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New York Red Bulls vs Seattle Sounders FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Thu 14 Jun 2018 · 00:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Corey Parker
  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Andrew Bigelow
  • Referee Chris Penso
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez

Head-to-Head

1
1
2
New York Red Bulls 4 games · Avg 2.5 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W
09 Jun Columbus Crew SC A 1–1 D
02 Jun New England Revolution A 1–2 L
26 May Philadelphia Union H 0–0 D
20 May Atlanta United FC A 3–1 W
13 May Colorado Rapids SC A 2–1 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun New York Red Bulls A 1–2 L
10 Jun D.C. United SC H 2–1 W
03 Jun Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
26 May Real Salt Lake H 0–1 L
13 May Portland Timbers A 0–1 L
09 May Toronto FC A 2–1 W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Seattle Sounders FC
#10 Position #24
33 Points 35
26 Played 26
9 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 9 / 8 / 9
34 Scored 33
48 Conceded 34
-14 GD -1
1.27 PPG 1.35
35% Win % 35%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
5/6
46-60
5/8
61-75
2/6
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Seattle Sounders FC
0-15
3/2
16-30
5/6
31-45
3/5
46-60
5/4
61-75
1/3
76+
11/12
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 10 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G
Seattle Sounders FC
Dejan Joveljic 11 G 1 A
Paul Rothrock 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York Red Bulls to score. At the same time, Seattle Sounders FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Tim Parker has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' Ethan Kutler has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 290 appearances.
  • 15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 20' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 25' Sean Davis is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
  • 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 35' It’s high time Jesse Marsch made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 45' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
  • 50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 55' Luis Robles is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
  • 60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 65' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 70' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 75' The 37-year-old Nicolas Lodeiro has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 80' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 85' The energy levels are beginning to show. Jesse Marsch might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 90' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.47 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.11 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls48% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC25%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.58
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
75%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
52%
New York Red Bulls or Seattle Sounders FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls31% Draw48% Seattle Sounders FC21%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.3%
1 – 0
10.2%
0 – 0
9.7%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8%
0 – 1
7.4%
1 – 2
6.6%
2 – 2
4.9%
0 – 2
4.6%
3 – 1
4.3%
3 – 0
3.8%
3 – 2
2.5%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 13% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 22% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 16% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
34% ✓
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

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