Major League Soccer · 2026Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

Columbus Crew

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vsPre-match analysis

New England Revolution

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: New England Revolution's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: New England Revolution's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

New England Revolution's recent record differs from the season

moderate

New England Revolution's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.38 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.4 goals/match	1.38 goals/match	1.63 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

New England Revolution show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

New England Revolution's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

11.5 shots/match▲ShotsColumbus Crew · New England Revolution10.1 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Columbus Crew	New England Revolution	Baseline
Shots	11.5 shots/match	10.1 shots/match	13 shots/match
Shots against	9.56 shots/match	13.1 shots/match	12.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Columbus Crew

0Draws

1New England Revolution

18 Apr 2026New England Revolution — Columbus Crew · Major League Soccer2–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Columbus Crew favored in 7 of 13 directional metrics · New England Revolution in 2 · 4 too close

1.38 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 16/161.38 goals/match

1.56 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 16/16▲1.25 goals/match

1.09 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 13/141.13 xG/match

1.17 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 13/141.37 xG/match

11.5 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 16/1610.1 shots/match

9.56 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 16/1613.1 shots/match

4.06 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 16/163.69 shots/match

4 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 16/165.38 shots/match

57.4%●Possessionseason · 16/1650.1%

5.25 corners/match●Cornersseason · 16/164.19 corners/match

3.63 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 16/165.5 corners/match

1.25 cards/matchCardsseason · 4/43 cards/match

10.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 16/1611.1 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

19%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 16/16▲25%

81%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 16/1669%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Columbus Crew95

New England Revolution51.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Columbus Crew25

New England Revolution13.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Columbus Crew74.5

New England Revolution48.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Columbus Crew8.3

New England Revolution15

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Columbus Crew9.2

New England Revolution55.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 63%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Columbus Crew63.3

New England Revolution11.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Columbus Crew30

New England Revolution12.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Columbus Crew16 matchesNew England Revolution16 matches

1.38 goals/matchGoals scored16/161.38 goals/match

1.56 goals/matchGoals allowed16/16▲1.25 goals/match

1.09 xG/matchExpected goals13/141.13 xG/match

11.5 shots/match▲Shots16/1610.1 shots/match

4.06 shots/match▲Shots on target16/163.69 shots/match

57.4%●Possession16/1650.1%

5.25 corners/match●Corners16/164.19 corners/match

1.25 cards/matchCards4/43 cards/match

10.1 fouls/matchFouls16/1611.1 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Columbus Crew8 matchesNew England Revolution6 matches

1.25 goals/match▲Goals scored8/60.83 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowed8/61.83 goals/match

1.15 xG/matchExpected goals7/41.15 xG/match

12 shots/match▲Shots8/68.83 shots/match

4.25 shots/match▲Shots on target8/63.33 shots/match

58.5%●Possession8/646.2%

4.5 corners/match●Corners8/63 corners/match

—Cards2/33 cards/match

9.5 fouls/matchFouls8/611.8 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

38 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/121.1 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples16 / 16home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness38 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4