Open game expected at BMO Field: Toronto vs New York RB preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

With the tense opening game finished it’s time for the second Major League Soccer duel of the season. Toronto eagerly anticipate New York RB in front of their home fans.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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.

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Toronto form and stats

The previous season, Toronto's league stats were 6 wins, 10 draws and 18 losses, producing 13th spot in the Major League Soccer. In these 34 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 66. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Toronto generated 4-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 27 conceded.

Toronto shared the glory with Dallas in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Osorio (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.53/10. Osorio scored one goal and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).

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 eleven games. Toronto has won four of these, drawn three and lost four.

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New York RB form and stats

Let's have a look at how New York RB performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 20/22 goals scored/conceded. Playing away, New York RB have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

It's the second away game in a row for New York RB, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus SJ Earthquakes last time out. Midfielder Amaya was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Amaya served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 0-1 defeat away at Philadelphia Union (after extra-time) before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by York in our archives, and the results are: six wins for New York RB, three draws and six defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, New York RB has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Toronto, two draws and six wins for New York RB. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

TorontoJ. Osorio
J. Osorio
1 goals
New York RBO. Fernandez
O. Fernandez
1 goals
New York RBP. Klimala
P. Klimala
1 goals

Toronto missing players

New York RB missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Toronto New York RB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 3 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 19 19
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 8
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 38%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Toronto Last season New York RB
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 35
6 4   Won W   5 13
10 7   Drew D   3 9
18 6   Lost L   10 13
39 24   Scored S   20 39
66 27   Conceded C   23 34
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
88% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 60%
56% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 34%
38% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 14%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 9%
68% 76%   BTTS BTTS   56% 49%
6% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 37%
29% 18%   Failed to Score F T   28% 23%
 
4.4 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.1
4.6 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.3
1.7 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.6 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.4 14
4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.4
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%
 
14.5 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 9.4
5.8 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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