Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution 7/23/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Columbus Crew hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Columbus Crew is sixth in the conference table at 7-8-5 on 29 points with a goal difference of +5. Columbus Crew defeated FC Cincinnati 2-0 last Sunday. Cucho Hernandez opened the scoring for Columbus with a goal in the 16th minute and Lucas Zelarayan scored in the 86th minute.

Columbus has three wins and two draws in its last five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored nine goals and conceded five. The Columbus back line and goalkeeper have two clean sheets in the last four matches. Derrick Etienne and Lucas Zelarayan are the leading goal scorers for Columbus with five each, while Cucho Hernandez has scored four. Etienne and Zelarayan are the leaders in assists with five each.

The New England Revolution is 10th in the conference table at 6-7-7 on 25 points with a goal difference of -2. New England was defeated by the Philadelphia Union 2-1 this past Saturday. New England opened the scoring with a goal by Gustavo Bou in the 61st minute, but the Revolution gave up two unanswered goals in the final 15 minutes to lose by the minimum.

New England has one win, one draw and two losses in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored seven goals and conceded nine. Gustavo Bou is the leading goal scorer for New England with seven, while Carles Gil has scored four. Gil is the leader in assists with six, while Brandon Bye has five and two others have four each.