A lot of action is likely at MAPFRE Stadium when Columbus Crew challenge New England in what should be a first-class fixture. Read the preview!
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most points (6) away in Major League Soccer
10-2-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for New England when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 22 matches are 39-42 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as New England have to travel 1200 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.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for Columbus Crew 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Columbus Crew goalkeeper Patrick Schulte is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
It's back home for Columbus Crew, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating DC United away with the result 2-0. Zelarayán and Ramirez found the net in that victory. Sands (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Sands hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Salt Lake in a game that was won 4-0.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 Columbus Crew have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Columbus always seem capable of creating a buzz here at MAPFRE Stadium with 12 goals in 3 league games. Defensively Columbus Crew have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New England form and stats
New England have six points from their first three away games in the Major League Soccer, meaning two victories and a loss.
New England are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Montreal Impact (placed 15th). As you can tell from the results above, England was very dominant against Montreal Impact, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Borrero, Gil, Vrioni and Wood providing the goals. Attacker Gil got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Gil scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 58 successful passes (of 66 total).
A draw for New England before that, at their own venue hosting New York City (1-1).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 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as England have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Columbus Crew have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (0-4-0) when playing New England.Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |  A. Morris 3 goals |  C. Ramírez 3 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
New England missing players
| Columbus Crew | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.7 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 10.7 | 8.3 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.7 | 13.4 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.7 | 5.1 |
- All of Columbus Crew's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+9) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have won all their matches at home so far.
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New England have the most points (6) away in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | New England | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | New York City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Toronto | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | New York RB | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | DC United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -13 | 3 |
