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New York City v Seattle Sounders : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Oct, 23:00 BST, Yankee Stadium, New York City

Seattle Sounders pay Major League Soccer competitors New York City a visit on Saturday night, as Brian Schmetzer guides his team into an away clash with Pascal Gastien & co. at the Yankee Stadium. For each and every Major League Soccer match preview, KickOff dives into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


Best Tip: Both teams to score
In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think NY City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NY City
48%
21/20-
Draw
22%
13/5-
Seattle
30%
21/10-
Draw 1-1
10%
13/2-
NY City 2-1
9%
8/1-
Seattle 2-1
7%
11/1-
NY City 1-0
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
7%
10/1-
NY City 2-0
6%
12/1-
NY City 3-1
6%
14/1-
Seattle 1-0
5%
14/1-
NY City 3-2
4%
20/1-
NY City 3-0
4%
20/1-
Seattle 2-0
4%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
Seattle 3-1
3%
20/1-
Seattle 3-2
3%
22/1-
NY City 4-1
3%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
27/20-
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/11-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
65%
1/2-
BTTS - No
35%
6/4-
BTTS - Home Win
28%
13/5-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
4/1-
Home/draw
71%
4/11-
Away/draw
52%
7/10-
Home/away
78%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
8/15-
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
3/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
64%
4/7-
Away DNB
45%
5/4-
NY City win to nil
20%
7/2-
Seattle win to nil
11%
6/1-
NY City / NY City
25%
12/5-
NY City / Seattle
3%
25/1-
NY City / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / NY City
14%
5/1-
Draw / Seattle
11%
13/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Seattle / NY City
4%
20/1-
Seattle / Seattle
17%
4/1-
Seattle / Draw
6%
12/1-
Win / draw / win form
3
Seattle have lost 3 consecutive away league games
NY City 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
Seattle
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
Goal Statistics

New York City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday night, not least because Seattle Sounders have conceded in each of their last 6 Major League Soccer outings. A PG of 1.9 for Pascal Gastien's side suggests that run should continue.

NY City 5th Seattle st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that NY City will score 1 or more goals
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Seattle will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
NY City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-21
Seattle have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season
NY City
PG (predicted goals)
Seattle
1.9
1.4
Attack rating
NYC
SEA
9%
better
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Games scored22
23
Failed to score9
7
Scored first13
15
Goals scored46
52
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.6
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for1.5
1.7
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
8%
better
NYC
SEA
view stats
Games conceded22
23
Clean sheets9
7
Conceded first16
14
Goals conceded39
45
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
17%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+8%

NY City v Seattle Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

NY City Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
331787
M MoralezA MartínezM MoralezA Perea
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Moralez MID3328
6
-
J Haak MID3314
5
-
A Ojeda FWD335
1
-
H Wolf FWD32115
2
-
J Fernández FWD3134
6
-
M Freese GLK30
2
-
T Martins DEF301
1
-
A Martínez FWD29171
2
-
J. Shore MID271
1
-
K O'Toole DEF2511
5
1
T Gray DEF25
5
-
A Perea MID2331
7
-
A O'Neill MID20
4
-
N. Cavallo DEF15
1
-
S Tanasijević DEF14
3
-
K Parks MID1412
3
-
N Mercau MID1021
2
-
S. Garfield-Reid FWD91
-
T Keubler GLK4
-
R Gustavo DEF41
-
M. Carrizo Ballesteros MID4
-
Seattle Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301477
C RoldánD MusovskiA RusnákN Tolo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Roldán MID3112
3
-
P Rothrock FWD3136
4
-
J Ferreira FWD3044
3
-
D Musovski FWD29144
5
-
A Rusnák MID28127
2
1
Álex Roldán DEF272
2
-
N Tolo DEF2612
5
2
O Vargas MID2631
4
-
S Frei GLK24
-
Y Andrade DEF241
3
-
P Vega  FWD2444
-
J Ragen DEF2211
6
-
G Minoungou FWD2113
-
K. Kossa-Rienzi DEF2032
3
1
J Bell DEF19
1
1
K Kee-Hee DEF15
3
-
R Kent FWD153
-
J Morris FWD1541
-
D Leyva MID141
2
-
R Baker-Whiting DEF131
4
1
O Rosario FWD121
2
-
J Paulo  MID9
3
-
A Thomas GLK8
-
S. Brunell MID52
-
S. Hawkins DEF3
-
P Arriola FWD2
-