New England greet New York City for another exciting Major League Soccer match here at Gillette Stadium.
- New England is in the best form (4-0-1) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have yet to win a game away.
This football pitch has the surface artifical turf, unlike New York City's home arena. The previous eight games by the away side on artifical turf have produced 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!
New England form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for New England 2 wins from 2 appearances.
New England enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at DC United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Bou and Buck scoring. Jones was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Jones hit three key passes and won 2 of 8 duels.
Before that, New England had a home game versus Nashville SC which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with New England perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New England as a small favourite), we find 4 games. England has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
At Gillette Stadium, New England has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
New York City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for New York City with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
It might be tough going out on the road again for New York City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Houston Dynamo. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Sands, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.13. Sands hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against DC 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 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 York wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from New York City's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by New York City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (England wins - draws - New York City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 2 goals |  B. Bye 1 goals |  N. Buck 1 goals |
New England missing players
New York City missing players
| New England | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 4.2 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 7 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 14.2 | 12 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 8.4 |
| 6 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
- New England have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- New England have won all their matches at home so far.
- New England have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New England is in the best form (4-0-1) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have yet to win a game away.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| New England | Last season | New York City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Scored | S | 22 | 62 | ||
| 50 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 75% | ||
| 65% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 38% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 31% | ||
| 15% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 65% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 47% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 19% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 14.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Toronto | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | New York RB | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
