📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 MLS defeat last time out to CF Montreal.

In that game, New York City FC managed 68% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, CF Montreal had 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. Victor Loturi (22') was the scorer for CF Montreal.

Over their last 6 fixtures, Pascal Jansen's New York City FC have hit the target 11 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 1.83.

Toronto FC

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Toronto FC will go into this match following a 3-0 MLS win against Portland Timbers in their most recent game.

In that game, Toronto FC managed 43% possession and 14 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Toronto FC, the goalscorers were Coello (11') and Tyrese Spicer (56'). Portland Timbers got 5 attempts at goal with 0 on target. Ian Smith (90' Own goal) was the scorer for Portland Timbers.

Illustrating their involvement in fruitful matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the last 6 matches in which Toronto FC have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposing teams have hit 8 from this total. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend might be replicated in this next match.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 24/04/2022 tells us that New York City FC have won 5 of them and Toronto FC 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league contest featuring the two was MLS match day 14 on 26/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Toronto FC 0-1 New York City FC.

On that occasion, Toronto FC managed 49% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, New York City FC got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Alonso Martínez (64') was the scorer.

The referee was Pierre-Luc Lauziere.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

Malachi Jones (Broken leg) and Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury) aren’t available for New York City FC boss Pascal Jansen.

It looks as if The Pigeons look set to kick off with a 4-3-3 formation this time, handing starts to Tomás Romero, S. Tanasijevic, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Julián Fernández, Andrés Perea, Maxi Moralez, Agustin Ojeda, Monsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf.

🗞️ Team News: Toronto FC

Toronto FC manager Robin Fraser has a number of players out of action. Nicksoen Gomis (Achilles tendon surgery), Deandre Kerr (Ankle injury) and Kobe Franklin (Ankle injury) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that The Reds appear most likely to utilise a 3-5-2 lineup, choosing Sean Johnson, Kevin Long, Sigurd Rosted, Raoul Petretta, Kosi Thompson, A. Coello Camarero, Maxime Dominguez, Matthew Longstaff, Tyrese Spicer, Theo Corbeanu and Ola Brynhildsen.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that New York City FC will most probably get amongst the goals when they face Toronto FC, who might well find it difficult to break down their defence.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 victory for New York City FC at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 23:05 03/07/2025