MATCH NOTES
CLB: Nobody in the East has positive goal difference in last six Away
CLB: Familiar lineup expected
CLB: Only 2 road clean sheets
NER: Looking to solidify home playoff advantage
MATCH PREDICTIONS
Percentage on left is picking Crew games only (last ten).
57% (6) COLUMBUS DISPATCH ... NEW ENGLAND REVS (fav)
50% (6) WIN DRAW WIN ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
50% (6) MLSSOCCER ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
--% (6) MASSIVE REPORT ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
47% (3) WHOSCORED.COM ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
47% (6) HOME TEAM ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
43% (5) BET365 ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
37% (2) GOAL.COM ... DRAW
30% (4) TABLE POSITION ... NEW ENGLAND REVS
--% (-) WV HOOLIGAN ... (no pick)
MATCH THOUGHTS
Revs overwhelming favorites today as the Crew will do their best to play the part of not getting the three game road run off to a bad start. The clear goal here for both teams is to avoid the play-in wildcard game. Although, finishing 4th is actually a pretty good place to be from a financial standpoint as you get a guaranteed bonus home match. Either way, avoiding that 5th place finish should be paramount. Of course, losing and falling out of the MLS Cup would be bad as well. (This whole thing, ugh.)
Turf always plays a role for road teams at Gillette, especially when there are lines all over the pitch (as I expect there to be today), for teams that like to hang on to the ball as the Crew does. Bounces are different, distances are harder to judge, and sliding tackles are virtually eliminated. A completely different game, really.
Ohh, checking on the weather... looks like 60, and damp. Probably raining during the match. One of those Autumn rains I hope, which is like a drizzle. I wouldn't mind if the cameras wondered out of the stadium and walked amongst the trees for two hours. I'm sure the colors are really fantastic up there right now. I was up in Manchester, NH around this time a couple years ago, just beautiful.Trees should be hitting their midseason form right now.
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