New York Metropolis FC head coach Pascal Jansen has challenged his aspect to be extra constant within the second half of the season.
Jansen missed NYCFC’s 1-0 defeat to CF Montreal final trip because of a private matter, however will return to the touchline once they host Toronto FC subsequent.
Of their final eight video games, NYCFC have received three, misplaced three and drawn two matches, highlighting their inconsistency issues, which leaves them ninth within the Japanese Convention.
Their subsequent match in opposition to Toronto might be their final residence match earlier than a four-game street journey. Jansen stated the upcoming schedule and present type make this an enormous recreation for his staff.
“Yeah, after all, it’s an enormous recreation,” Jansen stated. “However from a distinct perspective, not solely as a result of it’s our final residence recreation for some time, but additionally, like I described simply now, we’ve got to do away with this inconsistent habits, and it’s been a subject all through the season.
“I believed going into the second a part of the season with the sport in opposition to Atlanta, we confirmed large development, and seeing the sport in opposition to Montreal reveals us that we’re not fairly there but. We needed to harm, we needed to study this the exhausting manner, getting back from the Montreal recreation.
“So that’s in our thoughts now going into this recreation, ensuring that we present the identical self-discipline as we’ve proven within the video games earlier to the sport in opposition to Montreal, and transfer ahead from there.”
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Toronto, who’re thirteenth within the Japanese Convention, ended a four-game winless run of their final match after a shock 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers.
They’ve nevertheless misplaced Italian duo Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernadeschi after they each left the membership by mutual consent earlier this week.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
New York Metropolis FC – Hannes Wolf
Wolf is NYCFC’s joint-top scorer with eight objectives in MLS this season, whereas additionally offering two assists.
He has additionally scored in NYCFC’s final three matches that haven’t resulted in defeat, however failed to take action of their final two losses.
Toronto FC – Alonso Coello
Coello scored his first aim of the season in Toronto’s win over Portland.
He additionally received 5 tackles within the match, turning into the primary Toronto participant to have a match with 5+ tackles received and a aim since Raheem Edwards did so in opposition to NYCFC in July 2017.
MATCH PREDICTION – NEW YORK CITY FC WIN
Beginning with a Leagues Cup win in July 2023, NYCFC have received 5 straight matches in all competitions in opposition to Toronto. The one longer win streak in opposition to a single opponent for the Pigeons was once they received every of the membership’s first six conferences with FC Cincinnati (2019-21).
However they have been unable to search out the again of the online for the seventh time in MLS play this season of their street loss to Montreal. NYCFC has been shutout extra instances in a single MLS season, simply twice (10 in 2023, eight in 2024).
Toronto, in the meantime, arrive with confidence after their win over Portland. Their 4 victories this season in all competitions have been by totally different margins (one, two, three, 5). Robin Fraser’s staff need to win consecutive league matches for the primary time in all competitions since doing so in August 2024.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
New York Metropolis FC – 59.4%
Draw – 21.2%
Toronto FC – 19.4%
