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Seattle Sounders FC vs New York City FC

Competition – MLS

Stadium – CenturyLink Field

Date: 29th July 2018

Kick-off time – 22:00 GMT

Seattle Sounders have been struggling to score goals this season, but what has kept them going mostly is that they have also managed to stop their opponents from scoring as well.

The Sounders have conceded the second fewest number of goals this season, with only New York RB having conceded less than them.

On the other end, they have scored just 19 times all season.

This weekend, they welcome one of the most potent attacking teams in the division, but with both teams having midweek games, they will feel they have the advantage since they had a day more to rest.

The last time these two teams met, it was a tense affair in the first 45 minutes.

The Sounders went ahead in the first half and looked like they would earn a famous victory, but it wasn’t to be.

David Villa scored a spot kick to level the scores before coming up with the winner just before the 80th minute which helped NYCFC come from behind to win.

New York City FC come into this game with 5 wins from their last 6 games, and they look poised to get another win here however it should be a tougher game than their match against Orlando City last time out.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Seattle Sounders FC

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Vancouver Whitecaps 21 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
D Atlanta United FC 1-1 Seattle Sounders FC 15 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
D New England Revolution 0-0 Seattle Sounders FC 8 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
W Colorado Rapids 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC 5 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
L Seattle Sounders FC 2-3 Portland Timbers 30 Jun, 2018 Major League Soccer

New York City FC

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W New York City FC 2-0 Columbus Crew SC 15 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
W New York City FC 3-0 Montreal Impact 12 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
W New York City FC 1-0 New York Red Bulls 9 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
L Chicago Fire 3-2 New York City FC 1 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
W New York City FC 2-1 Toronto FC 24 Jun, 2018 Major League Soccer

H2H

DATE COMPETITION
New York City FC 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC 17 Jun, 2017 Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders FC 0-2 New York City FC 25 Jun, 2016 Major League Soccer
New York City FC 1-3 Seattle Sounders FC 4 May, 2015 Major League Soccer

Other fixtures taking place this week in the MLS:

April 21, 2024
Atlanta United 00:30 Cincinnati
New York City 00:30 D.C. United
Toronto 00:30 New England
Columbus Crew 00:30 Portland Timbers
Montréal 00:30 Orlando City
Inter Miami 00:30 Nashville SC
Chicago Fire 01:30 Real Salt Lake
Houston Dynamo 01:30 Austin
Sporting KC 01:30 St. Louis City
Colorado Rapids 02:30 Dallas
Los Angeles 03:30 New York RB
Seattle Sounders 03:30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Charlotte 23:00 Minnesota United
April 22, 2024
LA Galaxy 01:15 SJ Earthquakes
April 27, 2024
Austin 18:45 LA Galaxy

MLS Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Inter Miami 9 4 3 2 19 14 +5 15
2 New York RB 8 4 3 1 11 7 +4 15
3 Philadelphia Union 7 3 4 0 14 9 +5 13
4 Columbus Crew 8 3 4 1 10 7 +3 13
5 Cincinnati 8 3 3 2 8 7 +1 12
6 Atlanta United 7 3 2 2 12 7 +5 11
7 Charlotte 8 3 2 3 9 8 +1 11
8 Montréal 7 3 1 3 10 14 -4 10
9 Toronto 8 3 1 4 8 12 -4 10
10 D.C. United 8 2 4 2 12 12 +0 10
11 Chicago Fire 8 2 3 3 11 14 -3 9
12 New York City 8 2 2 4 7 9 -2 8
13 Orlando City 7 2 2 3 8 13 -5 8
14 Nashville SC 7 1 4 2 8 13 -5 7
15 New England 7 1 1 5 5 13 -8 4

MLS Results

April 14, 2024
St. Louis City 1 - 0 Austin
Atlanta United 2 - 2 Philadelphia Union
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 3 LA Galaxy
SJ Earthquakes 0 - 3 Colorado Rapids
Real Salt Lake 0 - 0 Columbus Crew
Minnesota United 1 - 2 Houston Dynamo
Sporting KC 2 - 3 Inter Miami
Dallas 0 - 0 Seattle Sounders
Montréal 2 - 1 Cincinnati
Charlotte 3 - 2 Toronto
D.C. United 2 - 3 Orlando City
New York RB 0 - 0 Chicago Fire
New York City 2 - 0 New England
April 13, 2024
Portland Timbers 2 - 2 Los Angeles

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