Toronto favourites for feisty fight facing New York RB

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Thu 18.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (22591 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Toronto have their presumed home advantage while New York RB are ahead 2 points in the Major League Soccer table.

It's no vacation for neither Toronto nor New York RB as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for New York RB when visiting Toronto as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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Toronto form and stats

The story so far for Toronto at their home stadium (BMO Field) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Toronto after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Toronto supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host New York RB in Major League Soccer and win 3-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Montreal Impact with a 2-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Toronto's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (24 in 11 games), Toronto's attacking play is working. Toronto have conceded 18 from these games.

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New York RB form and stats

New York RB have only collected 9 points from their away games after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Two away games in a row for New York RB, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Toronto in the Major League Soccer. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs New York City.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and New York RB playing away, we found six games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

New York RB have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. New York RB have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Toronto - New York RB 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Toronto, 2 draws and 4 wins for New York RB. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Pozuelo
9 goals / 4 assists
J. Altidore
7 goals / 2 assists
D. Royer
7 goals / 5 assists

Toronto missing players

New York RB missing players

Toronto New York RB
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played 1 10 21
8 5 1 Won 0 2 9
5 3 1 Drew 0 3 4
8 3 1 Lost 1 5 8
35 24 4 Scored 0 14 36
34 18 4 Conceded 1 19 31
95% 91% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 91% 67% Over 1.5 0% 80% 76%
67% 91% 67% Over 2.5 0% 60% 67%
43% 64% 33% Over 3.5 0% 60% 52%
19% 27% 33% Over 4.5 0% 20% 19%
62% 82% 67% BTTS 0% 60% 62%
19% 18% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 10% 19%
24% 9% 33% Failed To Score 100% 30% 19%
 
5.8 6.2 8.7 Corners For (avg) 5 4.9 4.9
5.3 4.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.8 5.4
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.9 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Toronto
All Major League Soccer Championship CONCACAF Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-06-19 MLS Toronto 3 - 2 Atlanta United
30-06-19 MLS DC United 1 - 1 Toronto
05-07-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 0 Toronto
13-07-19 MLS Montreal Impact 0 - 2 Toronto
18-07-19 MLS Toronto 3 - 1 New York RB
20-07-19 MLS Toronto 23:30 Houston Dynamo
28-07-19 MLS Toronto - Cincinnati
03-08-19 MLS New York RB 22:00 Toronto
10-08-19 MLS Toronto 23:30 Orlando City
17-08-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 Toronto
New York RB
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer CONCACAF Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
29-06-19 MLS New York RB 3 - 1 Chicago Fire
04-07-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 4 - 0 New York RB
07-07-19 MLS Atlanta United 3 - 3 New York RB
14-07-19 MLS New York RB 2 - 1 New York City
18-07-19 MLS Toronto 3 - 1 New York RB
21-07-19 MLS Orlando City 23:30 New York RB
27-07-19 MLS New York RB 23:30 Columbus Crew
03-08-19 MLS New York RB 22:00 Toronto
12-08-19 MLS Los Angeles FC 02:00 New York RB
17-08-19 MLS New York RB 23:00 New England

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 22 10 6 6 39 32 11 6 3 2 24 13 11 4 3 4 15 19 7 36
2 Atlanta United 21 10 3 8 33 25 11 7 3 1 22 8 10 3 0 7 11 17 8 33
3 DC United 21 8 8 5 27 23 12 5 5 2 19 14 9 3 3 3 8 9 4 32
4 New York RB 21 9 4 8 36 31 11 7 1 3 22 12 10 2 3 5 14 19 5 31
5 Montreal Impact 22 9 3 10 26 36 10 5 1 4 10 13 12 4 2 6 16 23 -10 30
6 New York City 18 7 8 3 31 22 9 4 4 1 16 8 9 3 4 2 15 14 9 29
7 Toronto 21 8 5 8 35 34 11 5 3 3 24 18 10 3 2 5 11 16 1 29
8 New England 21 7 6 8 28 38 11 5 2 4 14 14 10 2 4 4 14 24 -10 27
9 Orlando City 20 7 4 9 28 27 10 4 1 5 16 17 10 3 3 4 12 10 1 25
10 Chicago Fire 22 5 8 9 34 33 12 5 5 2 26 14 10 0 3 7 8 19 1 23
11 Columbus Crew 22 5 3 14 19 33 12 4 2 6 12 16 10 1 1 8 7 17 -14 18
12 Cincinnati 20 5 2 13 20 45 8 3 1 4 9 13 12 2 1 9 11 32 -25 17

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