Toronto FC at Minnesota United 6/3/23 MLS Picks & Predictions

Minnesota United hosts Toronto FC on Saturday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Minnesota is seventh in the conference table at 5-4-6 on 19 points with a goal difference of -3. Minnesota was defeated on the road Wednesday night by Austin 2-1. Minnesota's Joseph Rosales scored an equalizer for the Loons in the 26th minute but Minnesota gave up a winner to Austin in the 82nd minute. 

Minnesota United was defeated by Austin 2-1 on Wednesday even though they had a 3.03 expected goals value. It marked just the first time this season that a club in the MLS has lost when having a xG factor of a minimum of 3.0 and was the highest xG factor for Minnesota since August of 2019. Bongokuhle Hlongwane is the leading goal scorer for Minnesota with four, while Robin Lod and Mender Garcia lead in assists with two each.

Toronto is 13th in the conference table at 3-8-5 on 17 points with a goal difference of -4. Toronto was held at home to a 0-0 draw by the Chicago Fire on Wednesday. Toronto was able to generate several chances and ended the match with 19 shot attempts of which seven were on target but none were able to hit the back of the net. Toronto is unbeaten in each of its last two matches in MLS action.

Toronto played this past Wednesday to a nil-nil draw against the Chicago Fire which is the fourth 0-0 draw for the club this season which is the most in the MLS. Toronto had a total of four nil-nil draws in league action from 2018 through the end of last season. Federico Bernardeschi is the leading goal scorer for Toronto with three and Jonathan Osorio is the leader in assists with four.