The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Toronto and New York City are placed 10th and 26th respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Toronto form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Toronto at their home stadium (ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Toronto have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Toronto, who played 0-0 against New England. That match was also played at this venue (ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17). In the game before, an away victory match versus Montreal Impact with a 4-3 scoreline.
Early season league goal statistics from Toronto's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
New York City form and stats
It's not happening yet for New York City on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
It's the second away game in a row for New York City, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Orlando City.
New York City have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Toronto - New York City 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Toronto wins - draws - New York City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Akinola 5 goals | R. Laryea 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 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | 47 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 24 | 68 |
| 31 | 21 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 8% |
- New York City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- New York City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Toronto have not yet lost a game.
- Toronto have scored more than double the goals of New York City.
| Toronto | Last season | New York City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 67 | 39 | Scored | S | 29 | 64 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Conceded | C | 26 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 66% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 63% | ||
| 42% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 37% | ||
| 18% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 17% | ||
| 74% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 69% | ||
| 13% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 14% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 489 | 276 | Total Shots | T S | 218 | 515 | ||
| 199 | 111 | Shots on Target | S O | 84 | 195 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |