This could be a great game, with New England placed 3rd and Columbus Crew at 5th. Read our preview!
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Columbus Crew have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Columbus Crew have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for England and Columbus Crew.
New England form and stats
New England are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Gillette Stadium. 11 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
The New England club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Charlotte and win 2-1. At last, a league victory after four matches without. Midfielder Kaye was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Kaye served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).
2-2 away at Chicago Fire before that.This is expected to be a close game, with New England perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New England as a small favourite), we find 8 games. England has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 14 most recent league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for New England as they are travelling to their away game against Orlando City in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
England can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 34 times. 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 13 from 15 matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Columbus Crew so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Columbus Crew played 1-1 against Philadelphia Union in their previous match. Midfield player Gressel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Gressel hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dallas.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Columbus Crew, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Columbus now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at Atlanta United is waiting in only three days.
Columbus Crew has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games.
Head 2 Head
New England have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (1-5-0) when facing Columbus Crew.The participants have met each other already this season, with the result Columbus Crew - England 1-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Suárez 14 goals |   C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 9 goals |  C. Ramírez 8 goals |
New England missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| New England | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 14 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 51 | 34 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | 62 |
| 37 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 30 | 43 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 67% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 47% | 39% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 26% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 68% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 26% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 6% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 13.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 14.3 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 38% | 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | 37% |
| 14.9 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+19) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 65 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | New England | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | New York City | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 9 | DC United | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 11 | Montreal Impact | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -18 | 37 |
| 12 | New York RB | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Toronto | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 31 | -25 | 22 |
