New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 16 May 2021 · 22:00 UTC Gillette Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 71' Waylon Francis

Wilfrid Kaptoum 80' Y

Jon Bell 83' Y

Overview

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New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Gillette Stadium.

New England Revolution 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-16 New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-12-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New England Revolution 2019-04-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New England Revolution 2019-03-09 New England Revolution 0–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-05-19 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
12 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
08 May	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
01 May	Atlanta United FC	H	2–1	W
25 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	0–1	L
18 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	New England Revolution	A	0–1	L
12 May	Toronto FC	A	0–2	L
08 May	D.C. United SC	H	3–1	W
01 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D
18 Apr	Philadelphia Union	H	0–0	D
13 Dec	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against New England Revolution and Columbus Crew SC has kicked off!
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
15' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
20' It’s high time Caleb Porter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
25' Jon Bell is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New England Revolution tonight.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. New England Revolution and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
35' New England Revolution are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jonathan Mensah, as he is very good at scoring at Gillette Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Waylon Francis made 288 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
50' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
55' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
59' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Alexandru Matan comes on to replace Luis Diaz.
64' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
66' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 66 minute. Gyasi Zardes leaves to be changed by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
67' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Derrick Etienne has done his job and it is now time for Liam Fraser to step up.
68' Time for substitution for New England Revolution. Teal Bunbury is replaced by Tajon Buchanan.
69' A change in the New England Revolution ranks — Maciel exits the field as Wilfrid Kaptoum enters on 69.
71' Waylon Francis is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
76' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New England Revolution that had 284 games and scored 410 goals.
78' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Waylon Francis has done his job and it is now time for Saad Abdul-Salam to step up.
80' The referee has no hesitation. Wilfrid Kaptoum is booked for New England Revolution — Yellow card on 80.
83' Jon Bell has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 83.
83' The crowd applauds Arnor Ingvi Traustason as he leaves the pitch. Adam Buksa steps in for New England Revolution.
86' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Adam Buksa makes no mistake. 1-0!
90' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Thomas McNamara comes on to replace Gustavo Bou.
The points are shared — New England Revolution 1-0 Columbus Crew SC. Honours even.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

22
Carles Gil
7
Gustavo Bou ↓ Thomas McNamara 90'
25
Arnor Ingvi Traustason ↓ Adam Buksa 83'
2
Andrew Farrell
30
Matt Turner
15
Brandon Bye
10
Teal Bunbury ↓ Tajon Buchanan 68'
8
Matt Polster
24
DeJuan Jones
23
Jon Bell
13
Maciel ↓ Wilfrid Kaptoum 69'

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Liam Fraser 67'
14
Waylon Francis ↓ Saad Abdul-Salam 78'
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 66'
7
Pedro Santos
8
Artur ↓ Aboubacar Keita 78'
6
Darlington Nagbe
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Alexandru Matan 59'
3
Josh Williams

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	5
Alexandru Matan	3
Adam Buksa	3
Max Arfsten	2
Gustavo Bou	2
Diego Rossi	2
Miguel Berry	1
Gyasi Zardes	1

Head to Head

New England Revolution Form

2021-05-16 New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-05-12 Philadelphia Union 1–1 New England Revolution D 2021-05-08 Nashville SC 2–0 New England Revolution L 2021-05-01 New England Revolution 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2021-04-25 New England Revolution 0–1 D.C. United SC L 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-05-16 New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-05-12 Toronto FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-05-08 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-05-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-04-18 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union D 2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.25 New England Revolution xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.84 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: New England Revolution or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution45% Draw31% Columbus Crew SC24%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.09

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	34%	66%
± 3.5	16%	84%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

75%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

55%

New England Revolution or Columbus Crew SC

69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution30% Draw53% Columbus Crew SC17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

14.8%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.9%

2 – 0

9.3%

0 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

5.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3.8%

2 – 2

3.4%

3 – 1

3.3%

3 – 2

1.5%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	24%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	15%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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