There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Major League Soccer table so far. Here's the New England - New York City latest:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting New York City have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
New England form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, New England, who have the fewest points (3) at home in Major League Soccer, have managed 0 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
England lost their last game at Philadelphia Union (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Chicago Fire and winning 2-1.
Heartbreak for England in their last match as Philadelphia Union's A. Fontana scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
England have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, England have conceded 4 goals.
New York City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Alexander Ring and Anton Tinnerholm secured the home win 2-1 against Cincinnati in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to DC United.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from New York City's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. York's manager R. Deila has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: England - New York City 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for England, two draws and four wins for New York City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.New England missing players
New York City missing players
| New England | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 6.2 | 8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 179 | 65 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 76 | 174 |
| 52 | 18 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 26 | 59 |
| 19% | 11% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 24% |
- New England has the fewest points (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- New England has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer
- New England have yet to win a game at home.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals away as New England have scored home.
- New York City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Toronto | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | New York City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | New York RB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | New England | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | DC United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 8 |