It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both New England and New York City are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It's no vacation for neither England nor New York City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
2-2-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for New York City when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 13-16 (scored/conceded).
New England form and stats
New England have played three Major League Soccer home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Three draws in a row here at Gillette Stadium for England, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus New York RB in the Major League Soccer last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting DC United and winning 2-1.
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 nine games. England has won four of these, drawn three and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for England as they are travelling to their away game against Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for England here at Gillette Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). England are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gillette Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
New York City form and stats
No Major League Soccer points yet away for New York City, from their first 3 matches.
Impressive finishing from Alexander Ring, Anton Tinnerholm and Keaton Parks secured the home win 3-1 against Chicago Fire in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Columbus Crew.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by York in our archives, and the results are: five wins for New York City, three draws and nine defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the New York City manager R. Deila as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against DC United.
Goals are few and far between in York's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. 3 goals have been conceded by York in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (New 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 3 goals |  J. Medina Maldonado 3 goals | A. Buksa 2 goals |
New England missing players
New York City missing players
| New England | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 6.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| 5.9 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 0.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 145 | 48 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 44 | 127 |
| 43 | 14 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 17 | 47 |
| 16% | 14% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 21% |
- New England has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have yet to win a game at home.
- New York City has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- New York City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toronto | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | New York RB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | New England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |