The wait is almost over for the MLS action on Thursday as New York City FC will take on Toronto FC.
All New York City FC v Toronto FC match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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New York City FC
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New York City FC will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 MLS loss in their previous game against CF Montreal.
In that game, New York City FC had 68% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. CF Montreal had 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Victor Loturi (23') scored for CF Montreal.
Over their last 6 fixtures, Pascal Jansen's New York City FC have hit the target 11 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 1.83.
Toronto FC
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Toronto FC will go into this encounter following on from a 3-0 MLS win in the defeat of Portland Timbers in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Toronto FC had 43% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Toronto FC, goals were scored by Coello (11'), Tyrese Spicer (56') and Deandre Kerr (90'). Portland Timbers had 5 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
Illustrating their involvement in fruitful matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the last 6 matches in which Toronto FC have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposing teams have hit 8 from this total. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend might be replicated in this next match.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 24/04/2022 tells us that New York City FC have won 5 of them & Toronto FC 1, with the tally of drawn results being 0.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was MLS match day 14 on 26/04/2025 and the score finished Toronto FC 0-1 New York City FC.
That time, Toronto FC managed 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 0 on target.
For their opponents, New York City FC had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Alonso Martínez (64') scored.
The match was refereed by Pierre-Luc Lauziere.
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Team News: New York City FC
Malachi Jones (Broken leg) and Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury) will be missing for New York City FC manager Pascal Jansen.
We are thinking that The Pigeons look set to line up in a 4-3-3 system for the game and select Tomás Romero, S. Tanasijevic, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Julián Fernández, Andrés Perea, Maxi Moralez, Agustin Ojeda, Monsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf.
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Team News: Toronto FC
Toronto FC boss Robin Fraser has to choose a team with limited availability. Deandre Kerr (Ankle injury), Kobe Franklin (Ankle injury), Nicksoen Gomis (Achilles tendon surgery) and Federico Bernardeschi (unknown injury) are not able to play.
We are inclined to think that The Reds seem likely to make use of a 3-5-2 system, starting Sean Johnson, Kevin Long, Sigurd Rosted, Raoul Petretta, Kosi Thompson, A. Coello Camarero, Maxime Dominguez, Matthew Longstaff, Tyrese Spicer, Theo Corbeanu and Ola Brynhildsen.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that New York City FC will most probably get amongst the goals when they face Toronto FC, who might well find it difficult to break down their defence.
Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 victory for New York City FC at full-time.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the 90 min. result market, victory for New York City FC is available for 1.57, a bet on a draw is 4 and staking on the winning team to be Toronto FC comes in at 6. They’re the best of the prices available at the current time.
Lucas Pereira,
20:00 29/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
New York City FC
Formed: 2013
Stadium: Yankee Stadium (47,422)
Captain: Thiago Martins
Chairman: Brad Sims
Manager: Pascal Jansen
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)