New England are welcoming New York RB for another important game after their 0-2 result against Atlanta United.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike New York RB's home stadium. The visitors last eight games on artificial turf have ended in 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. It's quite the trip for New York RB when visiting New England as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
New England form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what New England have to build on here at Gillette Stadium.The New England crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Atlanta United here at Gillette Stadium in a Major League Soccer match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Columbus Crew.
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 ten games. New England has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Montreal Impact in only four days. This game is also played here at Gillette Stadium.
New England has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches: 2 goals from 4 games. New England have conceded 7 from these games.
New York RB form and stats
Still no away game victory for New York RB with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.New York RB has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sporting KC for a Major League Soccer game that ended a draw (2-2). A loss against Minnesota United was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found 48 relevant matches. Results were 20 New York RB wins, 10 draws and 18 defeats.
New York RB have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, 3 away games. 4 goals have been conceded by New York RB in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for New England, 0 draws and 6 wins for New York RB.New England missing players
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| New England | New York RB | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | Played | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | Scored | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 67% |
| 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 25% | Both teams to score | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 75% | Failed To Score | 33% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 7.7 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- New England has failed to keep a clean sheet in 7 matches.
- New York RB has failed to keep a clean sheet in 6 matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | DC United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 4 | Toronto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | New York RB | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | New York City | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | New England | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
