In their first two mutual duels the city rivals have each made one win, but NYRB were much more convincing because they celebrated with 4-0 as hosts and NY City responded with 1-0. We should also add their duel in the Cup where Red Bulls celebrated again with 4-0. The guests are also in a better form at the moment, who played a draw after two triumphs, while the host of this match celebrated only once in the previous four rounds.
In the previous four rounds, NY City had a little worse performance, because they only recorded one triumph, with two defeats and a draw, so they are now in the third place of the Eastern Conference with four points less than the leaders. It is not a big difference, and they can skip their city rivals, with say a victory, in this round, because they are in the second place with one point more.
Last weekend, NY City has lost to Philadelphia with 2-0 and it is nothing new for this team to fail, while they still have not lost any matches at home and they played tow draws with ten wins. Before Philadelphia, they celebrated against Toronto with 3-2, with the proviso that the host had fewer players on the field for almost the entire game and they thus scored two goals. Coach Torrent has changed the last line of the team a lot and now Matarrita is suspended.
Probable lineups New York City: S.Johnson – Tinnerholm, Chanot, Callens, Sweat – Ofori, Ring, Moralez – Berget, Tajouri, Villa
NYRB is in better form and this team was only been defeated once in the previous seven rounds and that was by Columbus at home with 3-2 and was only their second home defeat this season. Surprisingly, because they had previously made three wins in a row, but it was obviously a bad day, since they then made three games without defeat. They have mastered Los Angeles at home with 2-1 and Chicago with 1-0 as guests, while they in the last round had to contend with a draw against Vancouver (2-2).
They were saved from the defeat in the last moments of the match thanks to a goal by Royer, who also scored the first goal in that match. The same player has scored both goals in the victory over Los Angeles, which means that he is in excellent shape and together with Wright Phillips, they make a hit pin of the team. Rzatkowski was absent in the last round and he was replaced by Muyl in midfeild, while Murillo is now unable to play on the right back due to suspension.
Probable lineups New York Red Bulls: Robles – Lade, Parker, Long, Lawrence – Davis, Adams – Muyl, Gamarra, Royer – B.Wright-Phillips
The guests are in a somewhat better form, and they have already in the city derby mastered NY City twice this season. NY Red Bulls were defeated once, but minimally and now we want to give the advantage to the guest team, at least that they will not lose.
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