The New York City & New England managers R. Deila and B. Arena are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Major League Soccer league table.
- New York City have the most scored goals (13) in Major League Soccer
- New England have created more than twice as many corners as New York City.
York's stadium, Red Bull Arena, has a grass surface. New England have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for New England when playing on grass; 9 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 42 goals in these games and conceded 58.
New York City form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what New York City, who have the most scored goals (13) in Major League Soccer, have to build on here at Red Bull Arena in the Major League Soccer.
A good away victory last time out for York, who won 2-1 against Los Angeles FC. Midfield player Malte Amundsen got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Amundsen hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. Nicolás Acevedo was on the receiving end of a red card in the York-Los Angeles FC match, being sent off in the 86th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory. The victory against Los Angeles FC came after Ismael Tajouri-Shradi's winning goal. The York manager R. Deila was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 67th minute.
Before that game, the home loss against Columbus Crew with the scoreline 1-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for York as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Atlanta United are visiting.
York can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. York's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New England form and stats
Playing away, New England have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Major League Soccer this season.
New England play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cincinnati (placed 14th). Midfielder Carles Gil was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.84. Gil served one assist, hit ten key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 62 total). A victory against Cincinnati as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as England hit the posts three times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs New York RB.A quick return to home after this game, as New England are hosting New York RB in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
England have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. England have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for York, three draws and four wins for New England. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 5 goals | V. Castellanos Giménez 4 goals |  A. Buksa 4 goals |
New York City missing players
New England missing players
| New York City | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 3.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 8 | 8.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 14.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 16.2 | 14.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 29% |
- All of New York City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- New England have created more than twice as many corners as New York City.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City have scored in all their matches so far.
- New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (13) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+6) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- New York City 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 | New England | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | New York City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | New York RB | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | DC United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Toronto | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 4 |