New York City FC vs New England Revolution, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

New England Revolution

Sat 28 Aug 2021 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Santiago Rodriguez 37' Y

James Sands 40' Y

James Sands 41' Y

Maxime Chanot 45' Y

Y 45' Andrew Farrell

Y 86' Matt Polster

Gudmundur Thorarinsson 87' Y

Andres Jasson 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs New England Revolution — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
New England Revolution 14 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals New England Revolution

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-28 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution 2021-06-19 New York City FC 2–3 New England Revolution 2020-10-11 New York City FC 1–2 New England Revolution 2020-09-19 New England Revolution 0–0 New York City FC 2020-09-03 New England Revolution 0–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	New England Revolution	H	2–0	W
18 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–0	W
08 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
05 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–0	D
30 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	4–1	W
18 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	3–2	W
15 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
08 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
04 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		New England Revolution
#8	Position	#4
19	Points	25
15	Played	14
5 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	8 / 1 / 5
25	Scored	22
21	Conceded	18
+4	GD	+4
1.27	PPG	1.79
33%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

36% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). New England Revolution are 4th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New England Revolution

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/–

76+

4/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Yankee Stadium!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
15' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New England Revolution backline.
20' New England Revolution are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' Jesus Medina, a Paraguay , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' New England Revolution fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
31' The Argentina Valentin Castellanos breaks the deadlock on 31 minutes. 1-0!
33' Valentin Castellanos adds to his 0 season tally! New York City FC lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
37' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 37.
40' James Sands has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 40.
41' A moment of madness from James Sands on 41 minutes earns him a Yellow card. New York City FC will be frustrated.
45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Maxime Chanot.
46' Emmanuel Boateng makes way for Gustavo Bou at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New England Revolution.
51' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' Magnificent from Valentin Castellanos! That is 96 goals in 286 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
57' Arnor Ingvi Traustason makes way for Matt Polster at the 57 minute mark. A tactical switch from New England Revolution.
58' The crowd applauds DeJuan Jones as he leaves the pitch. Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza steps in for New England Revolution.
63' It looks surprising New England Revolution does not make any changes. Matt Polster has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
68' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Santiago Rodriguez is withdrawn and Andres Jasson gets his opportunity.
73' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
75' Time for substitution for New England Revolution. Christian Mafla is replaced by Edward Kizza.
78' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Jesus Medina is replaced by Nicolas Acevedo.
83' Over 83 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
86' Controversy at the stadium! Matt Polster argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
86' Another change for New York City FC made on 86 minute. Gudmundur Thorarinsson leaves to be changed by Malte Amundsen.
87' Gudmundur Thorarinsson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 87.
87' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Valentin Castellanos is replaced by Talles Magno on 87 minute.
90' The referee shows New York City FC player a Yellow card on 90.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from New York City FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Talles Magno 87'
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 78'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Alfredo Morales 78'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 87'
42
Santiago Rodriguez ↓ Chris Gloster 68'

Bench

7
Alfredo Morales ↑ 78'
12
Malte Amundsen ↑ 87'
15
Tony Rocha
13
Luis Barraza
43
Talles Magno ↑ 87'
2
Chris Gloster ↑ 68'
24
Tayvon Gray
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↑ 78'
21
Andres Jasson ↑ 68'

Coach Ronny Deila

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

25
Arnor Ingvi Traustason ↓ Matt Polster 57'
2
Andrew Farrell
30
Matt Turner
10
Teal Bunbury ↓ Wilfrid Kaptoum 75'
26
Thomas McNamara
9
Adam Buksa
24
DeJuan Jones ↓ Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza 58'
4
Henry Kessler
32
Christian Mafla ↓ Edward Kizza 75'
13
Maciel
11
Emmanuel Boateng ↓ Gustavo Bou 46'

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	7
Gustavo Bou	5
Thomas McNamara	3
Teal Bunbury	2
Santiago Rodriguez	2
Ismael Tajouri	2
Talles Magno	2
Ismael Tajouri	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-08-28 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution W 2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC L 2021-08-15 New York City FC 2–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2021-08-08 Toronto FC 2–2 New York City FC D 2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W

New England Revolution Form

2021-08-28 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution L 2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati W 2021-08-18 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United SC W 2021-08-15 Toronto FC 1–2 New England Revolution W 2021-08-08 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2021-08-04 New England Revolution 0–0 Nashville SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.67 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1 New England Revolution xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC51% Draw26% New England Revolution23%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

77%

Draw or New England Revolution

49%

New York City FC or New England Revolution

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC37% Draw46% New England Revolution17%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

10.7%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 0

8.8%

0 – 1

5.9%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

4.7%

0 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	New England Revolution covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	23%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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