Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are New England and Philadelphia Union, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- New England have the most scored goals (33) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Philadelphia Union's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Philadelphia Union have performed like this: Played eleven matches resulting in 4 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 12-8 (scored/conceded).
New England form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Major League Soccer games here at Gillette Stadium for New England. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in New England's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nashville SC (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Defender Andrew Farrell got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Farrell won 5 of 6 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus New York RB with a 3-2 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does England handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, five draws and two defeats.
A decent goal production from England in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. England have conceded 8 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Philadelphia Union are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Major League Soccer against Toronto (placed 13th). Dániel Gazdag got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, top player of the team. Gazdag scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total). Philadelphia Union delivered their win in the match against Toronto already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Chicago Fire.We have checked recent matches where Philadelphia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were six victories, one draw and ten defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Philadelphia manager P. Noonan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against America.
Philadelphia Union are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Philadelphia have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Philadelphia Union - England 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for New England, three draws and six wins for Philadelphia Union. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 10 goals | A. Buksa 8 goals |   K. Przybyłko 6 goals |
New England missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| New England | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 72% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 61% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 33% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 12% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 32% |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have the most scored goals (33) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
- New England is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | New York City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | DC United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | New York RB | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 15 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Toronto | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 14 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 13 |