Toronto FC vs New York City — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

MLS·Sunday, 30 August 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.8 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Toronto FC

39%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

New York City

36%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.7% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Toronto FC win. Expected goals 1.51–1.46 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals57%2 scored
Both teams score60%yes
Toronto FC clean sheet23%no
New York City clean sheet22%no
Toronto FC score 2+45%no
New York City score 2+43%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1384
1X2 Brier score0.8296
Probability on the result25.7%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.9%), 2–1 (8.7%), 1–2 (8.2%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Toronto FC

22 FebAvs FC Dallas2–3L
1 MarAvs Vancouver Whitecaps0–3L
8 MarAvs FC Cincinnati1–0W
14 MarHvs New York Red Bulls1–1D
21 MarHvs Columbus Crew2–1W

New York City

23 FebAvs Los Angeles Galaxy1–1D
1 MarAvs Philadelphia Union2–1W
7 MarHvs Orlando City5–0W
14 MarHvs Colorado Rapids3–1W
22 MarHvs Inter Miami2–3L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatToronto FC
(Home · 17 matches)
New York City
(Away · 16 matches)
BTTS rate100.0%68.8%
Over 2.5 rate76.5%43.8%
Clean sheet0.0%12.5%
Avg goals4.062.44

Home stats use Toronto FC's home record; away stats use New York City's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.