📏 Form Guide

Toronto FC

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Toronto FC will be looking for an improved result here following a 3-2 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Charlotte FC.

In that match, Toronto FC had 57% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Toronto FC was Prince Osei Owusu (49', 78'). On the other side, Charlotte FC got 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Kerwin Vargas (39'), Liel Abada (70') and Patrick Agyemang (85') scored for Charlotte FC.

In their past six games, John Herdman's Toronto FC have netted a total of 7 times, an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

New Eng. Revolution

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against New York City FC in MLS action, New Eng. Revolution and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, New Eng. Revolution managed 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. At the other end, New York City FC got 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Axel Ojeda (57') and Julián Fernández (93') scored for New York City FC.

Looking at their form, and New Eng. Revolution have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 14 goals in all. Defensively, New Eng. Revolution seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Such a pattern might not be continued into this game, though.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/08/2021 shows us that Toronto FC have won 1 of them & New Eng. Revolution 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 of them for The Reds and 8 belonging to Revs. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league fixture between these sides was MLS match day 3 on 03/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of New Eng. Revolution 0-1 Toronto FC.

In that match, New Eng. Revolution had 64% possession and 23 shots at goal with 6 on target.

Toronto FC got 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Lorenzo Insigne (27') was the scorer.

The referee was Wesley Costa.

ℹ️ Team News: Toronto FC

In our view, The Reds look set to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, utilising Sean Johnson, Nickseon Gomis, Sigurd Rosted, Raoul Petretta, Kobe Franklin, Tyrese Spicer, Deybi Flores, Matthew Longstaff, F. Bernardeschi, Jonathan Osorio and Prince Osei Owusu.

📋 Team News: New Eng. Revolution

Due to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the New Eng. Revolution boss Caleb Porter has zero fitness concerns to report before this clash.

We’re of the thinking that Revs seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Henrich Ravas, Nick Lima, Andrew Farrell, Henry Kessler, Ryan Spaulding, Noel Buck, Matt Polster, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Carles Gil, Nacho Gil and Giacomo Vrioni.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that New Eng. Revolution have the ability to find the net against this Toronto FC team, but it might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Toronto FC at the end of this one. It’s a very tough call.

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

Lucas Pereira, 23:24 20/04/2024