New York City have done better than Colorado Rapids this season, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the facts you require prior to kickoff:
- New York City is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest points (1) away in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Colorado Rapids have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
New York City form and stats
New York City are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Yankee Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
The New York City goalkeeper Sean Johnson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 540 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
Happy days for New York City in their previous game, a fixture away at Minnesota United that ended with a 1-0 victory. Callens, defender, was given a rating of 8.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Callens scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.
The manager Deila will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to New York RB in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Yankee Stadium in the league this season as York has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. New York City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yankee Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Colorado Rapids so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Colorado Rapids failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nashville SC that ended with defeat 1-3. Rubio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Rubio scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Seattle Sounders.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Colorado Rapids manager Fraser has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous five meetings): York won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Colorado Rapids got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 7 goals |   D. Rubio Kostner 7 goals |  T. de Andrade 4 goals |
New York City missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| New York City | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 | 21 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| 85% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 79% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 23% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 23% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17.2 | 19.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.8 | 12.9 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 25% |
| 10.5 | 10.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
- Colorado Rapids have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Colorado Rapids have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest points (1) away in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have yet to win a game away.
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colorado Rapids have scored away.
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most points (19) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (21) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+15) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New York City | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | New England | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Toronto | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | DC United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 11 |
