Battling Toronto will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome high-flying New England in the next league match. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.
- Toronto have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
10 - 3 - 10 with 40-43. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for New England when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. New England play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Toronto form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Toronto at their home stadium (BMO Field) is 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats. When Toronto hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like New York City, Nashville SC, Cincinnati and Atlanta United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Toronto's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus New York City (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league victory after five games without one. Sapong, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). Sapong scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Philadelphia Union.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 Toronto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 5.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Toronto as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Montreal Impact are visiting.
Toronto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.
New England form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
England played 1-1 against Cincinnati in their previous match. Midfielder Gil was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Gil hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A home win as predicted against Hartford Athletic preceding that, in the US Open Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New England playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 7 New England wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as New England are hosting Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the US Open Cup only three days away.
As for defending, New England rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Toronto wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Bernardeschi 3 goals |   G. Vrioni 3 goals |  R. Laryea 2 goals |
Toronto missing players
New England missing players
| Toronto | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.8 | 13.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 32% | 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 29% |
| 12 | 10.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17 | 13.3 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 7.5 | 5.1 |
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Toronto have not yet lost a game at home.
- Toronto have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Toronto have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | New England | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | DC United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Toronto | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
