Only a few games have been played in the Major League Soccer so far, with New England placed 8th and Philadelphia Union sitting in the 5th position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
2 - 3 - 3 with 8-13. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Philadelphia Union when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Philadelphia Union play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
New England form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what New England have to build on here at Gillette Stadium in the Major League Soccer.
England are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 219 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Buksa).
In their previous game, the manager B. Arena led his England to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Philadelphia Union. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gillette Stadium. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Toronto the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how England have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the New England at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The Major League Soccer season is young and Philadelphia Union have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Philadelphia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Portland Timbers proved too strong as Philadelphia Union slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Talen Energy Stadium. Before that, Philadelphia secured a home win against Sporting KC with the score 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Philadelphia Union wins, two draws and four defeats.
Philadelphia Union have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Philadelphia Union - England 1-0 earlier this season. New England-Philadelphia Union H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: England one win, Philadelphia Union seven wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |  A. Buksa 2 goals | G. Bou 1 goals |
New England missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| New England | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 5.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 5.8 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.7 | 6.6 |
| 0.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 88 |
| 30 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 37 |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 32% |
- All of New England's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- New England have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- New England have yet to win a game at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored more than double the goals of New England.
- Philadelphia Union have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Toronto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |