New York City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Toronto.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
New York City form and stats
New York City have played 5 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Red Bull Arena after three straight home wins.
An away draw last time out for New York City, facing New England in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, New York City won a home game hosting Cincinnati (2-1).
York's goalie Sean Johnson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against New England with a stunning seven saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how York have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cincinnati are coming to town in three days.
The New York City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. York's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Toronto form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Toronto, who have the most scored goals (13) away in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to DC United (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 2-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montreal Impact at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As mentioned above, Toronto drew the match against DC United. Manager G. Vanney brought on Ayo Akinola to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Toronto in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Toronto, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Columbus Crew in just four days.
The Toronto manager G. Vanney has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. Toronto have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Toronto - New York City 1-3. New York City-Toronto H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New York City three wins, Toronto five wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Akinola 6 goals |  A. Pozuelo Melero 4 goals |   A. Ring 3 goals |
New York City missing players
Toronto missing players
| New York City | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 43% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 62% |
| 36% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 83% | 62% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 67% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 36% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 54% |
| 36% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 38% |
| 43% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | 99 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 87 | 207 |
| 65 | 35 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 37 | 79 |
| 22% | 23% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | 27% |
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Toronto has the most scored goals (13) away in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toronto have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Toronto | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | New York City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | New England | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | New York RB | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | DC United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 9 |