Perhaps a welcome break from league football as New York City & Rochester Rhinos face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither York nor Rochester Rhinos 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.
New York City form and stats
New York City have performed here at Belson Stadium at St John's University this season with 4 wins from 6 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for New York City, who played 0-0 against Sporting KC. That match was also played at this venue (Belson Stadium at St John's University). The goalie Johnson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Johnson topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, York won a home game hosting SJ Earthquakes (3-0).It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how New York City have performed as huge favourites like they are today: seven games found in the database showing six New York City wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Columbus Crew are coming to town in three days.
New York City have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Rochester Rhinos form and stats
Rochester Rhinos was sent out of US Open Cup in the 4th round last season.Still no away game victory in the MLS Next Pro for Rochester Rhinos with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
It's the second away game in a row for Rochester, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus FC Cincinnati II last time out.
A 2-3 loss hosting New York City II before that.Rochester Rhinos are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 44 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were ten wins, 21 draws and 13 defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.
After this away game Rochester Rhinos return home for a MLS Next Pro game against Inter Miami II. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Rochester's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. As for defending, Rochester Rhinos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 5 goals |  T. de Andrade 4 goals |  S. Rodríguez Molina 2 goals |
New York City missing players
Rochester Rhinos missing players
| New York City | Rochester Rhinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 58 | 35 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | New York RB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | DC United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | New England | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toronto | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 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 II | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Inter Miami II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 3 | New York City II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | New England II | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Toronto II | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Bethlehem Steel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Orlando City II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | FC Cincinnati II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire II | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Rochester Rhinos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
