Home advantage could prove decisive in New England II - Columbus Crew II battle

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Competition: USA MLS Next Pro
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gillette Stadium (66829 seats)

New England II oppose Columbus Crew II for glory and victory.

Insights:
  • New England II have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II have the fewest conceded goals (3) in MLS Next Pro

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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New England II form and stats

Perfect MLS Next Pro season at home so far for New England II 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The New England II crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Columbus Crew II here at Gillette Stadium. As you see from the result above, New England II suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that, England had a home game versus Inter Miami II which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 New England II have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.

New England II has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Columbus Crew II form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the MLS Next Pro away games so far for Columbus Crew II with six points collected from three matches. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus New England II.

Two trips in a row for Columbus, whose coach Courtois could celebrate last time after the win against New England II. As you can tell from the results above, Columbus Crew II was very dominant against New England II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Fuson (2), Russell-Rowe and Micaletto providing the goals. Russell-Rowe has scored for the visitors three fixtures in a row. The efficiency!

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Toronto II.

The attacking power of Columbus Crew II when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Columbus Crew II are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H encounter ended England - Columbus Crew II 0-4, played this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Fuson with 2 goals scored against New England II in these 1 games.

New England II missing players

Columbus Crew II missing players

New England II Columbus Crew II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 4 1 Played P 1 4 6
3 3 1 Won W 1 3 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 7 1 Scored S 1 6 10
9 7 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
67% 75% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
33% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 67%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 17%
 
7 7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
5 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
2.5 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.5 16.5 25 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 14
6.5 6.5 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
8% 8% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 57%
 
11 11 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 8
5.5 5.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Key stats in MLS Next Pro this season:
  • Columbus Crew II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Columbus Crew II have the fewest conceded goals (3) in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II have the most clean sheets (3) away in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II have the most clean sheets (4) in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II have the most points (6) away in MLS Next Pro
  • Columbus Crew II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Columbus Crew II is in the best form (5-0-1) in MLS Next Pro
  • New England II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New England II have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in MLS Next Pro
  • New England II have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in MLS Next Pro
  • New England II 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 Columbus Crew II 5 4 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 3 12
2 Inter Miami II 5 3 1 1 8 10 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 1 7 -2 11
3 New York City II 5 2 2 1 15 9 2 1 1 0 9 2 3 1 1 1 6 7 6 10
4 New England II 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
5 Toronto II 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 6
6 Bethlehem Steel 4 1 2 1 8 7 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 5
7 Orlando City II 5 1 2 2 4 6 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 3
8 FC Cincinnati II 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
9 Chicago Fire II 5 0 2 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 2
10 Rochester Rhinos 4 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 -5 0