New York City look for fourth home win on trot against Portland
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Eastern Conference hosts, New York City, could lift themselves up as high as 2nd place in the league table if they manage to record a fourth win on the trot in the MLS when they entertain Portland Timbers at the Yankee Stadium on Sunday evening.
Three wins on the trot against Cincinnati 5-2, Philadelphia Union 4-2 and Seattle Sounders 3-0 have placed New York City in a favourable position ahead of this encounter, and the goals have also been flying in too.
New York have racked up a total of 12 goals from these last 3 matches and the likes of goalscoring midfielders Moralez (6 goals) and Castellanos (5 goals) along with forwards, Heber (6 goals), Mitrita and Tajouri (4 goals apiece) have benefitted from the host’s attacking approach.
The bigger picture shows New York City have now put together a 12-match unbeaten run in the MLS as well as remaining unbeaten at the Yankee Stadium this term also.
The hosts are certainly running hot right now in their own backyard as they’ve posted 4 wins out of their last 5 matches on home soil.
Portland Timbers have produced a mixed bag of results in recent weeks as the visitors have recorded wins against Philadelphia Union, Houston Dynamo and Dallas, but have also fallen to defeats to Vancouver Whitecaps, Los Angeles and Montreal Impact as well.
The inconsistent results have also been a regular theme on the road for Portland too as the visitors have registered wins at Toronto, Real Salt Lake and Philadelphia Union as well as losing at Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact.
Perhaps the most damaging statistic where Portland Timbers are concerned though, is the fact that they’ve failed to keep a single clean sheet from each of their last 24 matches on their travels.
As mentioned earlier, New York City have been amongst the goals in their last 3 matches at home, so Portland look to have their work cut out if they’re to restrict the goal-flow from the hosts in this clash.
In addition, Portland have captured just 1 away win out of their last 4 road trips, that being the win at Philadelphia Union, so the momentum heading into this Sunday evening encounter seems very much with New York City in this one.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Us1
551630
1
3 - 1
3.00
19°
1.75
1.75
4.10
4.15
1
-1
-1
0 - 1(0 - 1)
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