Loyal fans at BMO Field haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Toronto withering away in the 12th spot. The guesting New England will hope to protect their higher league place in this fixture.
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Major League Soccer
It should be mentioned that New England play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for New England on grass are 15 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 51-41. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for New England when visiting Toronto as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Toronto form and stats
7 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Toronto have to build on here at BMO Field in the Major League Soccer.
Toronto's last game was hosting Portland Timbers and winning 3-1. The talented striker Insigne outshone all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.25 out of 10. Insigne scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Nashville SC with a 4-3 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Toronto perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Toronto as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Toronto has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
The manager Bradley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter Miami in only three days.
Toronto have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BMO Field with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Toronto have conceded 20 from these games.
New England form and stats
3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for New England in their Major League Soccer matches away.
371 minutes! That's how long the New England goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed England's previous match versus DC United (placed 14th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfielder Gil was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Gil scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 56 successful passes (of 62 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Orlando City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for New England, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Montreal Impact.
New England has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as England have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the final score New England - Toronto 0-0 logged in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Toronto won four games, three matches ended with a tie and New England managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four
Top Goalscorers
  J. Osorio 9 goals |  J. Jiménez Núñez 8 goals |   G. Bou 7 goals |
Toronto missing players
New England missing players
| Toronto | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 37 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 43 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 34 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 84% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 64% | 85% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 58% | 42% |
| 16% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 64% | 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 32% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.7 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 34% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | 33% |
| 14.9 | 13.3 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 15.7 | 13.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) 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 | Philadelphia Union | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 43 |
| 3 | New York City | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | New York RB | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | New England | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 33 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 33 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Toronto | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | DC United | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -20 | 22 |
