The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Minnesota United and New York RB are placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Minnesota United and New York RB should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for New York RB when visiting Minnesota United as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
A good away victory last time out for Minnesota United, who won 5-2 against SJ Earthquakes (placed 11th). In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Portland Timbers.
A goal frenzy last time out for Minnesota United, with a total of 7 goals in the match against SJ Earthquakes. Fun stuff to watch!
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 Minnesota United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
New York RB form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, New York RB have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far.
New York RB are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Real Salt Lake (placed 9th). Before that, New York RB secured a home win against Cincinnati with the score 3-2.
New York RB are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.
It's early days yet, but New York RB has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Minnesota United-New York RB H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Minnesota United one win, New York RB two wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Opara 2 goals |  K. Molino 2 goals | L. Amarilla Lencina 2 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
New York RB missing players
| Minnesota United | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 62% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Minnesota United | Last season | New York RB | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 37 | 55 | ||
| 91% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 66% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 46% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 29% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 23% | ||
| 51% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 57% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 479 | 290 | Total Shots | T S | 216 | 468 | ||
| 151 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 162 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |