New England - New York RB. 3rd position welcomes 11th position. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive match preview here!
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Major League Soccer
3-1-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for New York RB when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those six matches are 5-4 (scored/conceded).
New York RB have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither England nor New York RB as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
New England form and stats
New England have been very solid at home in the Major League Soccer so far, with 30 points collected from 12 matches (9-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. Ever since the Chicago Fire game New England has been unbeatable here at Gillette Stadium producing five straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager Arena led his New England to a defeat away at Montreal Impact. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gillette Stadium. Midfield player Buck got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Buck dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the match before, 1-1 away to Queretaro (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) (Leagues Cup). The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how England have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Lots of goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 most recent league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Austin are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and New England are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 12 league matches. From these home matches, New England have conceded only 10 goals.
New York RB form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New York RB so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose). York has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
New York RB might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Inter Miami proved too strong as New York RB slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Red Bull Arena. Midfield player Edelman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.51/10. Edelman hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 63 successful passes (of 78 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus DC United.We have checked recent matches where New York RB have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Philadelphia Union.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting York as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. New York RB have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
New York RB have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing New England.The dueling parties have fought before this season: New York RB - New England 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |  G. Bou 5 goals |
New England missing players
New York RB missing players
| New England | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 42 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 29 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 64% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 18% | 36% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 12% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 14 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 43% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 12% | 21% |
| 15 | 13 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.1 | 6.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York RB have scored away.
- New England have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- New York RB have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 54 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | New England | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 42 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -8 | 35 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | New York RB | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | New York City | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 15 | Toronto | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
