A quick look at the Major League Soccer standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Read our New York RB - New England match guide!
- New York RB have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer
New York RB's stadium, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, 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; 14 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 49 goals in these games and conceded 44.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New England, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
This could be an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
New York RB form and stats
New York RB have played 15 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).
The New York RB supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison: A 0-2 defeat against Philadelphia Union (placed 1st). The first defeat after going unbeaten in four league games. Midfield player Edelman got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Edelman had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Montreal Impact.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 York have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
The New York RB fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. On the other hand, York have conceded 21 goals.
New England form and stats
New England have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-5-6 (14 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. New England goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic is eager to challenge this, with his 255 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
New England go into this game after a win, the home game against New York City that ended 3-0. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone four league matches without victory. New England goalie Petrović was high and low in the New York City game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Petrović (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.05. Petrović topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Chicago Fire.England are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
New England have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Major League Soccer match versus Houston Dynamo. A difficult schedule for them!
The travelling fans enjoy New England's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
New England - York 0-1 was the score in these squads' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): New York RB won three games, two matches ended with a draw and New England got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The games between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Morgan 13 goals |   G. Bou 7 goals |  A. Buksa 7 goals |
New York RB missing players
New England missing players
| New York RB | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 45 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 36 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 42 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 76% |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 66% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | 41% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 17% |
| 53% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 62% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 14.9 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.6 | 13.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 34% | 32% |
| 9.2 | 7.9 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.3 | 16.1 | 13.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Philadelphia Union | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 42 | 60 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | New York RB | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | New England | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Toronto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | DC United | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 26 |
