
- This is the first time Alex Muyl has been substituted this season in 1 starts. Overall, he has been substituted 3 times in 3 MLS Cup starts.
- Andreas Ivan makes his MLS Cup debut.
Substitution
67:00'
- 67th min: Luis Argudo is replaced by Pedro Santos.
- Luis Argudo has been substituted for the first time, starting 1 time in this MLS Cup season.
- Pedro Santos has been named as a sub 1 time and started the match 1 time.
Substitution
62:00'
- 62nd min: Daniel Royer is replaced by Derrick Etienne.
- This is the first time Daniel Royer has been substituted this season in 1 starts. Overall, he has been substituted 3 times in 5 MLS Cup starts.
- Derrick Etienne makes his MLS Cup debut.
Assist
61:00'
- Federico Higuain gets his first assist of the match, on Gyasi Zardes's 61st minute goal.
- Federico Higuain gets his first assist of the season.
Goal
61:00'
- Gyasi Zardes has scored the opening goal of the match vs New York Red Bulls at MAPFRE Stadium in the 61st minute (1 - 0).
- This is the first goal for Gyasi Zardes in the MLS Cup as a Columbus Crew player.
- Gyasi Zardes scores his first goal this season, he now has 2 goals in 3 MLS Cup seasons.
- Columbus Crew go on to score a second goal 50% of the time after scoring one goal. They have scored one goal in 8 of their last 10 MLS Cup matches and gone on to score again 4 times.
- New York Red Bulls go on to concede a second goal 85.71% of the time after conceding one goal. They have conceded one goal in 7 of their last 10 MLS Cup matches and gone on to concede again 6 times.
- In their last 3 MLS Cup meetings, Columbus Crew have now scored 3 goals while New York Red Bulls have scored 1.
Substitution
46:00'
- 46th min: Patrick Mullins is replaced by Federico Higuain.
- This is the first time Patrick Mullins has been substituted this season in 1 starts. Overall, he has been substituted 1 time in 2 MLS Cup starts.
- Federico Higuain has been named as a sub 1 time and started the match 1 time.
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31:00'
- Columbus Crew's Milton Valenzuela is shown a yellow card in the 31st minute.
- Milton Valenzuela's 2nd yellow card of the season.
- It's the 4th yellow card Nima Saghafi has handed out in the MLS Cup. (2 matches)
15 minute.
15:00'
- Columbus Crew have conceded 50% goals in the middle of the first half, 50% compared to the competition average 31.25%, 1 of the 2 goals conceded.
Kick Off
0:00'
- With 2 goals each Federico Higuain (Columbus Crew, Forward), Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers, Midfielder) & Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake, Midfielder) are the leading scorer in this MLS Cup 2018 season.
- Federico Higuain (Forward) is the leading scorer for Columbus Crew in this MLS Cup 2018 season having 2 goals.
Columbus Crew
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New York Red Bulls
- Zack Steffen, Goalkeeper 23y 215d
- Harrison Afful, Defender 32y 132d
- Jonathan Mensah, Defender 28y 113d
- Justin Meram, Midfielder 29y 335d
- Will Trapp, Midfielder 25y 294d
- Artur, Midfielder 22y 237d
- Luis Argudo, Midfielder 22y 326d
- Milton Valenzuela, Midfielder 20y 83d
- Josh Williams, Midfielder 30y 199d
- Patrick Mullins, Forward 26y 276d
- Gyasi Zardes, Forward 27y 63d
- Luis Robles, Goalkeeper 34y 176d
- Michael Amir Murillo, Defender 22y 265d
- Tyler Adams, Defender 19y 261d
- Tim Parker, Defender 25y 252d
- Aaron Long, Defender 26y 23d
- Kemar Lawrence, Defender 26y 47d
- Alejandro Romero, Midfielder 23y 298d
- Sean Davis, Midfielder 25y 267d
- Daniel Royer, Midfielder 28y 165d
- Alex Muyl, Forward 23y 34d
- Bradley Wright-Phillips, Forward 33y 236d
Substitutions
- Jon Kempin, Goalkeeper
- Lalas Abubakar, Defender
- Cristian Martinez, Midfielder
- Hector Jimenez, Midfielder
- Ricardo Clark, Midfielder
- Pedro Santos, Forward
- Federico Higuain, Forward
- Ryan Meara, Goalkeeper
- Fidel Escobar, Defender
- Connor Lade, Defender
- Marc Rzatkowski, Midfielder
- Derrick Etienne, Midfielder
- Andreas Ivan, Midfielder
- Brian White, Forward
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Pre-match Stats
- Columbus Crew's MLS Cup starting XI averages 26 years and 147 days, with the youngest player in the line up Milton Valenzuela at 20 years and 83 days, compared to the oldest Harrison Afful at 32 years and 132 days.
- Columbus Crew's starting line up has players from 5 different countries, United States lead the way with 6 players, followed by Ghana with 2.
- New York Red Bulls's MLS Cup starting XI averages 26 years and 125 days, with the youngest player in the line up Tyler Adams at 19 years and 261 days, compared to the oldest Luis Robles at 34 years and 176 days.
- New York Red Bulls's starting line up has players from 6 different countries, United States lead the way with 6 players.
- The only debutant for Columbus Crew in the MLS Cup is Luis Argudo.
- Luis Argudo becomes the 45th player to play for Columbus Crew in the MLS Cup.
- Luis Argudo is the 21st United States player to play for Columbus Crew in the MLS Cup.
- There have been 16 goals in the MLS Cup 2018 season averaging 1.33 per team, with Columbus Crew conceding 2, ranking 7th place and New York Red Bulls conceding 0, ranking first place.
- Columbus Crew have had 4 shots against on target from 12 shots, a shot on target ratio of 33.33%, which compares to the MLS Cup 2018 average of 37.11%.
- Columbus Crew have had 6 shots on target from 16 shots, a shot on target ratio of 37.5%, which compares to the MLS Cup 2018 average of 37.11%.
- Nima Saghafi has refereed 1 time in the MLS Cup and issued 3 yellow cards, that's an average of 3 per match.
- This is the first time Nima Saghafi has refereed this fixture in the MLS Cup.
- Nima Saghafi is in charge of Columbus Crew for the first time in the MLS Cup.
- Nima Saghafi is in charge of New York Red Bulls for the first time in the MLS Cup.
- Gregg Berhalter's record in the MLS Cup is W2 D6 L2 with 8 goals for and 6 against.
- Chris Armas's record in the MLS Cup is W0 D0 L1 with 3 goals for and 4 against.
- Last time when Columbus Crew ended in a win in the MLS Cup was on the road at New York Red Bulls on 22 November 2015 ending 2 - 0, they played 7 games without winning a match.
- The last time Columbus Crew lost a match in the MLS Cup was on the road when beaten 1 - none by New York Red Bulls on 30 November 2015. They are now unbeaten in 6 matches.
- Columbus Crew have not lost a match at home in their last 4 MLS Cup home games.
- Last time when New York Red Bulls ended in a win in the MLS Cup was at home on 30 November 2015 vs Columbus Crew ending 1 - 0, they played 6 games without winning a match.
- Darlington Nagbe (Midfielder) has made 13 MLS Cup appearances and scored 1 goal.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips (Forward) has made 12 MLS Cup appearances, he has scored 3 goals and been shown 1 yellow card.
- Federico Higuain (Forward) has made 10 MLS Cup appearances, he has scored 3 goals and been shown 1 yellow card.
- Harrison Afful (Defender) has made 10 MLS Cup appearances, has 1 assist and been shown 1 yellow card.
- Ricardo Clark (Midfielder) has made 8 MLS Cup appearances and scored 1 goal.
- Tim Parker (Defender) has made 6 MLS Cup appearances, he has scored 1 goal and been shown 1 yellow card.
- Fanendo Adi (Forward) has made 5 MLS Cup appearances, he has scored 2 goals and 1 assist.
- Daniel Royer (Midfielder) has made 5 MLS Cup appearances and has 2 assists.
- Gyasi Zardes (Forward) has made 4 MLS Cup appearances, he has scored 1 goal and 1 assist.
- Waylon Francis (Defender) has made 4 MLS Cup appearances and has 1 assist.
- Gaston Sauro (Defender) has made 4 MLS Cup appearances and been shown 3 yellow cards.