Sunday, New York City FC hosts one of the league’s hottest teams, Toronto FC, at Yankee Stadium following an emphatic victory a week ago with kickoff at 12 midnight.
The New York Pigeons have struggled this MLS season, but they were clinical in a 6-1 defeat of Real Salt Lake last Sunday, scoring more goals in that match than they had all year.
The team has the talent to lift back-to-back MLS Cups, and their performance against RSL showed just how far they’ve come since manager Ronny Deila took over.
The Danish tactician said that was not his team’s best performance of the year, possibly foreshadowing even better things for the rest of the league to come.
NYCFC scored 10 of their 11 goals this season at Yankee Stadium, where they have performed well in the final third.
Bob Bradley’s life in Toronto couldn’t be much better. He has the Reds in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Their youngsters are quickly learning what it takes to compete as they have surprised many people with their recent form.
Even though we didn’t see much creativity or dangerous opportunities from them against the Union, TFC was able to win thanks to some fine individual performances.
New York City FC vs Toronto Head to Head
Both sides have 20 games against each other with hosts taking five wins while visitors with eight wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- NYC FC 6-0 Real Salt Lake
- NYFC 1-1 Seattle Sounders
- Seattle 3-1 NYFC
- Toronto 2-1 NYFC
- New York 0-2 Philadelphia Union
Away
- Toronto 2-1 Philadelphia
- Real Salt Lake 2-2 Toronto
- Toronto 2-1 NYFC
- Toronto 2-1 DC United
- Colombus Crew 2-1 Toronto
New York FC Team News
Valentin Castellanos netted four goals against Salt Lake on Saturday, his first four of the season and his third and fourth campaign, while Thiago Andrade scored two in New York’s win at Red Bull Arena.
Toronto Team News
Toronto FC striker Jesus Jimenez scored his fourth goal last weekend, while midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo netted the winner. Midfielder Jonathan Osorio was taken off early in Saturday’s match with an apparent leg injury and will be monitored by TFC doctors this week.
Prediction and Odds
New York City FC and Toronto FC seem to have found their form recently, and although New York might have an edge in experience and offensive depth, TFC has proved to be a much more resilient bunch than they were in 2021.
- Draw
- Double Chance
- Goals Over 1.5
