Classic home win, the away team claims the win or an exciting draw? It's all possible when the mid-table teams New York RB and New York City duel at Red Bull Arena.
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams have little in common geographically as New York City have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for York, as their goalkeeper Carlos Miguel Coronel has completely shut out the opponents for 253 minutes in the Major League Soccer.
The New York RB supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Inter Miami in Major League Soccer and win 1-0. The attacker Patryk Klimala won the honour of being "man of the match" for York with a rating of 7.65/10. Klimala scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Cincinnati with a 1-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with York perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New York RB as a small favourite), we find 15 games. New York RB has won eight of these, drawn four and lost three.
York are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, York have conceded only 11 goals.
New York City form and stats
New York City have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-4-7 (14 played).
The attacking players of York have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 329 minutes.
York's last game was the home draw against Nashville SC (0-0). Maxime Chanot, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Chanot won 8 of 10 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Chicago Fire wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were seven York wins, four draws and seven defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the York manager R. Deila as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Atlanta United.
The visiting York have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded by York in these games.
Head 2 Head
New York City - York 0-1 was the product when this pair of sides last met, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (New York RB wins - draws - New York City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 13 goals |   P. Klimala 9 goals | J. Medina Maldonado 8 goals |
New York RB missing players
New York City missing players
| New York RB | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 34 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 44 |
| 30 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 32 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 68% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 39% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 32% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 14.1 | 13.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14 | 14.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 28% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 30% |
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | New England | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 65 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 47 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 42 |
| 5 | New York City | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | DC United | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 41 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 40 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | New York RB | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 34 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -18 | 32 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -17 | 27 |
| 13 | Toronto | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -20 | 25 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 38 | -25 | 20 |