New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls Prediction: The Bookmakers have underrated the visitors

New York City FC welcomes New York Red Bulls to Yankee Stadium for another MLS match.

Last time out, New York City FC edged the Red Bulls by a 1-0 scoreline. The first 45 was quiet as neither of the teams could break the deadlock. However, in the 69th minute, Valentine Castellanos found the back of the net to give the visitors the lead. The visitors dictated most parts of the game, taking about 65% of the possession and registering 9 shots on target.

New York Red Bulls are 3rd in the Eastern Conference table with 50 points, while New York City FC are not far behind, as they are 4th with 46 points.

New York City FC

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New York City FC are in very poor form lately and it will not be a surprise to see them fall off the 4th spot to a lower spot in the coming weeks. They lost their last match 1-0 away to Charlotte FC. Daniel Ros opened the scoring in just 5 minutes, to give Charlotte a first half lead. Then, the hosts had their team reduced to 10 men, after Christian Fuchs was given the marching orders for violent misconduct in the 55th minute. However, the visitors failed to capitalize as the hosts held on to the end.

New York City FC have no wins in 5 games and they are without a clean sheet in the same amount of games. In 5/5 matches, they have been first to concede and in 8/10 matches Less than 10.5 corners have been played.

Anton Tinnerholm and Alfredo Morales are set to miss this match due to injuries.

New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls come into this match better on form at the moment. They won their last match 2-1 against the New England Revolution. Both teams played out a draw in the first 45 minutes. New England Revolution opened scoring in the 53rd minute through Tommy McNamara but the hosts responded 5 minutes later to pull level. The hosts extended the lead in the 76th minute as Lewis Morgan converted from the spot to hand the hosts all 3 points.

In 4/5 matches, New York Red Bulls have been first to concede and in 7/9 matches, less than 4.5 cards have been shown. In 5/5 matches, less than 10.5 corners have been played.

Dru Yearwood is suspended and won't feature in this match. Patryk Klimala and AJ Marcucci are both doubtful due to injury concerns. Cameron Harper, Zachary Ryan, Frankie Amaya and Serge Ngoma are also out due to injuries.

Head to Head

These two teams have played 20 times against each other. New York Red Bulls lead with 10 wins while New York City FC have 7 wins and 3 matches ended in a draw. In their last 7 matches, less than 10.5 corners have been played.

Expert Betting Tips

The Red Bulls are in hot form at the moment and should pick up at least a draw in this match. It is surprising that the bookmakers have favored the hosts here. 

• Bet on Under 10.5 Corners at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 1-2 at 11 Odds
• Bet on Over 2.5 goals at 1.87 Odds