Match preview Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids - New England at Dick's Sporting Goods Park

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Fri 05.July
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (19734 seats)

Colorado Rapids hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 12th position in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting New England holds 8th place with 23 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Colorado Rapids nor New England as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

New England play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for New England when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 18 defeats from 29 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 71 times in these games. New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Colorado Rapids, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Major League Soccer, have collected 14 points from their home games so far after 4-2-5.

The Colorado Rapids crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to New England here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in a Major League Soccer match. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Los Angeles FC.

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 Colorado Rapids have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 3.

The Colorado Rapids fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Colorado Rapids with 22 goals conceded in these matches.

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New England form and stats

New England have only collected 9 points from their away games after 2-3-4 (9 played).

Two travels in a row for New England, whose manager B. Arena could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Colorado Rapids. Before that, New England secured a home win against Houston Dynamo with the score 2-1.

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 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of six matches.

New England find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures. For New England, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Colorado Rapids - New England 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Colorado Rapids victories, 2 draws and 6 New England wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Bunbury
2 goals
N. Mezquida
1 goals
D. Rubio
1 goals / 1 assists

Colorado Rapids missing players

New England missing players

Colorado Rapids New England
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
19 11 3 Played 1 9 19
5 4 1 Won 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew 1 3 5
10 5 2 Lost 0 4 8
29 20 4 Scored 4 12 22
38 22 7 Conceded 4 22 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 95%
79% 82% 67% Over 1.5 100% 78% 84%
63% 73% 67% Over 2.5 100% 67% 53%
53% 64% 67% Over 3.5 100% 44% 26%
42% 55% 67% Over 4.5 100% 44% 21%
74% 82% 67% BTTS 100% 67% 58%
16% 18% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 11%
11% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 37%
 
4.8 6.2 5.7 Corners For (avg) 0 3 4.3
5.4 4.9 5 Corners Against (avg) 9 5 4.6
2.2 2.5 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 7 2.7 2.4
6 5 1 Red Cards 2 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Colorado Rapids have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Colorado Rapids have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New England have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Colorado Rapids
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer CONCACAF Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-06-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 - 0 Minnesota United
13-06-19 UOC Colorado Rapids 2 - 2 New Mexico United
23-06-19 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 2 - 2 Colorado Rapids
29-06-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 - 0 Los Angeles FC
05-07-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 - 2 New England
14-07-19 MLS Portland Timbers 03:00 Colorado Rapids
16-07-19 CF Colorado Rapids 01:00 Arsenal
21-07-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 01:00 New York City
28-07-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:00 Colorado Rapids
04-08-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 01:00 Montreal Impact
New England
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-06-19 UOC New York RB 2 - 2 New England
19-06-19 UOC Orlando City 0 - 0 New England
26-06-19 MLS New England 1 - 1 Philadelphia Union
29-06-19 MLS New England 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo
05-07-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 - 2 New England
12-07-19 MLS DC United 23:00 New England
17-07-19 MLS New England 23:00 Vancouver Whitecaps
21-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 22:00 New England
27-07-19 MLS New England 23:00 Orlando City
03-08-19 MLS New England 23:30 Los Angeles FC

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 18 12 4 2 44 15 8 7 1 0 20 6 10 5 3 2 24 9 29 40
2 LA Galaxy 19 11 1 7 26 22 10 7 0 3 16 11 9 4 1 4 10 11 4 34
3 Dallas 20 8 5 7 29 25 11 6 4 1 18 10 9 2 1 6 11 15 4 29
4 Seattle Sounders 18 8 5 5 27 24 9 7 2 0 17 7 9 1 3 5 10 17 3 29
5 Minnesota United 18 8 3 7 33 27 9 5 3 1 19 9 9 3 0 6 14 18 6 27
6 Houston Dynamo 17 8 3 6 26 22 10 7 3 0 20 9 7 1 0 6 6 13 4 27
7 Real Salt Lake 18 8 2 8 25 28 8 6 0 2 14 8 10 2 2 6 11 20 -3 26
8 SJ Earthquakes 18 7 4 7 29 30 10 6 1 3 20 14 8 1 3 4 9 16 -1 25
9 Portland Timbers 16 6 2 8 25 28 3 2 0 1 7 3 13 4 2 7 18 25 -3 20
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 19 4 8 7 21 25 10 3 4 3 10 11 9 1 4 4 11 14 -4 20
11 Sporting KC 18 4 7 7 28 34 9 3 3 3 20 20 9 1 4 4 8 14 -6 19
12 Colorado Rapids 19 5 4 10 29 38 11 4 2 5 20 22 8 1 2 5 9 16 -9 19

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