New England will plan to use their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 10 points behind New York City.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
It should be mentioned that New York City play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for New York City on artifical turf are 1 victory, 6 draws and 2 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-13. You can compare this with overall results below.
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.
New England form and stats
5 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what New England have to build on here at Gillette Stadium in the Major League Soccer.
England drew their last game, also a home match. Chicago Fire (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Gil (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Gil hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 62 successful passes (of 75 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to LA Galaxy (1-2).The New England fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
New York City form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of New York City playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
York have much to to set right after their shock loss (1-2) to DC United in their previous match, played in front of their own supporters. Attacker Héber got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Héber scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Orlando City before that.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 21 relevant matches. Results were 6 New York City wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as New York City are hosting Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
York have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by New York City in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head game ended New York City - England 4-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four New England victories, two draws and four New York City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 7 goals |
New England missing players
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| New England | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 39 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 50 |
| 42 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | 34 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 75% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 71% |
| 64% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 43% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 21% | 32% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 21% | 25% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 14.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.6 | 14.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 31% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 30% | 33% |
| 13.2 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.5 | 11.1 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 4.1 | 4 |
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (13) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (7) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 49 |
| 3 | New York RB | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | New England | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | Toronto | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -6 | 33 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | DC United | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 25 |
