Major League Soccer: Two sides in fairly good shape get together for this match. Philadelphia Union with a small edge with their 1st position in the league table?
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Major League Soccer
This field has artifical turf, which is not Philadelphia Union's usual surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Philadelphia Union have performed like this: Played nine matches with the output 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 13-6 (scored/conceded).
New England have less rest than Philadelphia Union in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a US Open Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at New York City.
New England form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what New England have to build on here at Gillette Stadium in the Major League Soccer.
The fans hope that England will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the US Open Cup fixture against New York City.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cincinnati and winning 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how New England have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
England have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gillette Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, New England have conceded 7 goals.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Philadelphia Union, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Major League Soccer, in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Philadelphia goalkeeper Andre Blake is eager to challenge this, with his 204 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away matches in a row for Philadelphia Union, whose manager Curtin could celebrate last time after the win against Portland Timbers. Attacker Santos got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Santos scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A draw for Philadelphia Union before that, at their own venue hosting Inter Miami (0-0).Philadelphia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Philadelphia Union are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
New England-Philadelphia Union H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New England three wins, Philadelphia Union four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Buksa 7 goals |   D. Gazdag 7 goals |  J. Carranza 4 goals |
New England missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| New England | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 23% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 9.2 | 6.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 12.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 34% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 12 | 9.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.5 | 13 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- All of Philadelphia Union's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Major League Soccer
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | New York City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 4 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | New England | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
