Delightful dogfight as daring Seattle Sounders duels with determined New England

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Competition: United States Major League Soccer
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stubhub Center (30510 seats)

Seattle Sounders perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. New England can look both up and down from their 6th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

New England play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for New England when playing on grass are 5 wins, 8 draws and 18 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 74 times in these games. New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

Seattle Sounders are steadily winning games and points here at Stubhub Center. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. The Seattle Sounders manager B. Schmetzer might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Seattle Sounders's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Sporting KC. Before that match, a win away at Houston Dynamo.

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 Seattle Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Seattle Sounders are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Real Salt Lake awaits in four days.

Seattle Sounders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stubhub Center with 22 goals in 12 matches. Seattle Sounders's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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New England form and stats

Playing away, New England have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus Los Angeles FC with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, New England secured a home win against Orlando City with the score 4-1.

New England are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

New England have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, 11 away games. The New England manager B. Arena has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 4 - 3 (Seattle Sounders wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Carles Gil
8 goals / 8 assists

Seattle Sounders missing players

New England missing players

Seattle Sounders New England
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
23 12 2 Played 0 11 24
11 8 1 Won 0 3 9
5 2 0 Drew 0 4 6
7 2 1 Lost 0 4 9
35 22 2 Scored 0 16 34
31 13 2 Conceded 0 24 41
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 91% 96%
74% 75% 50% Over 1.5 0% 82% 88%
61% 58% 50% Over 2.5 0% 64% 54%
30% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 45% 33%
26% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 36% 21%
65% 67% 50% BTTS 0% 64% 54%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 17%
13% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 27% 33%
 
6 8 10 Corners For (avg) 0 3.2 4.3
4.5 3.9 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.5 4.7
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.5 2.2
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 4 5
Key stats this season:
  • New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New England have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Seattle Sounders have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Seattle Sounders have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Seattle Sounders
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All Home Away
14-07-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 2 - 1 Atlanta United
18-07-19 CF Seattle Sounders 1 - 3 Borussia Dortmund
22-07-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 Portland Timbers
28-07-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders
05-08-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 2 - 3 Sporting KC
10-08-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 20:00 New England
15-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Seattle Sounders
18-08-19 MLS LA Galaxy 02:00 Seattle Sounders
24-08-19 MLS Portland Timbers 02:00 Seattle Sounders
01-09-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 22:30 LA Galaxy
New England
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-07-19 MLS DC United 2 - 2 New England
17-07-19 MLS New England 4 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps
21-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 0 - 2 New England
27-07-19 MLS New England 4 - 1 Orlando City
03-08-19 MLS New England 0 - 2 Los Angeles FC
10-08-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 20:00 New England
17-08-19 MLS New York RB 23:00 New England
24-08-19 MLS New England 23:30 Chicago Fire
31-08-19 MLS New England 23:30 Toronto
07-09-19 MLS New York City 19:30 New England

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 23 16 4 3 61 23 10 9 1 0 30 10 13 7 3 3 31 13 38 52
2 Minnesota United 23 11 5 7 39 30 12 7 4 1 21 9 11 4 1 6 18 21 9 38
3 SJ Earthquakes 23 11 5 7 40 34 13 8 2 3 25 16 10 3 3 4 15 18 6 38
4 Seattle Sounders 23 11 5 7 35 31 12 8 2 2 22 13 11 3 3 5 13 18 4 38
5 LA Galaxy 23 12 1 10 30 34 12 8 0 4 20 16 11 4 1 6 10 18 -4 37
6 Real Salt Lake 23 10 4 9 33 31 11 8 1 2 22 10 12 2 3 7 11 21 2 34
7 Dallas 24 9 6 9 31 28 12 6 5 1 18 10 12 3 1 8 13 18 3 33
8 Portland Timbers 22 9 4 9 35 33 6 3 2 1 14 6 16 6 2 8 21 27 2 31
9 Houston Dynamo 24 9 3 12 34 39 13 7 3 3 21 14 11 2 0 9 13 25 -5 30
10 Sporting KC 23 7 7 9 36 41 11 4 3 4 21 22 12 3 4 5 15 19 -5 28
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 25 5 9 11 25 42 12 3 4 5 11 17 13 2 5 6 14 25 -17 24
12 Colorado Rapids 23 6 5 12 39 48 13 5 2 6 27 27 10 1 3 6 12 21 -9 23

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