New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-1 MLS success against Toronto FC.

In that match, New York City FC managed 56% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for New York City FC was Medina (51').

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that New York City FC have kept a clean sheet. In fact, The Pigeons have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals in the process. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall continue on in this upcoming game.

New York Red Bulls

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In their last game, New York Red Bulls drew 0-0 in the MLS tie with New Eng. Revolution.

In that match, New York Red Bulls had 43% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for New York Red Bulls was Long (89'). New Eng. Revolution had 13 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Gerhard Struber's New York Red Bulls have converted a total of 6 times, giving them a goals per game average of 1.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 05/05/2018 shows us that New York City FC have won 2 of them & New York Red Bulls 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 of them for The Pigeons and 9 being from Red Bulls. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league game between these sides was MLS match day 4 on 20/08/2020 and the score finished New York Red Bulls 1-0 New York City FC.

That day, New York Red Bulls managed 46% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Duncan (59').

At the other end, New York City FC had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Allen Chapman.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

Gedion Zelalem (Knee Injury), James Sands (Fractured Foot) and Héber (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be able to feature for NYCFC manager Ronny Deila.

🗞️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Owing to a completely injury-free group to choose from, New York Red Bulls manager Gerhard Struber doesn’t have any fitness worries to report coming into this match.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that New York Red Bulls have the firepower to break down this New York City FC team, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning score for New York City FC at full-time. Let’s see what happens here.

Peter Guest, 00:14 29/10/2020