Major League Soccer: New York City should have a great chance to win home fixture vs Toronto

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison (26765 seats)

Get ready for Major League Soccer and New York City - Toronto. In this pre-match guide you'll get statistics, scores, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (24) in Major League Soccer

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for New York City and Toronto.

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New York City form and stats

6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New York City so far this season.

York are confident in defense, having played 210 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

New York City's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Orlando City (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Martins, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Martins won 7 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus New York RB that ended 0-0.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.

New York City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. New York City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Toronto form and stats

There's been little loot from Toronto's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. Toronto only have 0 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Toronto have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Toronto are travelling again after losing away to Inter Miami in their previous match (0-4). Toronto lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Coello got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Coello dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 55 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Vancouver Whitecaps.

Goals are few and far between in Toronto's away league games. Only {7 goals} from 14 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting featuring both these squads is the Toronto - York 1-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: New York City won four, Toronto were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

TorontoD. Kerr
D. Kerr
5 goals
TorontoF. Bernardeschi
F. Bernardeschi
5 goals
YorkT. Bacelar Martins
T. Bacelar Martins
4 goals

New York City missing players

Toronto missing players

New York City Toronto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 4 14 29
7 6 1 Won W 0 0 4
13 6 2 Drew D 2 4 10
10 3 0 Lost L 2 10 15
30 19 2 Scored S 3 7 24
36 16 1 Conceded C 6 28 45
90% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
73% 80% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 69%
30% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 41%
20% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 28%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 10%
57% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 45%
23% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 21%
30% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 48%
 
4.3 4.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.7
4.7 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 5.6
2.4 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12 15 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 8.6 10.5
4.4 5.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.7
23% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 16% 23%
 
10.8 10.4 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15.4 14.1
3.9 3.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • 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 Toronto 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 (21) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Toronto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toronto have the fewest points (4) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (24) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.

  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 29 17 8 4 47 33 14 12 1 1 27 9 15 5 7 3 20 24 14 59
2 Orlando City 29 14 8 7 45 36 14 7 4 3 24 16 15 7 4 4 21 20 9 50
3 Columbus Crew 29 14 6 9 60 41 15 11 3 1 38 12 14 3 3 8 22 29 19 48
4 Philadelphia Union 28 14 6 8 51 35 13 9 3 1 29 10 15 5 3 7 22 25 16 48
5 New England 28 13 9 6 47 34 14 10 4 0 32 12 14 3 5 6 15 22 13 48
6 Atlanta United 30 12 10 8 57 46 15 9 3 3 37 19 15 3 7 5 20 27 11 46
7 Nashville SC 28 12 7 9 35 27 13 8 3 2 22 9 15 4 4 7 13 18 8 43
8 Montreal Impact 29 11 4 14 29 41 15 9 2 4 21 10 14 2 2 10 8 31 -12 37
9 DC United 30 9 9 12 38 39 15 5 6 4 26 18 15 4 3 8 12 21 -1 36
10 New York City 30 7 13 10 30 36 15 6 6 3 19 16 15 1 7 7 11 20 -6 34
11 Charlotte 28 7 12 9 36 45 15 4 8 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 16 24 -9 33
12 Chicago Fire 29 8 9 12 32 45 14 5 6 3 20 17 15 3 3 9 12 28 -13 33
13 Inter Miami 28 9 4 15 36 44 14 6 3 5 22 17 14 3 1 10 14 27 -8 31
14 New York RB 29 7 10 12 25 34 15 6 5 4 18 16 14 1 5 8 7 18 -9 31
15 Toronto 29 4 10 15 24 45 15 4 6 5 17 17 14 0 4 10 7 28 -21 22

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.