Home advantage could prove decisive in Philadelphia Union - New York RB battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

Philadelphia Union welcome New York RB with hopes of landing all three points. Will they? Open our match guide!

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Major League Soccer

It's quite the trip for New York RB when visiting Philadelphia Union as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Philadelphia nor New York RB as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 11 Major League Soccer games here at Subaru Park for Philadelphia Union. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the DC United game Philadelphia Union has been unbeatable here at Subaru Park producing five straight wins.

No payout for Philadelphia Union in their previous match, an away game at Toronto that ended in defeat 1-3. The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league fixtures. Defender Wagner got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.7/10. Wagner hit five key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting DC United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Philadelphia handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has had at least three goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Philadelphia Union's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Philadelphia Union have conceded only 7 goals.

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New York RB form and stats

New York RB have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-4-7 (12 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means York are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

The attacking players of New York RB have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 182 minutes.

New York RB lost away at New England (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Duncan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Duncan won 6 of 11 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Inter Miami.

York are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Goals are few and far between in New York RB's away league games. Only {6 goals} from 12 travels. York have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Philadelphia Union have managed a streak of 11 consecutive matches without defeat (8-3-0) when facing New York RB.

Philadelphia Union and New York RB have played each other earlier this season: New York RB - Philadelphia Union 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionJ. Carranza
J. Carranza
11 goals
Philadelphia UnionD. Gazdag
D. Gazdag
10 goals
Philadelphia UnionM. Uhre
M. Uhre
8 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

New York RB missing players

Philadelphia Union New York RB
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 11 4 Played P 3 12 26
13 8 4 Won W 0 1 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 4 8
8 1 0 Lost L 3 7 11
43 23 11 Scored S 1 6 23
30 7 4 Conceded C 4 14 29
92% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
76% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 62%
64% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 35%
40% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
16% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 45% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 46%
32% 55% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 23%
20% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 38%
 
4.6 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 5.2
4.6 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.9 3.4
2.3 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3 2.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.7 15.5 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 13.2 13.4
4.5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 4.2
38% 44% 65% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 12% 21%
 
11.6 9.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.7 7.1
3.8 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 2.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • New York RB have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York RB have scored away.

  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 26 17 6 3 44 29 13 12 1 0 27 8 13 5 5 3 17 21 15 57
2 New England 25 13 7 5 43 29 13 10 3 0 30 10 12 3 4 5 13 19 14 46
3 Orlando City 26 12 8 6 40 31 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 6 4 3 20 18 9 44
4 Philadelphia Union 25 13 4 8 43 30 11 8 2 1 23 7 14 5 2 7 20 23 13 43
5 Columbus Crew 26 12 6 8 50 35 14 10 3 1 35 12 12 2 3 7 15 23 15 42
6 Atlanta United 27 11 8 8 49 41 14 8 3 3 32 17 13 3 5 5 17 24 8 41
7 Nashville SC 26 11 6 9 31 26 12 8 2 2 21 8 14 3 4 7 10 18 5 39
8 Montreal Impact 26 11 2 13 26 36 12 9 0 3 18 5 14 2 2 10 8 31 -10 35
9 Chicago Fire 26 8 8 10 32 38 14 5 6 3 20 17 12 3 2 7 12 21 -6 32
10 DC United 26 8 6 12 33 38 12 4 4 4 21 17 14 4 2 8 12 21 -5 30
11 Charlotte 25 7 9 9 33 42 13 4 6 3 18 19 12 3 3 6 15 23 -9 30
12 New York RB 26 7 8 11 23 29 14 6 4 4 17 15 12 1 4 7 6 14 -6 29
13 New York City 27 6 11 10 27 35 12 5 4 3 16 15 15 1 7 7 11 20 -8 29
14 Inter Miami 24 6 4 14 24 36 12 4 3 5 15 15 12 2 1 9 9 21 -12 22
15 Toronto 27 4 10 13 23 39 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 24 -16 22

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.