New York City have travelled here for an engaging fight against the hosts Toronto. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Toronto form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for Toronto so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Toronto's last game was hosting DC United (placed 7th) and winning 2-1. Midfield player Petrasso got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Petrasso hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Columbus Crew.Early season league goal statistics from Toronto's 2 home games: 3 goals, 5 conceded.
New York City form and stats
The Major League Soccer season is young and New York City have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
New York City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Philadelphia Union (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Morales got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Morales had 60 successful passes (of 65 total).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The CONCACAF Champions League trip to Seattle Sounders.
It's early days yet, but New York City has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Toronto won four, New York City triumphed in three and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Pozuelo with 7 goals scored against New York City in these 10 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Osorio 2 goals |  J. Jiménez Núñez 2 goals |  A. Pozuelo Melero 1 goals |
Toronto missing players
New York City missing players
| Toronto | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 15.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 13.5 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 7.2 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Toronto | Last season | New York City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 63 | ||
| 66 | 27 | Conceded | C | 27 | 40 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 79% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 26% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 32% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 9 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 14.5 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | New York RB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | DC United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | New England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Toronto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 24 | 73 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 54 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 54 |
| 4 | New York City | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 51 |
| 7 | New York RB | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | DC United | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 47 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 41 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 36 | -18 | 34 |
| 13 | Toronto | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 39 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 45 | -37 | 20 |
