New York City favourites for feisty fight facing New England

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (47309 seats)

Yankee Stadium: Get ready for a football party when New York City welcomes New England. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • New York City have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most scored goals (44) in Major League Soccer

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

York's stadium, Yankee Stadium, 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; 11 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses from 30 matches. They have scored 48 goals in these games and conceded 56.

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New York City form and stats

New York City are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Yankee Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. After failing to beat New England here at Yankee Stadium, York has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

The fans are hoping that York will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Major League Soccer game against Philadelphia Union (placed 4th). Alexander Callens was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Callens won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Inter Miami.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how New York City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost five.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 10 games), York's attacking play is working. York have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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New England form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (44) in Major League Soccer, are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes New England's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Columbus Crew game.

Emmanuel Boateng, Adam Buksa (2) and Tajon Buchanan scored in England's previous match, the home game against Cincinnati that ended 4-1. Emmanuel Boateng got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, top player of the team. Boateng scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs DC United.

We have checked recent matches where New England have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were four victories, five draws and two defeats.

England has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, New England have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result York - New England 2-3 written in the official records. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): New York City won three games, two matches ended with a tie and New England have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

New EnglandG. Bou
G. Bou
12 goals
New EnglandA. Buksa
A. Buksa
10 goals
YorkV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
8 goals

New York City missing players

New England missing players

New York City New England
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 2 11 22
9 7 1 Won W 1 6 15
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
34 24 5 Scored S 3 21 44
19 8 0 Conceded C 2 14 26
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 77%
58% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 68%
26% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 45%
21% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 32%
58% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 68%
37% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 27%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
4.6 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 5.8
4.5 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 5.2
2.1 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.2 15.9 20 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.5 13.9
5.5 6.3 13 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.2 5.4
33% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 37%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New England have the most points (21) away in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most scored goals (21) away in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most scored goals (44) in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the the best goal difference (+18) in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Major League Soccer
  • New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • New England is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • 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 at home.
  • New York City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • New York City have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 15 4 3 44 26 11 9 1 1 23 12 11 6 3 2 21 14 18 49
2 Orlando City 20 9 7 4 30 24 10 6 3 1 18 7 10 3 4 3 12 17 6 34
3 Nashville SC 20 7 11 2 32 20 13 7 6 0 28 13 7 0 5 2 4 7 12 32
4 Philadelphia Union 21 8 8 5 27 20 11 6 3 2 15 8 10 2 5 3 12 12 7 32
5 New York City 19 9 4 6 34 19 10 7 1 2 24 8 9 2 3 4 10 11 15 31
6 Montreal Impact 21 7 7 7 27 26 9 5 3 1 17 12 12 2 4 6 10 14 1 28
7 DC United 21 8 3 10 32 31 9 6 0 3 15 7 12 2 3 7 17 24 1 27
8 Atlanta United 21 6 9 6 25 26 9 4 3 2 10 7 12 2 6 4 15 19 -1 27
9 Columbus Crew 21 6 6 9 22 27 10 4 3 3 16 14 11 2 3 6 6 13 -5 24
10 New York RB 19 6 4 9 23 24 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 1 2 7 10 17 -1 22
11 Inter Miami 19 6 4 9 21 31 11 4 2 5 15 22 8 2 2 4 6 9 -10 22
12 Chicago Fire 21 5 5 11 23 33 13 5 4 4 18 15 8 0 1 7 5 18 -10 20
13 Cincinnati 19 3 8 8 19 34 8 0 5 3 6 10 11 3 3 5 13 24 -15 17
14 Toronto 21 3 6 12 25 44 9 1 5 3 12 14 12 2 1 9 13 30 -19 15

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