The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. New York RB and Philadelphia Union are placed 6th and 3rd respectively.
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 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
New York RB form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for New York RB 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The York fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Red Bull Arena: A 0-1 defeat against DC United (placed 13th). 1-1 away at New England before that.
The defeat against DC United was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eight minutes into stoppage time (by E. Sorga).
At Red Bull Arena, New York RB has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Philadelphia Union with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Philadelphia play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Columbus Crew (placed 2nd). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs DC United.
Philadelphia find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Philadelphia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Philadelphia Union - York 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. New York RB-Philadelphia Union H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: York three wins, Philadelphia Union five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 5 goals |  K. Przybyłko 4 goals |  K. Duncan 2 goals |
New York RB missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| New York RB | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 92% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | 45 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 59 | 143 |
| 35 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 20 | 55 |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 20% | 31% |
- New York RB has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union have scored more than double the goals of New York RB.
- Philadelphia Union have won significantly more corners away than at 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 | Toronto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | New York RB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | New England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |