Balanced ball game between Dallas and New York City expected

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Dallas form and stats

Dallas have collected 17 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 5-2-2.

Dallas drew their last game, 2-2 away at Houston Dynamo (placed 11th). Hedges was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Hedges scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 0 of 1 duels.

In the match before that, Dallas hosted Inter Miami and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dallas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dallas as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Dallas has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Observe: 10 of the most recent 12 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Austin are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Dallas in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches.

New York City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The fans enjoyed New York City's previous game versus New England, a 4-2 win played at home. Those three points felt good as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory. As you can tell from the result, the match against New England was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Castellanos got a player rating of 9.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Castellanos scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Atlanta United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 5 New York City wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

Both teams to score at least one goal each? This side's fresh fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

The schedule is very tough for New York City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at New York RB is waiting in only four days.

York find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by New York City in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Dallas one win, four draws and New York City one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Castellanos Giménez 12 goals

J. Ferreira 11 goals

P. Arriola 8 goals

Dallas missing players

New York City missing players