New England vs Toronto preview for sports bettors

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gillette Stadium (66829 seats)

New England have 26 points playing as the host team. Toronto have claimed 22 points using the away locker rooms. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Major League Soccer

It should be mentioned that Toronto 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 Toronto on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 9-11. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Toronto, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

The visiting Toronto played their last game only four days ago, a Championship match. That game, against Vancouver Whitecaps, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Toronto.

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New England form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for New England at their home stadium (Gillette Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

The home team returns to Gillette Stadium after drawing with Columbus Crew (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. England's goalie Petrović played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Columbus Crew with a stunning six saves. Petrović, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.2 out of 10 in that game. Petrović topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as New England lost 1-2 at Philadelphia Union's place.

Betting people might want to know that 10 of the latest 12 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

The England fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, New England have conceded 12 goals.

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Toronto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toronto so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Vancouver Whitecaps in their previous outing. The Championship battle ended 1-1. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone five league games without winning.

Before that, Toronto secured a home win against Charlotte with the score 4-0.

10 goals so far away for Toronto, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 20. All from 10 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three New England victories, two draws and five Toronto wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorontoJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
8 goals
New EnglandG. Bou
G. Bou
7 goals
EnglandA. Buksa
A. Buksa
7 goals

New England missing players

Toronto missing players

New England Toronto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 22
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 6
8 4 0 Drew D 0 3 4
7 2 0 Lost L 3 7 12
32 15 4 Scored S 1 10 30
34 12 1 Conceded C 6 20 39
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 86%
67% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 64%
48% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 32%
24% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
76% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 64%
19% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
14% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 32%
 
5.5 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4 4.6
5 4.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 5.5
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.4 13.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9 10
4.6 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.1
33% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 26% 33%
 
12.9 10.1 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16.5 15.2
4.6 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.7 6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Major League Soccer
  • New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest points (3) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have yet to win a game away.
  • Toronto 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 Philadelphia Union 22 11 9 2 34 15 11 6 5 0 20 6 11 5 4 2 14 9 19 42
2 New York City 21 12 5 4 41 21 12 8 3 1 30 12 9 4 2 3 11 9 20 41
3 New York RB 22 10 6 6 34 25 10 3 4 3 14 11 12 7 2 3 20 14 9 36
4 Montreal Impact 21 11 2 8 36 36 10 6 0 4 18 14 11 5 2 4 18 22 0 35
5 Columbus Crew 21 7 9 5 27 22 10 4 3 3 12 7 11 3 6 2 15 15 5 30
6 Orlando City 22 8 6 8 26 31 11 5 0 6 15 20 11 3 6 2 11 11 -5 30
7 Cincinnati 22 7 7 8 33 38 11 3 4 4 20 19 11 4 3 4 13 19 -5 28
8 New England 21 6 8 7 32 34 10 4 4 2 15 12 11 2 4 5 17 22 -2 26
9 Chicago Fire 22 7 5 10 24 28 11 5 3 3 12 8 11 2 2 7 12 20 -4 26
10 Charlotte 22 8 2 12 25 31 10 7 0 3 15 7 12 1 2 9 10 24 -6 26
11 Inter Miami 21 7 4 10 22 33 11 6 2 3 18 16 10 1 2 7 4 17 -11 25
12 Atlanta United 21 6 6 9 29 33 11 5 4 2 20 15 10 1 2 7 9 18 -4 24
13 Toronto 22 6 4 12 30 39 12 6 1 5 20 19 10 0 3 7 10 20 -9 22
14 DC United 20 5 3 12 26 43 11 3 2 6 16 19 9 2 1 6 10 24 -17 18

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.