Get ready for New England - Charlotte! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this fixture could be cracking!
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
New England form and stats
New England are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Gillette Stadium. 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games.
An away draw last time out for New England, facing Chicago Fire in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Gil was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.1 (out of ten) in that game. Gil scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 10 of 13 times and had 51 successful passes (of 59 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Colorado Rapids (1-2).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from England's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 11 games, won 4 matches, drawn 6 and lost 1.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 13 latest league matches shows that 10 of them had goals from both sides.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Columbus Crew in only four days. This game is also played here at Gillette Stadium.
Goals decide football matches and New England are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 14 league matches. New England are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gillette Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.
Charlotte form and stats
There's been little loot from Charlotte's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. Charlotte only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
Charlotte play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Cincinnati (placed 1st). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points. The attacker Meram got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Meram hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Philadelphia Union.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Charlotte when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
After this away game Charlotte return home for a Major League Soccer game against Toronto. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Charlotte find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Charlotte rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Charlotte - New England 0-1 was the product when these two teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for New England, zero draws and one win for Charlotte. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 9 goals |   K. Świderski 8 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |
New England missing players
Charlotte missing players
| New England | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 49 | 32 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 36 |
| 36 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 83% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 66% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 64% | 62% |
| 34% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 62% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 66% |
| 28% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 14.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 40% |
| 14.9 | 12.6 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.9 | 12.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
- Charlotte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- New England have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 62 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 51 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 49 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 49 |
| 6 | New England | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | New York City | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -15 | 37 |
| 10 | DC United | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | New York RB | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Toronto | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 22 |
