Pre-match info: 12 points are between the sides so far, New York City the sharpest side. Will New York RB strike back?
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
The visiting New York City played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match. That game was also an away game, at Cincinnati. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
New York City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
New York RB form and stats
New York RB have played 11 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for York against Inter Miami the last match, as Patryk Klimala, Omir Fernandez and Fábio (2) were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, York played a great game against Inter Miami and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Omir Fernandez got a match rating of 8.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernandez scored one goal, hit seven key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).
Heartbreak before that as York lost 1-2 at Columbus Crew's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for York as they are travelling to their away game against New York City in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
New York RB has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. New York RB are not conceding a lot of goals here at Red Bull Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
New York City form and stats
New York City have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
York play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Cincinnati (placed 13th). Keaton Parks got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Parks scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Dallas.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York RB in just three days.
York have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, New York City have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
York-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New York RB four wins, New York City four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 12 goals | J. Medina Maldonado 8 goals |  I. Tajouri-Shradi 7 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 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 43 |
| 28 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 96% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 83% |
| 48% | 27% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| 22% | 9% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 29% |
| 13% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 57% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 30% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 33% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 14.6 | 15.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | 33% |
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | New York City | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | DC United | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -11 | 32 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | New York RB | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 18 |