Minnesota United FC vs New York City FC, 2018

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New York City FC

Sun 30 Sep 2018 · 00:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Minnesota United FC vs New York City FC — MLS .

Minnesota United FC 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee Jon Freemon

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Minnesota United FC 5 games · Avg 3.0 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-09-30 Minnesota United FC 2–1 New York City FC

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
23 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
16 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
12 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L
26 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
19 Aug	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
26 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
22 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–1	D
08 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	1–1	D
05 Sep	New England Revolution	H	0–1	L
02 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Minnesota United FC		New York City FC
#25	Position	#10
44	Points	42
34	Played	34
11 / 11 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
56	Scored	49
58	Conceded	45
-2	GD	+4
1.29	PPG	1.24
32%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Minnesota United FC are 25th (44 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/9

16-30

5/10

31-45

7/5

46-60

8/5

61-75

9/5

76+

11/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	18 G	4 A
Anthony Markanich	9 G	2 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Minnesota United FC and New York City FC has kicked off!
5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Minnesota United FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Switzerland international Jerome Thiesson has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' Sean Johnson has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 304 appearances.
40' It is a cagey affair so far. Minnesota United FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
45' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
50' Rodney Wallace is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
55' Michael Boxall has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
60' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
65' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
70' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
75' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Rasmus Schuller suffering a number of foals already.
80' Miguel Ibarra is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Minnesota United FC so far.
85' It’s high time Domenec Torrent made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Minnesota United FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adrian Heath

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Angelo Rodriguez	3
Angelo Rodriguez	2
Ismael Tajouri	2
Sean Johnson	1
Alexander Callens	1
Wil Trapp	1
Tani Oluwaseyi	1
Keaton Parks	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.83 Minnesota United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.32 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Minnesota United FC51% Draw24% New York City FC25%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.15

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Minnesota United FC or Draw

75%

Draw or New York City FC

49%

Minnesota United FC or New York City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Minnesota United FC36% Draw43% New York City FC21%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.1%

1 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 2

0 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.6%

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

3.7%

0 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap	Minnesota United FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Minnesota United FC vs New York City FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Minnesota United FC Form

New York City FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Clean Sheet