Major League Soccer · 2026Sat, 15 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis
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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: New England Revolution's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: New England Revolution's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

New England Revolution's recent record differs from the season

moderate

New England Revolution's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/matchGoals forLast 5 · Season1.38 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.4 goals/match1.38 goals/match1.63 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

New England Revolution show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

New England Revolution's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

11.5 shots/matchShotsToronto FC · New England Revolution10.1 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

MetricToronto FCNew England RevolutionBaseline
Shots11.5 shots/match10.1 shots/match13 shots/match
Shots against11.6 shots/match13.1 shots/match12.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Toronto FC
1Draws
0New England Revolution
New England RevolutionToronto FC · Major League Soccer00

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Toronto FC favored in 6 of 14 directional metrics · New England Revolution in 3 · 5 too close

1.38 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 16/161.38 goals/match
1.81 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 16/161.25 goals/match
1.14 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 14/141.13 xG/match
1.14 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 14/141.37 xG/match
11.5 shots/matchShotsseason · 16/1610.1 shots/match
11.6 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 16/1613.1 shots/match
4.06 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 16/163.69 shots/match
4.44 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 16/165.38 shots/match
47.1%Possessionseason · 16/1650.1%
5.56 corners/matchCornersseason · 16/164.19 corners/match
5.94 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 16/165.5 corners/match
2 cards/matchCardsseason · 4/43 cards/match
12.4 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 16/1611.1 fouls/match
Passesseason · 0/0
Pass accuracyseason · 0/0
Shots inside boxseason · 0/0
Blocked shotsseason · 0/0
Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0
Offsidesseason · 0/0
19%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 16/1625%
81%Scoring frequencyseason · 16/1669%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Toronto FC28.3
New England Revolution51.7
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Toronto FC25
New England Revolution13.3
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Toronto FC56.1
New England Revolution48.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Toronto FC31.7
New England Revolution15
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Toronto FC43.4
New England Revolution55.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 63%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Toronto FC78.3
New England Revolution11.7
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Toronto FC45.4
New England Revolution12.1
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches
0.8 goals/matchGoals scored5/50.4 goals/match
1.8 goals/matchGoals allowed5/51.4 goals/match
1.01 xG/matchExpected goals5/50.88 xG/match
11.2 shots/matchShots5/510.4 shots/match
2.6 shots/matchShots on target5/53 shots/match
45.6%Possession5/554.4%
4.6 corners/matchCorners5/56.6 corners/match
Cards0/1
11 fouls/matchFouls5/510.2 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches
1.3 goals/matchGoals scored10/101 goals/match
1.9 goals/matchGoals allowed10/101.1 goals/match
1.17 xG/matchExpected goals10/101.06 xG/match
11.5 shots/matchShots10/1010.9 shots/match
3.4 shots/matchShots on target10/103.5 shots/match
48.6%Possession10/1052.4%
5.2 corners/matchCorners10/105.2 corners/match
Cards1/1
12.6 fouls/matchFouls10/109.4 fouls/match

Window

Season

16 / 16 matches
1.38 goals/matchGoals scored16/161.38 goals/match
1.81 goals/matchGoals allowed16/161.25 goals/match
1.14 xG/matchExpected goals14/141.13 xG/match
11.5 shots/matchShots16/1610.1 shots/match
4.06 shots/matchShots on target16/163.69 shots/match
47.1%Possession16/1650.1%
5.56 corners/matchCorners16/164.19 corners/match
2 cards/matchCards4/43 cards/match
12.4 fouls/matchFouls16/1611.1 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

9 / 6 matches
1.89 goals/matchGoals scored9/60.83 goals/match
2 goals/matchGoals allowed9/61.83 goals/match
1.25 xG/matchExpected goals9/41.15 xG/match
12.6 shots/matchShots9/68.83 shots/match
5 shots/matchShots on target9/63.33 shots/match
47.6%Possession9/646.2%
6.11 corners/matchCorners9/63 corners/match
Cards2/33 cards/match
12.8 fouls/matchFouls9/611.8 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

24 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.12 days
0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited
Season samples16 / 16home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness24 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 15 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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