International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Philadelphia Union and Tijuana are looking forward to this Leagues Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Philadelphia's stadium, Subaru Park, has a grass surface. Tijuana have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Tijuana when playing on grass; 4 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses from 30 matches. They have scored {24 goals} in these games and conceded 61.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 4300 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Subaru Park. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
Philadelphia Union's last game was hosting New York City and winning 2-1. Manager Curtin felt very clever after Donovan scored the winning goal against New York City, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute. Martínez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Martínez scored one goal and had 47 successful passes (of 52 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Major League Soccer match versus Nashville SC with a 2-0 scoreline.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Philadelphia Union's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Queretaro are coming to town in four days.
The Philadelphia Union manager Curtin has got the team scoring with 23 from 11 home games in the league. Philadelphia have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tijuana form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Tijuana's previous game versus Cruz Azul, a 2-1 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Cruz Azul, was very satisfying as Cambindo scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Gonzalez got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Gonzalez scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the Liga MX away draw versus Necaxa that ended 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tijuana when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Tijuana have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Carranza 10 goals | ![]() D. Gazdag 9 goals | ![]() M. Uhre 7 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Tijuana missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Tijuana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 7 | Conceded | C | 32 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 29% | ||
| 12.4 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Queretaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tijuana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 2 | New England | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | DC United | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | New York RB | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | New York City | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Juarez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atletico San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | León | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | America | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mazatlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |