📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC go into this fixture following a 0-0 MLS draw versus D.C. United.

In that game, New York City FC had 58% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, D.C. United got 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where New York City FC have been participants. Regarding the goal distribution from this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 4 while New York City FC managed a tally of 2.

New York Red Bulls

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Nashville in MLS action, New York Red Bulls will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, New York Red Bulls managed 56% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for New York Red Bulls was Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (56'). Nashville got 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Patrick Yazbek (34') and Hany Mukhtar (63') scored for Nashville.

Demonstrating their appetite for action-packed matches, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the previous six games in which New York Red Bulls have played, making it an average of 3.67 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 8 from this total. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 17/09/2022 shows that New York City FC have won 3 of these & New York Red Bulls 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 from The Pigeons and 5 created by Red Bulls. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

Kevin O'Toole (Leg injury), Keaton Parks (Foot injury), Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury) and Malachi Jones (Broken leg) are not available for New York City FC manager Pascal Jansen.

In our view, The Pigeons will probably use a 4-3-3 system for this one, utilising Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Aiden O'Neill, Andres Perea, Maxi Moralez, Julian Fernandez, Alonso Martinez and Hannes Wolf.

🗞️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

New York Red Bulls manager Sandro Schwarz has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Lewis Morgan (Knee injury), Dylan Nealis (Muscle injury), Serge Ngoma Jr. (Hamstring injury) and Marcelo Morales (Knee injury) miss out here.

We reckon that Red Bulls seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Carlos Coronel, Kyle Duncan, Sean Nealis, Noah Eile, Raheem Edwards, Felipe Carballo, Peter Stroud, Dennis Gjengaar, Emil Forsberg, Mohammed Sofo and E. M. Choupo-Moting.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that New York Red Bulls may well find it hard to hit the back of the net against this New York City FC team who should score one, at least.

We’ve gone for a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for New York City FC at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 20:01 17/05/2025