TORONTO. New England had a surprising win over Toronto with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Wood  (19′) and a goal from D. Jones (62′).

The match was played at the BMO Field stadium in Toronto on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 27,438 spectators.​ The referee was Fotis Bazakos who had the assistance of Oscar Mitchell Carvalho and Ian McKay. The 4th official was Gianni Facchini. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Toronto was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. New England that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

New England was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why New England won the contest.​

Toronto shot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, New England shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Toronto received 3 yellow cards (K. Franklin, Alonso and Richie Laryea). On the other side, New England didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Toronto will stay with 12 points to go up in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, New England will have 24 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Toronto will host Orlando City on the 20th of October with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Toronto (3 draws).

New England will host Philadelphia Union on the 20th of October with a 20-9 head to head statistic in favor of Philadelphia Union (8 draws).

Toronto and New England will play the return match on the at the Gillette Stadium

Toronto – Formation

Toronto started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Bob Bradley decided to play with the following team: Sean Johnson (6.8), Richie Laryea (7.1), Matt Hedges, Shane O’Neill (6.6), Sigurd Rosted (6.1), Kobe Franklin (6.1), Brandon Servania (6.4), Alonso Coello (6.9), Mark-Anthony Kaye (7.0), Federico Bernardeschi (7.1), Charles Sapong (7.0) and Lorenzo Insigne (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Adama Diomandé (7.0), Themi Antonoglou, Ayo Akinola, Deandre Kerr, Aimé Mabika (7.0), Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Tomás Romero and Kosi Thompson.

Toronto could not rely on the presence of Jozy Altidore (injured).

Substitutions

Toronto made 2 changes: Brandon Servania for Adama Diomandé (60′) and Shane O’Neill for Jozy Altidore (69′).

Best player: Lorenzo Insigne​

The player that probably impressed the most for Toronto was Lorenzo Insigne.

His rating is (7.2) with 76 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 2 crosses.

New England – Formation

New England started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Bruce Arena played with: Đorđe Petrović (7.6), Brandon Bye (6.8), Andrew Farrell (7.4), Dave Romney (6.9), DeJuan Jones (7.2), Matt Polster (6.8), Noel Buck (7.6), Esmir Bajraktarevic (6.5), Carles Gil (7.5), Emmanuel Boateng (6.9), Bobby Wood (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Giacomo Vrioni, Christian Makoun, Latif Blessing (6.8), Ben Sweat, Jozy Altidore (6.1), Omar Gonzalez, Jack Panayotou, Justin Rennicks and Earl Edwards Jr..

Substitutions

New England made 3 changes: Bobby Wood  for Jozy Altidore (61′), E. Bajraktarevic for Latif Blessing (61′) and Emmanuel Boateng for Justin Rennicks (83′).

Best player: Đorđe Petrović​

The most impressive player for New England was the goalkeeper: Đorđe Petrović. His rating is 7.64. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Toronto – New England – 0-2
• SJ Earthquakes – Los Angeles FC – 2-1
• New York RB – Philadelphia Union – 0-1
• Montreal Impact – Orlando City – 2-0
• Inter Miami – Atlanta United – 2-1
• Cincinnati – DC United – 2-1
• Charlotte – New York City – 3-2