Tonight, New York City FC will face Columbus Crew at the Mapfre Stadium in their 6th game of the 2016 Major League Soccer campaign.
With New York City having kept a clean sheet for the first time this season during last week's game against Chicago, Patrick Vieira's men will be looking for more of the same whilst hoping for a little more luck at the other end of the field.
With the Eastern conference already beginning to look like a tight affair New York City FC have a great opportunity to capitalise on the downfalls being made by the teams around them.
Having had a run of games at Yankee Stadium, tonight begins a series of back to back games on the road with 5 out of the next 7 games taking place away from the Bronx. Some may say this gives us a great opportunity to rack up some points, as the clubs home form has been lacking in recent weeks.
New York City FC's opponent, Columbus Crew have started the 2016 campaign poorly and are still looking for their first win of the season. The side from Ohio have just two points from their first 5 games, a stat you wouldn't expect from a side such as the Crew. Columbus are a dangerous outfit and on their day are up there amongst the best sides in Major League Soccer.
Earlier this week Patrick Vieira identified a number of key danger-men in the Columbus side "Its not just Kamara. I think Higuain is a terrific player because if you give him space and time on the ball he can make the pass, create something that only he can do".
During the club's Inaugural season last year the two sided met each other twice with New York City FC managing a 2-2 draw on the road before falling to a 2-1 defeat at Yankee Stadium just a week or so later.
Kwadwo Poku will be hoping he can replicate his performance from last years trip to Columbus, as he grabbed himself a brace in the away fixture.
For those of you in the UK, tonight's game is Live on Sky Sports 3 (+HD) from 12:35am (Sunday Morning).
If you are unable to watch tonight's game, we will be live tweeting throughout with play by play action sent straight to your phone, just make sure you turn on notifications from up prior to kick off.
Wishing all those who have made and are still making the trip to Columbus a safe journey, bring back that win!
Come on New York City!
With New York City having kept a clean sheet for the first time this season during last week's game against Chicago, Patrick Vieira's men will be looking for more of the same whilst hoping for a little more luck at the other end of the field.
With the Eastern conference already beginning to look like a tight affair New York City FC have a great opportunity to capitalise on the downfalls being made by the teams around them.
Having had a run of games at Yankee Stadium, tonight begins a series of back to back games on the road with 5 out of the next 7 games taking place away from the Bronx. Some may say this gives us a great opportunity to rack up some points, as the clubs home form has been lacking in recent weeks.
New York City FC's opponent, Columbus Crew have started the 2016 campaign poorly and are still looking for their first win of the season. The side from Ohio have just two points from their first 5 games, a stat you wouldn't expect from a side such as the Crew. Columbus are a dangerous outfit and on their day are up there amongst the best sides in Major League Soccer.
Earlier this week Patrick Vieira identified a number of key danger-men in the Columbus side "Its not just Kamara. I think Higuain is a terrific player because if you give him space and time on the ball he can make the pass, create something that only he can do".
During the club's Inaugural season last year the two sided met each other twice with New York City FC managing a 2-2 draw on the road before falling to a 2-1 defeat at Yankee Stadium just a week or so later.
Kwadwo Poku will be hoping he can replicate his performance from last years trip to Columbus, as he grabbed himself a brace in the away fixture.
For those of you in the UK, tonight's game is Live on Sky Sports 3 (+HD) from 12:35am (Sunday Morning).
If you are unable to watch tonight's game, we will be live tweeting throughout with play by play action sent straight to your phone, just make sure you turn on notifications from up prior to kick off.
Wishing all those who have made and are still making the trip to Columbus a safe journey, bring back that win!
Come on New York City!