New York City FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids — Match Stats & Analysis

Major League Soccer · 2026Sat, 14 Mar 2026, 23:30 UTCYankee Stadium

New York City FC

DWW

3–1Full-time analysis

Colorado Rapids

LWW

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

New York City FC won 3–1.

Shots: 138
Shots on target: 82
Expected goals: 1.760.95
Possession: 41%59%

Full time

What the match recorded

New York City FC beat Colorado Rapids 3–1. Recorded in this match (New York City FC – Colorado Rapids): shots 13–8, shots on target 8–2, expected goals 1.76–0.95, possession 41%–59%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

weak

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

15 fouls/matchFoulsNew York City FC · Colorado Rapids15.3 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	New York City FC	Colorado Rapids	Baseline
Fouls	15 fouls/match	15.3 fouls/match	11.8 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots8 shotsNew York City FC 13 shots, Colorado Rapids 8 shots
Shots on target8 shots2 shotsNew York City FC 8 shots, Colorado Rapids 2 shots
Expected goals1.76 xG0.95 xGNew York City FC 1.76 xG, Colorado Rapids 0.95 xG
Possession41%59%New York City FC 41%, Colorado Rapids 59%
Corners4 corners4 cornersNew York City FC 4 corners, Colorado Rapids 4 corners
Fouls13 fouls22 foulsNew York City FC 13 fouls, Colorado Rapids 22 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards2 cardsNew York City FC 2 cards, Colorado Rapids 2 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0New York City FC

1Draws

1Colorado Rapids

5 May 2024New York City FC — Colorado Rapids · Major League Soccer0–2

19 Jun 2022New York City FC — Colorado Rapids · Major League Soccer1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: New York City FC favored in 0 of 9 directional metrics · Colorado Rapids in 0 · 9 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

New York City FC4 matchesColorado Rapids4 matches

2.75 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/41.75 goals/match

0.75 goals/match ▲Goals allowed4/41.5 goals/match

12.3 shots/matchShots4/412.8 shots/match

5.75 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/45.25 shots/match

57.3% ●Possession4/455.8%

3.75 corners/matchCorners4/4● 5.5 corners/match

1.67 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

15 fouls/matchFouls4/415.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 15 Mar 2026, 03:30 UTC · analysis-v4