Running out at their own ground feels relaxed and nice for New York City, but New England are fully determined and capable to go home as winners. Who wins?
- New York City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
10-2-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for New England when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 24 matches are 40-47 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither New York City nor New England as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
New York City form and stats
New York City have played 7 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for York, their manager Cushing and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The New York City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Cincinnati here at Yankee Stadium. Cufré (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Cufré scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Philadelphia Union that was lost 1-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New York City handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both sides.
The York fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the New York City defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When New York City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Inter Miami, Chicago Fire, Toronto and Montreal Impact), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
New England form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Atlanta United (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Atlanta United was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Gil got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, top player of the team. Gil hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Chicago Fire.We have checked recent matches where England have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
New England struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
New England - New York City 1-1 was the output when this pair of participants formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (York wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Pereira dos Santos 4 goals |  S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |   B. Wood 4 goals |
New York City missing players
New England missing players
| New York City | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 40% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 26% | 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| 10.5 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14 | 12.4 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New York City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Major League Soccer
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | DC United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | New York RB | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Toronto | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | New York City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
