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The 2024 edition of MLS is back in action with another set of matches this weekend as New England Revolution take on an impressive Columbus Crew in an important clash at the Gillette Stadium on Saturday. The two teams have experienced contrasting fortunes this season and will want to win this game.
New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew Preview
New England Revolution are in 12th place in the MLS Eastern Conference standings and have not been at their best this season. The home side edged FC Cincinnati to a narrow 2-1 victory last week and will be confident ahead of this fixture.
Columbus Crew, on the other hand, are in fifth place in the league table and have been impressive this season. The Crew thrashed Sporting Kansas City by a 4-0 scoreline in their previous game and will look to achieve a similar scoreline this weekend.
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New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Columbus Crew have a slight edge over New England Revolution and have won 25 out of the 69 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to New England's Revolution's 24 victories.
- Columbus Crew were on a run of five draws on the trot against New England Revolution in MLS before they secured a narrow 2-1 victory against them in October last year.
- New England Revolution have won their last four matches on the trot - they had won only four of their previous 22 matches in the regular season of MLS before this run.
- Columbus Crew have won five of their last six matches in the regular season of MLS and have scored three or more goals on 15 occasions since the start of last year.
New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew Prediction
Columbus Crew have been impressive over the past year and have been in excellent form going into this game. Cucho Hernandez scored a brilliant hat-trick last week and will look to replicate his heroics in this match.
New England Revolution started their campaign poorly but have shown marked improvement in recent weeks. Both teams are on an even footing and could play out a draw in this clash.
Prediction: New England Revolution 2-2 Columbus Crew
New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Draw
Tip 2: Game to have over 2.5 goals - Yes
Tip 3: New England Revolution to score first - Yes
Tip 4: Cucho Hernandez to score - Yes
