On paper it looks like advantage New York City in this match vs SJ Earthquakes, but the away team will battle to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!
- New York City have the most scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as SJ Earthquakes have to travel 4700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
New York City form and stats
New York City have played 4 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). New York City has recorded two wins in a row here at Yankee Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
York's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-4 versus Toronto (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. An impressive turnaround for New York City in the match against Toronto as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 5-4 win. Pereira scored the final goal. The victory against Toronto came after Pereira's winning goal. The York manager Deila was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute. Castellanos, an attacker, was the best player for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.62 (out of 10). Castellanos scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 6-0 home victory against Real Salt Lake.It's goals goals goals for New York City who have scored 15 goals from 4 league home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
It's not happening yet for SJ Earthquakes on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in SJ Earthquakes's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The club members enjoyed Earthquakes's previous match versus Seattle Sounders, a 4-3 win played at home. An amazing comeback from SJ Earthquakes last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Espinoza scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Espinoza certainly enjoyed Earthquakes's last game versus Seattle Sounders, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-3 victory. Espinoza got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Espinoza scored three goals, hit two key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
SJ Earthquakes have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
New York City-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: New York City four wins, SJ Earthquakes zero wins, one draw. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 5 goals |  J. Ebobisse 5 goals | T. de Andrade 4 goals |
New York City missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| New York City | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 43% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 43% | 75% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.4 | 19.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.3 | 13.5 |
| 7.3 | 9.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 5 |
| 31% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 38% |
| 11.1 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
- All of New York City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as SJ Earthquakes have scored away.
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (15) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SJ Earthquakes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SJ Earthquakes have lost all their away matches so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SJ Earthquakes 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 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New York RB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | New York City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | DC United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | New England | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
