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A draw all but ensures that New York Red Bulls (NYRB) will get a top-six finish. However, a win leapfrogs them above their visitors into fourth spot, and their last three MLS victories have shown true staying power, with NYRB scoring exactly once in each half within that group of wins. Two of those wins ...
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New England Revolution can clinch their first MLS play-off berth since 2015 with a win, but dire league form since the start of August casts aspersions on their ability to get the job done. The decline in defensive displays is a concern, as this sequence has seen the ‘Revs’ concede multiple goals in five ...
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With a run of just one win in their last eight MLS matches, morose Montreal’s miserable mess of a season is ending with a whimper. If it is any consolation, four of the last five defeats in that sequence saw the Canadian franchise lose by a mere one-goal margin, and they last lost both halves of a league ...
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A win and a draw within their last three games resembles some kind of form for FC Cincinnati considering they were winless in the nine league games prior to that. They’ve failed to make home advantage count this season as they possess the worst home record in the Eastern Conference. The ‘Orange-and-Blue’ ...
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Too little, too late for Columbus Crew, who fell well short of a third-straight postseason appearance despite losing just one of their last 11 MLS matches. Significantly, a -7 goal difference after the 75th minute has cost them points, with three of their last six MLS fixtures seeing the opposition net a ...
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Chicago Fire will miss the postseason for a sixth time in seven seasons, but they played the role of spoilsport in 2018 with an unbeaten home run of W2, D2 to conclude their league campaign. Having topped that on this occasion with three wins from their last five MLS home fixtures (D2), they could cause ...
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Still without a win since matchday one, Barnsley lost 1-0 last time out, thereby adding to a growing tally of games ending with under 2.5 total goals this season (six). In turn, the toothless ‘Tykes’ remain the lowest goalscorers of the league, striking first in just two Championship matches this season. ...
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Though Fortuna Sittard are one of just two winless Eredivisie sides after a midweek battering at Ajax (5-0), they have won both of their home clashes vs promoted opposition by a 3-1 scoreline since the beginning of last term, winning at half-time in each. One thing that’s almost always guaranteed with ...
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Ajax climbed to the summit on goal difference following a 5-0 thrashing of Sittard midweek. Those goals secured Ajax’s position as the division’s most potent attacking force with an average of 3.57 scored per match. However, 11 of the 14 Eredivisie home goals they’ve scored didn’t arrive until after ...
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Aiming to give their home turf ‘fortress’ status, VVV-Venlo have scored two-thirds of their nine-goal haul at home, and are yet to draw a blank at the Seacon (2.0 goals per-match on average). Moreover, the hosts have not seen a goalless first-half here, but they are yet to lead at the break, even when ...