📊 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC prepare for this match following a 1-1 MLS drawn result against Atlanta United.

In that match, New York City FC managed 53% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for New York City FC was Santiago Rodríguez (43'). For their opponents, Atlanta United got 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. Jamal Thiaré (65') was the scorer for Atlanta United.

It has been all too rare in recent games that New York City FC have shown defensive steel. The facts show that New York City FC have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals along the way.

New Eng. Revolution

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Club América in CONCACAF Champions League action, New Eng. Revolution will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from New Eng. Revolution was Giacomo Vrioni (65', 92'). Diego Valdés (21'), Julián Quiñones (33'), Henry Martín (45'), Alejandro Zendejas (57') and Brian Rodríguez (76') scored for Club América.

The stats don’t lie, and New Eng. Revolution have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in total. At the back, New Eng. Revolution have not been doing too well. That aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 01/12/2021 tells us that New York City FC have won 2 of these games & New Eng. Revolution 1, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them from The Pigeons and 8 netted by Revs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was MLS match day 23 on 03/06/2023 when it ended New York City FC 0-0 New Eng. Revolution.

That time, New York City FC had 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

For their opponents, New Eng. Revolution got 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

Maxi Moralez (Cruciate ligament tear) and Talles Magno (Knee injury) will not be able to play for New York City FC gaffer Nick Cushing.

We are thinking that The Pigeons look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, utilising Matt Freese, Mitja Ilenic, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Kevin O'Toole, Keaton Parks, James Sands, Agustin Ojeda, Santiago Rodriguez, Hannes Wolf and Monsef Bakrar.

📋 Team News: New Eng. Revolution

Due to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the New Eng. Revolution manager Caleb Porter does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

We’re of the thinking that Revs appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Henrich Ravas, Nick Lima, David Romney, Henry Kessler, DeJuan Jones, Matt Polster, Ian Harkes, Nacho Gil, Carles Gil, Tomas Chancalay and Giacomo Vrioni.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that New Eng. Revolution have the capability to put a goal past this New York City FC lineup, but it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a 2-1 winning score for New York City FC at the end of the match. It should be a decent one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:23 13/04/2024