Battling New York RB are desperate to pull off a surprise win when they greet top team New England in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.
- New York RB have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
This stadium has the surface grass, unlike New England's home arena. The previous 24 games by the guests on grass have given 9 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses.
These teams have little in common geographically as New England have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This should be an entertaining match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
New York RB form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for New York RB at their home stadium (Red Bull Arena, Harrison) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
New York RB faced defeat in their previous match, away at Columbus Crew (1-2). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Manoel for missing a penalty kick versus Columbus Crew in the 65th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfielder Fernandez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.32 (out of ten) in that game. Fernandez served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, York won a home game hosting Atlanta United (4-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does New York RB handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cincinnati are coming to town in four days.
York are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games.
New England form and stats
Playing away, New England have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. It's three draws from New England's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
New England are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Cincinnati (placed 1st). Attacker Bou got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Bou scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Toronto.New England are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as England are hosting Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
New England are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). England struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three New York RB victories, two draws and five New England wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |  G. Bou 4 goals |
New York RB missing players
New England missing players
| New York RB | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 35 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 25 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 60% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 85% |
| 30% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 65% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 30% |
| 40% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 15% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 20% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | 40% |
| 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 17.1 | 14.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
- New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York RB have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | New England | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | DC United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | New York City | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Toronto | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
