Top-drawer New England visit Minnesota United after their 2-2-result versus Austin. Get out our complete match preview!
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
New England play their home games on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. The latest results for New England when playing on grass are 6 wins, 4 draws and 13 defeats from 23 matches. They have created {29 goals} and conceded 43 times in these fixtures.
These teams have little in common geographically as New England have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Minnesota United form and stats
3-7-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Minnesota United so far this season.
The Minnesota United coach Heath and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus SJ Earthquakes (placed 8th).
Ahead of that match, Minnesota United won a home game hosting Colorado Rapids (3-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Minnesota have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Minnesota United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Minnesota United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New England form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, New England have produced an overall stat of 3-4-5 so far. New England has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
England delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Austin (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. Midfield player Gil was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Gil hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus New York RB.New England are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Observe that 12 of this side's 15 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far New England have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. New England struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings involving these sides: Minnesota won two, New England triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |   E. Reynoso 6 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
New England missing players
| Minnesota United | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 45 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 19 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 92% | 96% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 81% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 58% | 65% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 5.5 | 7.1 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 15.8 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 28% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 39% |
| 14.3 | 11.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17.1 | 14.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 53 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 47 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 41 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 40 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 9 | Dallas | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Austin | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -12 | 30 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 19 |
