Home advantage could prove decisive in Minnesota United - Philadelphia Union battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 21.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Field (19400 seats)

Allianz Field: Get ready for a football celebration when Minnesota United invite Philadelphia Union. Read up on the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Minnesota United have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Philadelphia Union have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Minnesota United form and stats

Minnesota United, who have the fewest scored goals (18) at home in Major League Soccer, have collected 26 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 8-2-4.

It's back home for Minnesota, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Austin away with the result 1-0. Franco Fragapane found the net in that victory. Tyler Miller loved the game against Austin. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Tyler Miller, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.15 out of 10 in that game. Miller stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Colorado Rapids that was lost 1-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minnesota United handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, four draws and four defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Los Angeles FC are coming to town in three days.

Minnesota United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Minnesota have conceded only 10 goals.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

3 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Philadelphia Union playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.

Philadelphia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Montreal Impact for a Major League Soccer game that ended a draw (2-2). Kai Wagner, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Wagner scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Cincinnati with the score of 2-1.

Philadelphia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, one draw and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nashville SC in just three days.

The visiting Philadelphia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Philadelphia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Minnesota-Philadelphia Union H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Minnesota United zero wins, Philadelphia Union two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionK. Przybyłko
K. Przybyłko
10 goals
Minnesota UnitedR. Lod
R. Lod
7 goals
Minnesota UnitedA. Hunou
A. Hunou
5 goals

Minnesota United missing players

Philadelphia Union missing players

Minnesota United Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 0 14 29
11 8 2 Won W 0 3 12
8 2 1 Drew D 0 7 10
10 4 1 Lost L 0 4 7
32 18 4 Scored S 0 18 40
35 10 4 Conceded C 0 19 29
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 93% 97%
66% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 79% 72%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 45%
28% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
41% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 55%
38% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 34%
28% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
5.3 6.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.9 5.3
4.5 4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.2 5.6
1.6 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.4 17.2 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.1 12.8
3.9 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.7
28% 29% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 30%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have the fewest scored goals (18) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Seattle Sounders 29 17 6 6 49 25 15 8 4 3 26 12 14 9 2 3 23 13 24 57
2 Sporting KC 28 15 7 6 51 31 15 8 5 2 30 16 13 7 2 4 21 15 20 52
3 Colorado Rapids 29 14 9 6 42 31 14 7 6 1 23 11 15 7 3 5 19 20 11 51
4 Portland Timbers 29 14 4 11 46 46 14 9 2 3 28 19 15 5 2 8 18 27 0 46
5 Real Salt Lake 29 12 6 11 48 45 15 9 4 2 26 14 14 3 2 9 22 31 3 42
6 LA Galaxy 29 12 6 11 41 46 15 8 3 4 24 17 14 4 3 7 17 29 -5 42
7 Minnesota United 29 11 8 10 32 35 14 8 2 4 18 10 15 3 6 6 14 25 -3 41
8 Los Angeles FC 29 10 7 12 43 42 15 7 5 3 30 22 14 3 2 9 13 20 1 37
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 9 10 9 35 38 14 8 2 4 20 14 14 1 8 5 15 24 -3 37
10 SJ Earthquakes 29 8 9 12 36 47 14 4 3 7 19 22 15 4 6 5 17 25 -11 33
11 Houston Dynamo 30 6 12 12 35 46 15 6 6 3 21 18 15 0 6 9 14 28 -11 30
12 Dallas 29 6 10 13 39 47 14 4 7 3 20 15 15 2 3 10 19 32 -8 28
13 Austin 29 7 4 18 29 45 15 5 2 8 22 23 14 2 2 10 7 22 -16 25

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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.