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New York Red Bulls vs New York City FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sat 5 May 2018 · 17:55 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs New York City FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Sorin Stoica
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee C.J. Morgante
  • Referee Kevin Stott

Head-to-Head

6
4
9
New York Red Bulls 19 games · Avg 2.5 goals New York City FC

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 May New York City FC H 4–0 W
29 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 3–2 W
21 Apr Chicago Fire FC H 1–2 L
14 Apr Montreal Impact FC H 3–1 W
31 Mar Orlando City SC A 3–4 L
24 Mar Minnesota United FC H 3–0 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 May New York Red Bulls A 0–4 L
29 Apr FC Dallas H 3–1 W
22 Apr Portland Timbers A 0–3 L
15 Apr Atlanta United FC A 2–2 D
11 Apr Real Salt Lake H 4–0 W
01 Apr San Jose Earthquakes A 2–1 W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls New York City FC
#5 Position #8
22 Points 19
15 Played 15
6 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6
25 Scored 25
32 Conceded 21
-7 GD +4
1.47 PPG 1.27
40% Win % 33%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
37% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. New York Red Bulls host New York City FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York Red Bulls and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' It’s high time Jesse Marsch made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Aaron Long is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
  • 30' Maxi Moralez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 50' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 55' Alexander Ring is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
  • 60' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 65' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 70' Peru international Alexander Callens has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 75' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
  • 80' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 85' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 90' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. New York Red Bulls take all three points.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.51 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.28 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls60% Draw21% New York City FC19%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.79
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 51%
49%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
81%
Draw or New York City FC
40%
New York Red Bulls or New York City FC
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls47% Draw37% New York City FC16%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.9%
1 – 1
8.1%
3 – 1
7.3%
2 – 0
7.2%
3 – 0
5.9%
2 – 2
5.6%
1 – 0
5.4%
3 – 2
4.7%
4 – 1
4.6%
1 – 2
4.5%
4 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 24% 76%
-2 24% 18% 58%
-1.5 42% 58%
-1 42% 20% 37%
-0.5 63% 37%
+0.5 83% 17%
+1 83% 10% 7%
+1.5 93% 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% 2%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
29%
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
9%

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