New York City - New York RB: Major League Soccer basement occupants hungry for points and greatness. Here are all the relevant data and tables before the fixture!
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as New York RB have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
New York City form and stats
New York City have collected 20 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 5-5-3. When New York City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Inter Miami, New York City, Toronto and Charlotte), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The spoils were shared in New York City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vancouver Whitecaps travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfield player Rodríguez got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodríguez served one assist, hit five key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Montreal Impact.This is expected to be a close game, with New York City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New York City as a small favourite), we find 5 games. New York City has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 13 league matches, 10 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Orlando City are coming to town in four days.
The York fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. 16 goals have been conceded. New York City has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
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 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of New York RB, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
York play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Philadelphia Union (placed 4th). Reyes was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 6.8. The defender Reyes hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at New England before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 5 New York RB wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Austin in just four days.
The attacking power of New York RB when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, York have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result New York RB - New York City 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): New York City won three games, one match ended in a draw and New York RB got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |   O. Fernandez 4 goals |  F. Amaya 4 goals |
New York City missing players
New York RB missing players
| New York City | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 28 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| 36 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 33 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 93% |
| 75% | 85% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 54% | 63% |
| 32% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 37% |
| 21% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 61% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 48% |
| 18% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 15% | 22% |
| 29% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 37% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 15.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 23% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 13% | 21% |
| 10.8 | 10.3 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.2 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York RB have scored away.
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | New England | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 48 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 47 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 46 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 45 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -12 | 35 |
| 9 | DC United | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 32 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | New York City | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | New York RB | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Toronto | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -16 | 22 |
