The Major League Soccer overall standings tell the truth about these squads so far, with Seattle Sounders leading New York RB by 7 points. Here's our preview:
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as New York RB have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting New York RB played their last game only four days ago, a US Open Cup match.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer, have played 7 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Seattle Sounders, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sounders are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Vancouver Whitecaps. Defender Andrade got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Andrade won 5 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Austin (1-2).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 Seattle Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus SJ Earthquakes in only four days. This game is also played here at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle Sounders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CenturyLink Field with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Sounders have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York RB form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New York RB so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose). New York RB has drawn their two previous away games.
New York RB delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cincinnati in their previous game; a US Open Cup fixture.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Montreal Impact.New York RB 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, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Low on goals? 9 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
York have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Major League Soccer match versus Inter Miami. A difficult timetable for the visitors!
New York RB are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Sounders won four games, two matches ended with a tie and New York RB got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 8 goals |  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 2 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 2 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
New York RB missing players
| Seattle Sounders | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 50% | 71% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 10.6 | 7.4 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.3 | 6.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
- New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- New York RB have yet to win a game away.
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York RB have scored away.
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly more 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 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Saint Louis City | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Dallas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Austin | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 9 |
