Columbus Crew vs New England Revolution Prediction: Expect a thrilling game

Columbus Crew are one of the in-form teams at the moment, after pulling off 3 wins in a row and scoring 12 goals in that period. They welcome New England Revolution to the Lower.com Field. New England Revolution come here with a good record behind them too. They have won 3 of their last 4 matches, with the other match ending in a draw. With the form of these teams, this clash should be exciting with plenty of goals. In the eastern conference, these two are highly-placed in 2nd and 4th, with just 3 points separating them. Surely a win here for either side will go a long way to preserving their place at the top of the log.

A few weeks earlier, no one would have guessed Columbus Crew would be putting in such excellent performances in this campaign. After their 2-1 loss to New York Red Bulls, they went on to win their last 3 matches, beating Atlanta United 6-1, Real Salt Lake 4-0 and then DC United 2-0. Indeed this is a revived Columbus Crew team. In their last 5 matches, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Columbus Crew put up a very dominant display against DC United beating them 2-0 at the end. Lucas Zelarayan opened the scoring from the spot in the 39th minute, before Christian Ramirez doubled their lead in the 47th minute. Columbus Crew had 56% possession, 5 shots on target and 4 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

Columbus Crew are currently 4th in the eastern conference, with 13 points from 7 matches. They have 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, and a goal ratio of 12:6.

Team streaks: wins (3), first to score (7/8), first half winner (5/6), less than 10.5 corners (9/9).

New England Revolution deserve some credit for their fine form in this campaign. In their last 5 matches, they had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat and they have lost just 1 match all season. They were 4-0 winners against CF Montreal in their last match. Dylan Borrero put New England Revolution ahead in the 21st minute, before Carles Gil doubled the lead from the spot in the 49th minute. And they didn’t look like slowing down in the second half as Bobby Wood and Giacomo Vrioni both scored in the 50th and 86th minutes. New England Revolution had 58% possession, 9 shots on target and 6 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

New England Revolution are in 2nd place on the eastern conference table, with 16 points from 7 matches. They had 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, and a goal ratio of 12:6.

Team streak: no losses (4), first to score (5/7), less than 4.5 cards (5/5), more than 10.5 corners (4/5).

These two teams have played 20 matches against each other. Columbus Crew have 9 wins, while New England Revolution have 5 wins and 6 matches ended in a draw.

• Columbus Crew have not lost the last 4 meetings.
• New England Revolution have not lost the last 5 meetings.
• There were less than 2.5 goals scored in 7/9 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/6 meetings.

• Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1): Exon Gustavo Vallecilla, Milos Degenek, Steven Moreira, William Sands, Darlington Nagbe, Aidan Morris, Mohammed Farsi, Lucas Zelarayan, Alexandru Matan Christian Ramirez.
• New England Revolution (4-4-2): Dorde Petrovic, Brandon Bye, Henry Kessler, Dave Romney, DeJuan Jones, Dylan Borrero, Matt Polster, Latif Blessing, Gustavo Bou, Bobby Wood, Carles Gil.

These two have been in brilliant form this season, scoring lots of goals with their attacking flair style of play. I think they will continue in the same way when they face each other, playing end to end in search of loads of goals.

• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.67 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score at 1.99 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-1 at 6.9 Odds