NYCFC Shots on Target Stats 2026

NYCFC Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

NYCFC are averaging 4.1 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 8.9 total SOT on average. That puts them 7th of 30 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Chicago Fire, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which NYCFC players hit the most shots on target?

Nicolás Fernández Mercau leads with 9 shots on target across 9 qualifying appearances (1/g, 78% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every NYCFC player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does NYCFC's SOT profile look this season?

NYCFC are averaging 4.1 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.8 for a match-total of 8.9. That ranks 7th of 30 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 12.2 shots per game and create 9.1 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Chicago Fire, the page weights each NYCFC attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

NYCFC take 12.2 shots per game and put 4.1 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 NYCFC fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

NYCFC are currently converting 27% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

NYCFC player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Nicolás Fernández Mercau	midfielder	9	9	1	78%
Mitja Ilenčič	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Andrés Perea	midfielder	10	7	0.7	50%
Bénie Traoré	attacker	9	4	0.44	44%
Luighi	attacker	9	8	0.89	44%
Talles Magno	attacker	3	2	0.67	33%
Keaton Parks	midfielder	4	1	0.25	25%
James Sands	midfielder	10	2	0.2	20%
Hannes Wolf	attacker	5	1	0.2	20%
Thiago Martins	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Agustín Ojeda	attacker	10	1	0.1	10%
Matt Freese	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Nico Cavallo	defender	7	0	0	0%
Tayvon Gray	defender	7	0	0	0%
Kevin O'Toole	defender	6	0	0	0%
Raul Gustavo	defender	6	0	0	0%
Jonathan Shore	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Malachi Jones	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Aiden O'Neill	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Max Murray	defender	2	0	0	0%
Máximo Carrizo	midfielder	1	0	0	0%
Seymour Reid	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Alonso Martínez	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Tomás Romero	goalkeeper	1	0	0	0%

NYCFC shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
26 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Atlanta United	Away	2-2	3	5	8	Andrés Perea (2)
18 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	New York RB	Home	0-1	4	1	5	Andrés Perea (1)
13 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake	Away	0-2	3	6	9	Nicolás Fernández Mercau (2)
10 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	New England	Home	1-2	6	6	12	Luighi (2)
4 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC	Home	0-0	1	2	3	Agustín Ojeda (1)
29 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Toronto	Away	1-1	2	6	8	Nicolás Fernández Mercau (1)
23 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	New England	Away	1-1	5	6	11	Nicolás Fernández Mercau (2)
19 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati	Away	2-1	8	6	14	Luighi (3)
16 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia Union	Home	2-3	4	5	9	Luighi (2)
31 Jul 2026	Major League Soccer	Toronto	Home	1-1	5	5	10	Andrés Perea (2)

NYCFC shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 4.1
Shots on target against per game: 4.8
Match total shots on target per game: 8.9
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 22 of 30

NYCFC Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	4	80%	80%	40%	20%	0%
Away	5	4.2	80%	40%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	10	4.1	80%	60%	40%	20%	10%

NYCFC Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	3.8	60%	60%	60%	20%	0%
Away	5	5.8	100%	100%	100%	80%	0%
Overall	10	4.8	80%	80%	80%	50%	0%

NYCFC Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	5	7.8	60%	60%	60%	40%	20%
Away	5	10	100%	100%	60%	40%	40%
Overall	10	8.9	80%	80%	60%	40%	30%

NYCFC Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	4.1	4	4.2
Total shots / match	12.2	14.6	9.8
Share of shots on target	34%	27%	43%
Goals per shot on target	27%	20%	33%
Shots on target per goal	3.7	5	3
Shots on target over 2.5	80%	80%	80%
Shots on target over 3.5	60%	80%	40%
Shots on target over 4.5	40%	40%	40%
Shots on target over 5.5	20%	20%	20%
Shots on target over 6.5	10%	0%	20%

NYCFC Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	4.8	3.8	5.8
Shots on target against over 2.5	80%	60%	100%
Shots on target against over 3.5	80%	60%	100%
Shots on target against over 4.5	80%	60%	100%
Shots on target against over 5.5	50%	20%	80%
Shots on target against over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

NYCFC Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	8.9	7.8	10
Match shots on target over 6.5	80%	60%	100%
Match shots on target over 7.5	80%	60%	100%
Match shots on target over 8.5	60%	60%	60%
Match shots on target over 9.5	40%	40%	40%
Match shots on target over 10.5	30%	20%	40%

NYCFC 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2.5	100%	50%	0%
Away	2	2.5	100%	50%	0%
Overall	4	2.5	100%	50%	0%

NYCFC 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2	50%	50%	0%
Away	2	4	100%	100%	100%
Overall	4	3	75%	75%	50%

NYCFC 1st-half match total 2026 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	4.5	100%	100%	50%	0%
Away	2	6.5	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	4	5.5	100%	100%	75%	50%

NYCFC shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
26 Sep	Major League Soccer	Atlanta (A)	2-2	3	5	8	-
18 Sep	Major League Soccer	New York RB (H)	0-1	4	1	5	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	RSL (A)	0-2	3	6	9	-
10 Sep	Major League Soccer	New England (H)	1-2	6	6	12	-
4 Sep	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC (H)	0-0	1	2	3	-
29 Aug	Major League Soccer	Toronto (A)	1-1	2	6	8	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	New England (A)	1-1	5	6	11	7
19 Aug	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati (A)	2-1	8	6	14	6
16 Aug	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia (H)	2-3	4	5	9	4
31 Jul	Major League Soccer	Toronto (H)	1-1	5	5	10	5

Major League Soccer shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Cincinnati	26	5.92	5.62	11.54	73%
2	Orlando City	27	4.96	6.41	11.37	67%
3	Inter Miami	27	6.11	4.67	10.78	67%
4	Portland Timbers	27	4.52	6.11	10.63	70%
5	Charlotte	27	4.85	5.67	10.52	70%
6	Seattle Sounders	27	5.04	5.3	10.33	67%
7	LA Galaxy	28	5.21	5.07	10.29	75%
8	New York RB	27	4.59	5.67	10.26	70%
9	Sporting KC	27	4.33	5.81	10.15	56%
10	Austin	27	4	6.15	10.15	74%
11	New England	27	4.89	5.15	10.04	67%
12	SJ Earthquakes	27	5.22	4.67	9.89	52%
13	San Diego	27	4.52	5.37	9.89	67%
14	DC United	26	4.62	5.19	9.81	62%
15	Minnesota United	27	4.81	4.96	9.78	74%
16	CF Montréal	27	4.85	4.81	9.67	70%
17	Toronto	27	4.33	5.33	9.67	59%
18	Real Salt Lake	27	5.22	4.41	9.63	67%
19	Chicago Fire	26	5.23	4.31	9.54	54%
20	Dallas	27	4.67	4.85	9.52	59%
21	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	6.46	3.04	9.5	58%
22	New York City	27	4.59	4.81	9.41	63%
23	Philadelphia Union	27	5.3	3.63	8.93	52%
24	Los Angeles FC	28	4.64	4.18	8.82	54%
25	St. Louis City	27	4.96	3.74	8.7	48%
26	Nashville SC	27	4.93	3.59	8.52	56%
27	Columbus Crew	27	3.93	4.59	8.52	56%
28	Colorado Rapids	27	4.19	4.15	8.33	44%
29	Houston Dynamo	27	4.44	3.78	8.22	44%
30	Atlanta United	27	3.96	4.15	8.11	41%

NYCFC shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	30	4.2	4.8	9	63%
Vs top half	66	4.45	4.44	8.89	56%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

NYCFC shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Major League Soccer	2026	27	4.59	4.81	9.41	63%
Major League Soccer	2025	39	4.36	4.18	8.54	51%
Major League Soccer	2024	38	4.76	5	9.76	71%

NYCFC next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 10 Oct 18:30	Chicago Fire (away)	9.54	5.23	4.31	8.83	5.33	3.5
Wed 14 Oct 23:30	Inter Miami (away)	10.78	6.11	4.67	12.08	7.38	4.69
Sat 17 Oct 23:30	LAFC (home)	8.82	4.64	4.18	8.8	4.13	4.67

NYCFC players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	midfielder	21	26	81%
2	Agustín Ojeda	attacker	10	27	37%
3	Talles Magno	attacker	7	16	44%
4	Andrés Perea	midfielder	7	17	41%
5	Hannes Wolf	attacker	7	21	33%

NYCFC players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	midfielder	10	26	38%
2	Luighi	attacker	3	9	33%
3	Andrés Perea	midfielder	3	17	18%
4	Hannes Wolf	attacker	3	21	14%
5	Talles Magno	attacker	2	16	13%

NYCFC players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	midfielder	3	26	12%
2	Luighi	attacker	1	9	11%
3	Malachi Jones	attacker	1	15	7%
4	Hannes Wolf	attacker	1	21	5%

Chicago Fire shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
26 Sep	Major League Soccer	Charlotte (A)	0-1	9	2	11	-
20 Sep	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC (A)	3-0	1	5	6	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	New England (H)	1-2	7	2	9	-
10 Sep	Major League Soccer	Inter Miami (H)	1-1	3	8	11	-
5 Sep	Major League Soccer	Toronto (A)	4-4	6	7	13	-
29 Aug	Major League Soccer	Seattle (A)	2-2	11	3	14	-
22 Aug	Major League Soccer	New York RB (A)	1-1	5	6	11	4
19 Aug	Major League Soccer	Orlando City (A)	1-2	3	5	8	5
16 Aug	Major League Soccer	Portland (H)	2-1	4	2	6	2
2 Aug	Major League Soccer	Charlotte (H)	2-1	5	1	6	3