Overview: New York City FC vs Toronto – prediction, team teams, alignments

Search for consecutive victories for the first time in the regular MLS 2025, Toronto I will visit the Yankee Stadium Thursday at their second meeting of the year against New York City FC.

At the first weekend of the international break, the pigeons were beaten 1-0 by CF Montreal, while the Reds left with a 3-0 triumph at home of the Portland timissers.

Correspondence overview

A step forward and a step back was a recurring theme for the New York City FC in 2025 so far, and it was again for them on Saturday in Montreal.

Before the day of match 20 of the League campaign, the boys in blue did not win more than two consecutive games all year round, following a convincing 4-0 triumph on Atlanta United with a defeat last weekend.

The last four times that Pascal JansenThe team won a match in this competition, they failed to score in their subsequent domestic affair, and it was this inconsistency that makes them cling to the final point of the Eastern playoffs, currently three points above the Charlotte FC.

They were at their best and most consistent in New York, winning the most joint MLS domicile competitions this year (seven), with four of their seven home victories at Yankee Stadium.

At the same time, the NYCFC had to chase its share of matches in the Bronx this year, the pigeons conceding the first goal in five regular season cases at the Yankee Stadium in 2025.

Upon entering this match, although they won five successive games against Toronto in all competitions, including a 2-1 victory following this exact match last season.

Home victories have been rare for the Reds in recent MLS seasons, but they left with maximum points last weekend, for the second time all year round and the fourth time since June 2024.

This victory over Portland raised Robin FraserThe men at 13th row of the table of the East Conference, 11 points below the post-season line before the day of match 20 of their campaign.

Coherence was also a problem for TFC, and Thursday, they can win consecutive League meetings for the first time since July to August of the regular season of 2024.

Three of their four triumphs in the MLS 2025 campaign took place when they were in front at the interval, an undefeated Toronto in their last six championship competitions in this scenario dating from 2024.

Far from their home is the place where they prospered so far this season, this team earning at least one point in three consecutive interior cases as visitors, conceding a goal or less in each of these cases.

It has been almost five years since the Reds left for the last time with points of a regular season match against a club based in New York, beating the NYCFC at the Red Bull Arena 1-0 in September 2020.

New York City FC major league football form:

Toronto Major League Soccer Form:

Team news

Leg injuries are maintained Keaton parks And Malachi Jones Out of New York’s programming on Saturday, Matt Freese will miss this match due to the Gold Cup, however Alonso Martinez could be back from this tournament after the United States ousted Costa Rica to penalties.

The last time they welcomed the Reds at the Yankee Stadium, a former attacking midfielder Santiago Rodriguez And current defender Kevin O’Toole found the back of the net in a 2-1 triumph.

On the side of Toronto, Federico Bernardeschi,, Henry Wingo,, Jonathan Osorio And Calouis fabric had all come out with lower body problems, while Kobe Franklin had a painful ankle and Richie Laryea was absent from the Gold Cup but could be back on Thursday.

Its own objective of Ian Smithwith the objectives of Tyrese Spicer And Alonso COELLO raised them to the victory over the timings, while the former goalkeeper of the NYCFC Sean Johnson did not have to make a single stop to collect a white sheet.

New York City FC Possible Start lineage:

Romero; Tanasijevic, Martins, Haak, Risa; Perea, morality; Ojeda, Fernandez, Wolf; Martinez

Toronto possible starting lineage:

Johnson; Thompson, Long, Rosted, Petretta; COELLO; Corbeanu, Etienne, Kerr, Spicer; Brynhildsen

We say: New York City FC 2-0 Toronto

Coherence was not the strong costume on each side, but we tend to see the best version of NYCFC at home and the worst of Toronto as visitors, which is why we project that the pigeons will go out in this shock.

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