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Major League Soccer10/28/2026, 11:30 PM

New England – New York RB3 : 2

Why the model thinks so

New England
1.89
Total xG
3.22
New York RB
1.32
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorNew EnglandNew York RB
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.74+0.74
Attack weakness (0.69x league average)−0.57
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.15
Declining form (1.2 vs 1.7 season average)−0.15
Standings disadvantage (pos 9 vs 2, 7 places gap)−0.10
Standings advantage (pos 2 vs 9, 7 places gap)+0.06
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.4 goals/match)+0.01
Peyton Miller on the bench (7 goals, 7 assists)
Matt Polster on the bench (2 goals, 2 assists)
11% of goal output missing (only 88% available)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Home/Away: New England scores 1.8 goals per match at home in the league, New York RB concedes 1.8 per match away
  • Table: New England ranks 2nd in the league with 55 points, New York RB is 9th with 39 points

Risks

  • Attack: New York RB generated 2.27 xG per match in 5 matches with xG data, but scored 1.4 goals per match
  • Head-to-head: New York RB won 3 of the 5 direct meetings against New England, New England won 2

All probabilities

Result
New England49%
Draw25%
New York RB26%
Double chance
New England or draw75%
New York RB or draw51%
No draw75%
Goals
Over 1.584%
Under 1.516%
Over 2.562%
Under 2.538%
Over 3.540%
Under 3.560%
Both teams score
Yes64%
No36%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.89 : 1.32, rounded up only from .911% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
10%
2:0
7%
1:2
7%
2:2
6%
3:2
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. New England: 8 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. New York RB: 5 of 11 goals scored by substitutes (last 12 games)
  3. New York RB: scored only after the break in 5 of 12 games
  4. New York RB: 4 goals from minute 80 onwards in the last 12 games (4 of 11 total)

Lineups

New England 4-4-1-1 · New York RB 4-3-3

New England
  • 30 M. Turner
  • 12 I. Feingold
  • 22 E. Kohler
  • 66 J. Wynder
  • 23 W. Sands
  • 41 L. Langoni
  • 21 B. Raines
  • 14 J. Yueill
  • 16 D. Gazdag
  • 10 C. Gil de Pareja Vicent
  • 99 D. Turgeman
New York RB
  • 34 E. Horvath
  • 3 J. Marshall-Rutty
  • 12 D. Nealis
  • 26 T. Parker
  • 59 D. Padelford
  • 48 R. Donkor
  • 15 A. Mehmeti
  • 37 M. Sofo
  • 7 C. Cowell
  • 16 J. Hall
  • 11 J. Ruvalcaba
Substitutes
  • 4 T. Beason
  • 7 G. Yow
  • 8 M. Polster
  • 33 D. Parisian
  • 15 C. Baker
  • 2 M. Fofana
  • 25 P. Miller
  • 77 D. Fagúndez Pepe
  • 65 J. Siqueira
  • 10 E. Forsberg
  • 13 J. Choupo-Moting
  • 56 M. Dos Santos
  • 77 J. McCarthy
  • 79 R. Mosquera
  • 8 D. Ruiz
  • 17 C. Harper
  • 60 S. Kone
  • 45 C. Faello

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