Major League Soccer prediction and preview: New York City modest favorites to beat Dallas

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (54251 seats)

The New York City manager R. Deila attacks this game with the team placed 12th so far. In the visitors dressing room Dallas and their manager L. Gonzalez are in 4th place before this match.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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New York City form and stats

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. I. Tajouri was the last player to find the net.

New York City lost their last game at Toronto (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Columbus Crew.

New York City's goalkeeper S. Johnson was extremely busy against Toronto, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New York City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and two defeats.

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Dallas form and stats

Dallas's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Montreal Impact that finished 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Philadelphia Union.

Dallas's last match (vs Montreal Impact) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Reggie Cannon.

Dallas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Head 2 Head

New York City-Dallas H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: New York City one win, Dallas one win, three draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DallasZ. Ondrášek
Z. Ondrášek
2 goals
Dallas
R. Cannon
1 goals
Dallas
P. Pomykal
1 goals

New York City missing players

Dallas missing players

New York City Dallas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 25
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 10
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
New York City Last season Dallas
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   18 35
18 11   Won W   3 13
10 5   Drew D   3 9
7 2   Lost L   12 13
64 35   Scored S   19 57
44 18   Conceded C   34 50
94% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
86% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 83%
63% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 57%
37% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 31%
17% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 17%
69% 67%   BTTS BTTS   44% 54%
23% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 23%
14% 17%   Failed to Score F T   50% 31%
 
5.2 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
5.3 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.8
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
515 297   Total Shots T S   221 494
195 111   Shots on Target S O   69 176
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Montreal Impact 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
3 New York RB 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Toronto 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Columbus Crew 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 DC United 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Chicago Fire 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
8 New England 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 Orlando City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
10 Cincinnati 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0
11 Inter Miami 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
12 New York City 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0
13 Philadelphia Union 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 34 18 10 6 63 42 17 11 5 1 34 16 17 7 5 5 29 26 21 64
2 Atlanta United 34 18 4 12 58 43 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 6 1 10 22 29 15 58
3 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 17 10 4 3 36 19 17 6 3 8 22 31 8 55
4 Toronto 34 13 11 10 57 52 17 9 4 4 34 26 17 4 7 6 23 26 5 50
5 DC United 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 16 4 50
6 New York RB 34 14 6 14 53 51 17 9 3 5 29 18 17 5 3 9 24 33 2 48
7 New England 34 11 12 11 50 57 17 8 4 5 23 19 17 3 8 6 27 38 -7 45
8 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 17 8 7 2 37 18 17 2 5 10 18 29 8 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 17 8 3 6 23 22 17 4 2 11 24 38 -13 41
10 Columbus Crew 34 10 8 16 39 47 17 6 5 6 21 22 17 4 3 10 18 25 -8 38
11 Orlando City 34 9 10 15 44 52 17 6 3 8 26 29 17 3 7 7 18 23 -8 37
12 Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 17 3 3 11 15 36 17 3 3 11 16 39 -44 24

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