The season is still fairly new and the Major League Soccer table has to be read with caution. So far New York RB find themselves in 7th position and New York City are placed 13th.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
New York RB form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New York RB so far this season.
Stress levels are on the rise for York's attacking players as they have now played 266 minutes without scoring in a league game. F. Valot was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager C. Armas led his York to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Cincinnati. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Red Bull Arena. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Columbus Crew (0-2).
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 five, drawn zero and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from New York RB's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
New York City form and stats
It's not happening yet for New York City on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? York has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The manager R. Deila was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground Yankee Stadium. York suffered a 1-3 loss to Portland Timbers. Prior to that result York won their away game at Toronto. The scoreline was 3-1.
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 16 relevant matches. Results were five New York City wins, three draws and eight defeats.
After this away game York return home for a Major League Soccer game against Columbus Crew. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but New York City has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): York four wins, two draws and New York City four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 3 goals |  K. Duncan 1 goals | C. Cásseres Yepes 1 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 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 90 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 35 |
| 28% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 17% |
- All of New York RB's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- New York City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York RB have won all their matches at home so far.
- New York RB have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- New York RB 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 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Toronto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |