It’s almost time for MLS action scheduled for Friday when New York City FC come up against Toronto FC.
View all of the New York City FC v Toronto FC predictions, poll and stats below (including the best match odds).
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New York City FC
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New York City FC fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 3-1 MLS victory versus Chicago Fire.
In that match, New York City FC managed 47% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For New York City FC, the goalscorers were Nicolás Fernández (10'), Axel Ojeda (29') and Malachi Jones (41'). On the other side, Chicago Fire got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Joel Waterman (21') was the scorer for Chicago Fire.
It has been seldom in recent games where New York City FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, New York City FC have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals along the way. We will find out if that trend will be sustained in this game.
Toronto FC
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Since a losing effort in their last game against D.C. United in MLS competition, Toronto FC and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Toronto FC managed 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Toronto FC was Theo Corbeanu (76'). For their opponents, D.C. United had 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Kye Rowles (41') and Tai Baribo (90') scored for D.C. United.
In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Robin Fraser's Toronto FC have fired home a total of 5 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.
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Head to head
A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 29/04/2023 tells us that New York City FC have won 5 of these games and Toronto FC 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.
A combined sum of 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 for The Pigeons and 5 for The Reds. The average goals per game has been 2.83.
The last league game featuring these sides was MLS match day 30 on 03/07/2025 and the score finished New York City FC 3-1 Toronto FC.
In that match, New York City FC managed 55% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Hannes Wolf (20'), Mitja Ilenič (49'), Tomas Romero (70' Own goal) and Kevin O'Toole (74').
For their opponents, Toronto FC had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
The referee was Fotis Bazakos.
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Prediction
We feel that New York City FC should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
In contrast, Toronto FC could well struggle to make a breakthrough but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be hitting back at some stage, too.
We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 3-1 win for New York City FC at full-time.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Regarding the current betting odds on the WDW market, a victory for New York City FC can be had for 1.62, backing the draw is 3.9 & betting on the winning team to be Toronto FC comes in at 4.75. These are the top market prices being offered at this very moment.
Lucas Pereira,
12:02 27/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
New York City FC
Formed: 2013
Stadium: Yankee Stadium (47,422)
Captain: Thiago Martins
Chairman: Brad Sims
Manager: Pascal Jansen
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)