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

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New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls are hoping to win again after their last result, the 2-0 MLS success vs Toronto FC.

In that match, New York Red Bulls managed 41% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. For New York Red Bulls, the scorers were Lewis Morgan (2') and Luquinhas (56'). At the other end, Toronto FC got 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games that New York Red Bulls have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that New York Red Bulls have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals during that time.

New York City FC

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Last time out, New York City FC drew 1-1 in the MLS match with Colorado Rapids.

In that match, New York City FC had 66% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for New York City FC was Talles Magno (72'). For their opponents, Colorado Rapids had 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Michael Barrios (68') scored for Colorado Rapids.

Over the course of 5 of the past 6 games featuring New York City FC, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell works out to a meagre 1.83, with the average goals for The Pigeons being 1.67. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 24/08/2019 shows that New York Red Bulls have won 3 of them and New York City FC 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 from Red Bulls and 8 being from The Pigeons. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league match between these sides was MLS match day 40 on 17/10/2021 which ended up with the score at New York Red Bulls 1-0 New York City FC.

In that match, New York Red Bulls had 37% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Cristian Cásseres (3').

For their opponents, New York City FC had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Jair Marrufo.

📋 Team News: New York Red Bulls

The New York Red Bulls manager Gerhard Struber will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from.

📋 Team News: New York City FC

Owing to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the New York City FC boss does not have any fitness worries to report before this game.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that New York City FC and New York Red Bulls could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 0-0 draw at the end of this one.

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

Andre Moura, 23:20 18/06/2022