Each of the last two meetings between the Red Bulls and Revolution have been won by the away team, including a 1-0 Red Bull win in Foxborough on April 2. Only three of the previous 38 MLS meetings (including playoffs) between the sides were won by the away team dating back to August 2007.
The Red Bull’s 2-0 defeat to the Union on Saturday was their sixth home defeat of the season, the most in a single campaign since moving to Red Bull Arena in 2010. New York hasn’t lost more home games in a single season since recording eight defeats in the 2002 campaign.
New England ended a four-match winless run with a 3-0 victory over New York City FC on Sunday. The Revs have put together consecutive wins only once all season, doing so on August 6 and 13., with the first of those wins the club’s only other three-goal victory of the season (at Orlando City).
The Red Bulls held 55.9% possession in their loss to the Union, whose 42.8% possession average is second-lowest in MLS (Vancouver – 42.0%), has has won only two of the eight matches in which it’s held more than 50% of the ball this season (D4 L2).
Noel Buck scored his first career MLS goal on Sunday against New York City FC. At 17 years, 152 days old, Buck is the third player to score an MLS goal this season before turning 18, joining Atlanta United’s Caleb Wiley and the Red Bulls’ Serge Ngoma (2).