Toronto vs Philadelphia Union match guide

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 30.Aug
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

A brief look at the Major League Soccer table hint of an upper hand to Philadelphia Union when they go to Toronto. Yet; let's play before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Toronto form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Toronto have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. Problems are piling up for Toronto as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of eight games. This streak could be one for the history books.

In their previous game, the manager Bradley led his Toronto to a defeat away at Columbus Crew. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BMO Field. Romero had a busy but productive day in the Columbus Crew match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that game, the home loss against Montreal Impact with the scoreline 2-3.

On the other hand, Toronto have conceded 14 goals.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Playing away, Philadelphia Union have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Philadelphia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Philadelphia Union play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting DC United (placed 10th). Defender Glesnes was the best team player with a rating of 8.2. Glesnes won 3 of 10 duels.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting Monterrey in the Leagues Cup (3-0).

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Philadelphia Union are hosting New York RB in the Major League Soccer only four days away.

Philadelphia Union are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As for defending, Philadelphia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Philadelphia Union - Toronto 4-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Toronto wins - draws - Philadelphia Union wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Toronto missing players

Philadelphia Union missing players

Toronto Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 13 24
3 3 0 Won W 2 5 13
10 6 1 Drew D 0 2 4
13 4 1 Lost L 1 6 7
20 13 1 Scored S 4 19 42
38 14 3 Conceded C 3 20 27
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
65% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 75%
35% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 62%
23% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 46% 38%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
42% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 54%
23% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 33%
50% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 21%
 
3.7 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.2 4.4
5.7 4.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.8 4.6
1.6 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.6 12.5 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.9 13.5
3.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.6
21% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 38%
 
13.9 12.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.1 11.6
4.6 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 3.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Philadelphia Union have scored more than double the goals of Toronto.
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toronto is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 25 16 6 3 42 28 13 12 1 0 27 8 12 4 5 3 15 20 14 54
2 Philadelphia Union 24 13 4 7 42 27 11 8 2 1 23 7 13 5 2 6 19 20 15 43
3 New England 24 12 7 5 42 29 12 9 3 0 29 10 12 3 4 5 13 19 13 43
4 Orlando City 25 12 7 6 39 30 13 6 4 3 20 13 12 6 3 3 19 17 9 43
5 Columbus Crew 25 12 6 7 50 33 14 10 3 1 35 12 11 2 3 6 15 21 17 42
6 Atlanta United 26 11 8 7 48 39 13 8 3 2 31 15 13 3 5 5 17 24 9 41
7 Nashville SC 25 11 5 9 31 26 12 8 2 2 21 8 13 3 3 7 10 18 5 38
8 Montreal Impact 25 11 2 12 26 34 12 9 0 3 18 5 13 2 2 9 8 29 -8 35
9 Chicago Fire 25 8 8 9 32 37 13 5 6 2 20 16 12 3 2 7 12 21 -5 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 New York RB 25 7 8 10 23 28 14 6 4 4 17 15 11 1 4 6 6 13 -5 29
12 Charlotte 24 7 8 9 32 41 12 4 5 3 17 18 12 3 3 6 15 23 -9 29
13 New York City 26 5 11 10 25 35 11 4 4 3 14 15 15 1 7 7 11 20 -10 26
14 Inter Miami 23 6 3 14 24 36 11 4 2 5 15 15 12 2 1 9 9 21 -12 21
15 Toronto 26 3 10 13 20 38 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 0 4 9 7 24 -18 19

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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.