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New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sat 19 May 2018 · 23:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Sorin Stoica
  • Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
  • Referee Katie Nesbitt
  • Referee Alan Kelly
  • Referee Geoff Gamble

Head-to-Head

3
6
8
New England Revolution 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–1 L
12 May Toronto FC H 3–2 W
05 May Montreal Impact FC A 2–4 L
28 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 1–0 W
21 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 2–2 D
14 Apr FC Dallas H 0–1 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 May New England Revolution A 1–0 W
12 May Chicago Fire FC H 3–0 W
09 May Philadelphia Union H 1–0 W
05 May Seattle Sounders FC A 0–0 D
28 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 2–1 W
21 Apr New England Revolution H 2–2 D

Season Stats

New England Revolution Columbus Crew SC
#3 Position #10
30 Points 20
18 Played 18
9 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 8
28 Scored 26
23 Conceded 28
+5 GD -2
1.67 PPG 1.11
50% Win % 28%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
32% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season
21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New England Revolution are 3rd (30 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution
0-15
3/
16-30
1/2
31-45
3/3
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/
76+
5/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/6
16-30
2/2
31-45
6/2
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/4
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New England Revolution
Carles Gil 5 G 3 A
Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. New England Revolution host Columbus Crew SC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' New England Revolution are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
  • 25' New England Revolution is showing some good football. However, New England Revolution are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gregg Berhalter will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 35' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' Teal Bunbury has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Harrison Afful, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Luis Argudo made 287 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 55' It looks like no one’s ball. New England Revolution is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 65' It looks surprising New England Revolution does not make any changes. Niko Hansen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 75' It’s high time Gregg Berhalter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 80' Lalas Abubakar is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New England Revolution so far.
  • 85' A quiet spell here at . Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 90' New England Revolution are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Columbus Crew SC backline.
  • It finishes all square. New England Revolution and Columbus Crew SC share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.24 New England Revolution xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.12 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: New England Revolution or Columbus Crew SC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New England Revolution36% Draw30% Columbus Crew SC34%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.36
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 68%
32%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw
66%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
64%
New England Revolution or Columbus Crew SC
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New England Revolution27% Draw50% Columbus Crew SC23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.1%
0 – 0
11.7%
1 – 0
10.5%
0 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
7.8%
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 0
7%
0 – 2
5.7%
2 – 2
4.5%
3 – 1
3.3%
3 – 0
2.9%
1 – 3
2.7%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap New England Revolution covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 6% 94%
-2 6% 11% 83%
-1.5 17% 83%
-1 17% 21% 63%
-0.5 37% 63%
+0.5 68% 32%
+1 68% 18% 13%
+1.5 87% 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% 4%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet
33%
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
30%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.