It's advantage Toronto so far with their 2nd position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming New York City who are placed 5th.
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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field as Toronto have scored 14 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Toronto faced defeat in their previous match, away at Philadelphia Union (0-5). Ahead of that match, Toronto won a home game hosting Atlanta United (1-0).
Toronto were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Toronto, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Inter Miami is only four days away.
Toronto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Toronto have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York City form and stats
Playing away, New York City, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
T. Rocha, M. Moralez and J. Medina scored in York's previous match, the home game against Montreal Impact that ended 3-1. A 1-3 defeat away at Columbus Crew before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: five wins for York, three draws and eight defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York RB in just four days.
The attacking power of New York City when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. York are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Toronto and New York City have met before this season: New York City - Toronto 0-1. Toronto-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Toronto five wins, New York City three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Toronto missing players
New York City missing players
| Toronto | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 31 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 31 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 95% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 57% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 45% | 59% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 50% |
| 38% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 50% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 27% |
| 14% | 18% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 284 | 171 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 127 | 328 |
| 109 | 63 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 48 | 127 |
| 28% | 24% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 23% | 24% |
- New York City has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Toronto | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | New York City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | New England | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | New York RB | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | DC United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 18 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -20 | 16 |