New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew Prediction, Preview, and Odds - 9/18/21
The New England Revolution defeated NYCFC 2-1 on Sunday in their most recent MLS fixture. New York City FC opened the scoring with a goal in the 11th minute but New England responded with an equalizer in the 21st minute by Emmanuel Boateng and a winner in the 65th minute by Tajon Buchanan. New England does not have any players out injured but Carles Gil, Maciel, Jon Bell and Gustavo Bou are all questionable.
Columbus defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-1 at home on Tuesday. New York opened the scoring in the 25th minute, but Columbus Crew scored an equalizer by Darlington Nagbe in the 74th minute and late substitute Miguel Berry scored the winner for Columbus in the 88th minute. Columbus Crew will play without Aidan Morris, Artur, Perry Kitchen and Kevin Molino.
New England running away in the East
The New England Revolution are first in the MLS Eastern Conference standings with a record of 17-4-4, 55 points and a +18 goal difference. The Revolution are 14 points clear of second-placed Nashville and even though New England has played two more matches than Nashville the Revolution would be 8 points ahead if Nashville is to win each of those two matches in hand. New England's 17 victories are four more than any other club in the MLS.
The Revolution have scored 47 goals this season which is four more than any other club and are averaging 1.88 goals per match. The leading goal scorer for New England is Gustavo Bou (questionable) with 12 and close behind is Adam Buska with 10. Carlos Gil (questionable) is the leader in assists for New England with 12. Matt Turner has appeared in goal in 19 of New England's 25 matches and has allowed 22 goals for an average of 1.16 per match.
Columbus Climbing Back Into Playoff Contention
The Columbus Crew are 10th in the MLS Eastern Conference standings with a record of 8-6-10, 30 points and a -5 goal difference. Columbus has two wins and two losses in each of its last four matches and is only three points behind 7th place Atlanta United for the final playoff spot in the conference.
Columbus has had its problems scoring goals this season as the Crew are averaging only 1.16 goals per match, while allowing an average of 1.36 goals per match. The leading goal scorer for Columbus is Lucas Zelarayan with 7 and Miguel Berry has scored five. Pedro Santos has the club-lead in assists with 3. Eloy Room has appeared in 23 of Columbus’ 25 matches and has allowed 32 goals for an average of 1.39 goals per match.
Pick: New England Revolution -175
New England has more victories and has scored more goals than any other club in the MLS this season and at 55 points has 9 more points than any other club in the league. New England has played extremely well at home winning each of the last four on its home pitch and is unbeaten in each of the last six at home. This season New England has one victory and one draw against Columbus with the victory coming at home at 1-0. Columbus has struggled on the road this season, losing each of the last five matches in the MLS played away from home.
Total: Over
New England has scored more goals than any other club in the MLS with 47 and the total has finished over the 2.5 goals per match threshold in 5 of New England's last 7 and in the most recent matchup against Columbus when the two fought to a 2-2 draw. The total has finished over in three of the last four played by Columbus. Promotional Summary: The New England Revolution look to continue their dominance at home and extend their lead atop the MLS Eastern Conference with a victory Saturday when hosting the Columbus Crew