New England welcome Austin with hopes of picking up all three points. Can they? Read our preview!
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 New England and Austin.
New England form and stats
10-3-0 is the performance here at Gillette Stadium so far in the Major League Soccer, giving New England a total of 33 from their 13 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Chicago Fire game England has been unbeatable here at Gillette Stadium producing six straight wins.
New England's last game was hosting New York RB (placed 12th) and winning 1-0. Defender Polster got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Polster hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montreal Impact (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New England handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this side has seen at least three goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 13 games), England's attacking play is working. From these home matches, New England have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Austin form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Austin so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Austin much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. New England will be a tough nut to crack.
Austin failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Seattle Sounders that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Driussi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Driussi scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 6 of 11 times and had 33 successful passes (of 35 total).
Prior to that match, the Austin manager Wolff faced defeat when travelling to Dallas and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Austin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 5 victories, 2 draws and 14 defeats.
Observe that 11 of this club's 13 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
Austin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Austin have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 8 goals |   C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |
New England missing players
Austin missing players
| New England | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 43 | 30 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 36 |
| 29 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 28 | 41 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 96% |
| 80% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 92% | 81% |
| 64% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 69% | 65% |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 56% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 69% | 62% |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 14.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 39% | 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 14.8 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.2 | 14.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Austin 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 (9) 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 57 |
| 2 | New England | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 46 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 44 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -10 | 35 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | New York RB | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | New York City | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Toronto | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -16 | 22 |
