Two sides separated by just four points in the Eastern Conference MLS will square off this weekend when Columbus Crew hosts New England Revolution at the Lower.com Field. Kickoffs on July 24 at 02:30 EAT.
The hosts are enjoying an impressive form at the moment, they are now unbeaten in their last eight matches. The decent form sees the club sit in the sixth place with 29 points gathered from seven wins against five loses and eight draws.
Columbus Crew heads into this meeting confident following 2-0 MLS success to beat FC Cincinnati in their previous game. In that match, Columbus Crew had 58% possession, 17 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Juan Camilo Hernández (16′) and Lucas Zelarayán (86′). FC Cincinatti got nine shots with two of them on target.
New England Revolution on the other hand has not had it smooth in their last four matches where they are without a win. Coming into this game, New England Revolution has picked up five points from the last five games both home and away, to sit 10th with 25 points similar to Inter Miami in the ninth place.
New Eng. Revolution suffered 2-1 MLS defeat at the hand of Philadelphia Union in their most recent encounter. In that match, New Eng. Revolution managed 56% possession, 18 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Gustavo Bou (61′). Philadelphia Union got 20 shots with six of them on target and goals by Mikael Uhre (75′) and Dániel Gazdag (79′).
Columbus Crew vs New Eng. Revolution head to head
There have been 58 head to head encounters between these two teams since 2003. Columbus Crew claims 22 victories and New England 21 victories while 15 matches ended in stalemates.
- New England 2-2 Columbus 08/05/22
- New England 1-1 Columbus 19/09/21
- Columbus 2-2 New England 04/07/21
- New England 1-0 Columbus 17/05/21
- Columbus 1-0 New England 06/12/20
Home
- Columbus 2-0 Cincinnati
- DC United 2-2 Columbus
- Chicago 2-3 Columbus
- Columbus 0-0 Philadelphia
- Toronto 1-2 Columbus
Away
- Philadelphia 2-1 New England
- New York City 4-2 New England
- New England 2-2 Cincinnati
- Vancouver 0-0 New England
- New England 2-1 Minnesota
Columbus Crew team news
Artur will remain for this fixture as he recovers from long time injury for Caleb Porter.
New Eng. Revolution team news
Bruce Arena’s side will take to the pitch with a fully fit squad.
Prediction and odds
We are backing a home win however both sides posses the power to find the back of the net. Columbus Crew is unbeaten in their last eight matches while New England is winless in their last four matches.
- Columbus Crew Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
