Low-Block Fortress
New York Red Bulls
New York Red Bulls handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 37.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 37.0%
- Shots blocked
- 4
- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 0
Major League Soccer · Matchday 26
New York City FC
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
New York Red Bulls
J. Hall 57'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 26New York City FC0–1New York Red Bulls
2.30
Expected goals
1.40
57′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: NYC 2.30, NYR 1.40.
Match report
New York City FC 0-1 New York Red Bulls
New York Red Bulls edged out New York City FC 1-0 at Yankee Stadium in Major League Soccer. Hall opened the scoring for New York Red Bulls on 57'.
Expected goals finished New York City FC 2.30, New York Red Bulls 1.40. On the balance of chances New York City FC had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result New York Red Bulls will take more happily than the performance deserved. New York City FC held 63.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. New York Red Bulls graded out for low-block fortress — 37.0% possession and 4 shots blocked. New York City FC graded out for wasteful finishing — 2.30 expected goals and 0 goals.
Nicolás Fernández came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for New York City FC from 3 key passes, 1 shot and 2 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with New York Red Bulls conceding the most free-kicks (19).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
63%Possession37%
16Shots10
2.30xG1.40
What the numbers say
4 readsWasteful Finishing
New York City FC
New York City FC created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 2.30 xG for 0 goals.
- Expected goals
- 2.30
- Goals
- 0
- Shortfall
- −2.30
Box Occupation
New York City FC
New York City FC kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 12 of 16
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.14
Cynical Press
New York Red Bulls
New York Red Bulls broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 19 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 19
- Yellow cards
- 3
Timeline
🟨6'
Adri Mehmeti
Foul
🟨22'
Cade Cowell
Foul
Nico Cavallo
Foul
🟨30'
🟨40'
Mohammed Sofo
Foul
Half-time
Aiden O'Neill
Foul
🟨55'
⚽57'
J. Hall
🔄61'
D. Padelford ↑ M. Dos Santos ↓
B. Traore ↑ H. Wolf ↓
🔄62'
A. Martinez ↑ Luighi ↓
🔄62'
M. Jones ↑ A. Ojeda ↓
🔄75'
🔄84'
D. Ruiz ↑ A. Mehmeti ↓
🔄84'
E. M. Choupo-Moting ↑ J. Hall ↓
🔄84'
J. Ruvalcaba ↑ C. Cowell ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueYankee Stadium, Bronx
RefereeJon Freemon, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 26
StatusMatch Finished