Subaru Park: Philadelphia Union vs New England Major League Soccer full preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

Philadelphia Union and New England are both high-flying in the Major League Soccer with their 4th and 5th spots respectively. Let's hope for a fun game!

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

New England play their home games on artifical turf, while this match occurs on grass. Relevant data for New England when playing on grass are 4 wins, 5 draws and 15 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored {26 goals} and conceded 46 times in these fixtures.

Philadelphia Union and New England should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia Union are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Subaru Park. 10 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 17 games. In general it's been a long time since Philadelphia Union tasted defeat here at Subaru Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.

In their previous game, the manager Curtin led his Philadelphia Union to a defeat away at New England. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Subaru Park. Before that game this team had gone eight consecutive league fixtures without a loss. The versatile forward Uhre edged out all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.32 out of 10. Uhre served one assist and hit two key passes.

In the match before that, Philadelphia Union hosted Nashville SC and drew the game 0-0.

An interesting fact: 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Philadelphia in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 17 league matches. Philadelphia Union have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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New England form and stats

There's been little loot from New England's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Major League Soccer. New England only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

New England had fun at their own home (Subaru Park) last time out, beating Philadelphia Union 2-1. Bou (2) scored. That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. Bou, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Bou scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Nashville SC before that.

Observe that 15 of this side's 18 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

New England are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As for defending, England rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: New England - Philadelphia Union 2-1. Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Philadelphia Union, two draws and four wins for New England. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionD. Gazdag
D. Gazdag
14 goals
PhiladelphiaJ. Carranza
J. Carranza
14 goals
New EnglandC. Gil de Pareja Vicent
C. Gil de Pareja Vicent
11 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

New England missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Philadelphia Union New England
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 3 Played P 3 17 34
15 10 1 Won W 0 3 15
10 6 1 Drew D 2 6 10
9 1 1 Lost L 1 8 9
57 33 7 Scored S 5 21 58
41 13 5 Conceded C 6 30 46
88% 76% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
76% 65% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 85%
62% 59% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 65% 71%
41% 35% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 35% 35%
18% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 12%
62% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 65% 68%
29% 47% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
21% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 12%
 
4.5 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.6 4.6
4.5 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 5.5
2.4 2.2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.4
5 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.5 14.8 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 10.6 12.4
4.4 4.7 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4.5
38% 41% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 38%
 
11.7 9.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 21.3 17.6 15.2
4.1 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6.5 5.5
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 34 20 9 5 57 39 17 13 2 2 33 13 17 7 7 3 24 26 18 69
2 Orlando City 34 18 9 7 55 39 17 9 5 3 31 19 17 9 4 4 24 20 16 63
3 Columbus Crew 34 16 9 9 67 46 17 12 4 1 41 14 17 4 5 8 26 32 21 57
4 Philadelphia Union 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 10 6 1 33 13 17 5 4 8 24 28 16 55
5 New England 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 12 4 1 37 16 17 3 6 8 21 30 12 55
6 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 66 53 17 10 4 3 42 21 17 3 8 6 24 32 13 51
7 Nashville SC 34 13 10 11 39 32 17 9 4 4 25 13 17 4 6 7 14 19 7 49
8 New York RB 34 11 10 13 36 39 17 7 5 5 21 17 17 4 5 8 15 22 -3 43
9 Charlotte 34 10 13 11 45 52 17 6 8 3 24 21 17 4 5 8 21 31 -7 43
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 36 52 17 10 3 4 26 12 17 2 2 13 10 40 -16 41
11 New York City 34 9 14 11 35 39 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 1 8 8 12 23 -4 41
12 DC United 34 10 10 14 45 49 17 6 6 5 31 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -4 40
13 Chicago Fire 34 10 10 14 39 51 17 6 7 4 26 22 17 4 3 10 13 29 -12 40
14 Inter Miami 34 9 7 18 41 54 17 6 5 6 25 21 17 3 2 12 16 33 -13 34
15 Toronto 34 4 10 20 26 59 17 4 6 7 19 22 17 0 4 13 7 37 -33 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 34 20 9 5 57 39 17 13 2 2 33 13 17 7 7 3 24 26 18 69
2 Orlando City 34 18 9 7 55 39 17 9 5 3 31 19 17 9 4 4 24 20 16 63
3 Columbus Crew 34 16 9 9 67 46 17 12 4 1 41 14 17 4 5 8 26 32 21 57
4 Philadelphia Union 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 10 6 1 33 13 17 5 4 8 24 28 16 55
5 New England 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 12 4 1 37 16 17 3 6 8 21 30 12 55
6 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 66 53 17 10 4 3 42 21 17 3 8 6 24 32 13 51
7 Nashville SC 34 13 10 11 39 32 17 9 4 4 25 13 17 4 6 7 14 19 7 49
8 New York RB 34 11 10 13 36 39 17 7 5 5 21 17 17 4 5 8 15 22 -3 43
9 Charlotte 34 10 13 11 45 52 17 6 8 3 24 21 17 4 5 8 21 31 -7 43
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 36 52 17 10 3 4 26 12 17 2 2 13 10 40 -16 41
11 New York City 34 9 14 11 35 39 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 1 8 8 12 23 -4 41
12 DC United 34 10 10 14 45 49 17 6 6 5 31 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -4 40
13 Chicago Fire 34 10 10 14 39 51 17 6 7 4 26 22 17 4 3 10 13 29 -12 40
14 Inter Miami 34 9 7 18 41 54 17 6 5 6 25 21 17 3 2 12 16 33 -13 34
15 Toronto 34 4 10 20 26 59 17 4 6 7 19 22 17 0 4 13 7 37 -33 22

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