New York City are willing to take no notice of the league table ahead of this fixture vs Toronto. Here's all you need to know pre-match!
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
New York City and Toronto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
New York City form and stats
New York City must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Citi Field.
A nice win for New York City last time playing, versus Real Salt Lake. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-0 with Castellanos (4) and Andrade (2) scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, York "killed" Real Salt Lake in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Castellanos was absolutely essential when New York City beat Real Salt Lake 6-0, scoring four goals. The forward Castellanos was declared "man of the match" for New York City with a rating of 9.92/10. Castellanos scored four goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for York home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
It's goals goals goals for New York City who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games.
Toronto form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Toronto with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Toronto go into this game after a win, the home game against Philadelphia Union that ended 2-1. Midfield player Osorio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Osorio served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Real Salt Lake that ended 2-2.The visiting Toronto have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Toronto's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended Toronto - New York City 2-1, played this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): New York City won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Toronto got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five One of the stars has been Pozuelo with 7 goals scored against York in these 10 games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 4 goals |  J. Jiménez Núñez 4 goals | T. de Andrade 3 goals |
New York City missing players
Toronto missing players
| New York City | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.8 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.7 | 18.7 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 6.2 | 7.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 30% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 11.7 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.7 | 15.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6.6 |
- All of New York City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Toronto's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (10) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Toronto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toronto have yet to win a game away.
- Toronto 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York RB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | New York City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | New England | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | DC United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
