New York RB vs Philadelphia Union: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Fri 09.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (4330 seats)

This could be an interesting match as New York RB have their presumed home advantage while Philadelphia Union are ahead 3 points in the Major League Soccer table.

Insights:
  • New York RB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It's quite the trip for Philadelphia Union when visiting York as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

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New York RB form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what New York RB have to build on here at Red Bull Arena in the Major League Soccer. Ever since the Sporting KC game York has been unbeatable here at Red Bull Arena producing four straight wins.

York enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Orlando City's place. The match ended 2-1 with Cristian Casseres Jr scoring. Sean Davis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.42/10. Davis hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that, New York RB played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Atlanta United.

York have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Red Bull Arena with 9 goals in 5 league matches. York have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Philadelphia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Nashville SC (placed 4th). Defender Kai Wagner was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Wagner hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.

A 3-3 draw at Chicago Fire's stadium before that.

Philadelphia have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Philadelphia in these games.

Head 2 Head

New York RB and Philadelphia Union have met before this season: Philadelphia Union - New York RB 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for York, one draw and seven wins for Philadelphia Union. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

New York RBC. Clark
C. Clark
4 goals
New York RBC. Cásseres Yepes
C. Cásseres Yepes
4 goals
Philadelphia UnionC. Burke
C. Burke
4 goals

New York RB missing players

Philadelphia Union missing players

New York RB Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 12
5 4 2 Won W 1 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
16 9 4 Scored S 1 8 15
14 3 1 Conceded C 0 6 11
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 58%
55% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
27% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
55% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
36% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 25%
 
4.9 3.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 5.2
4.2 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.3 6
2.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.2 12.4 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.2 12
4.5 5.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 3.8
32% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 33%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of New York RB's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • New York RB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • New York RB have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • New York RB have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (6) 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 12 7 3 2 20 15 5 5 0 0 10 4 7 2 3 2 10 11 5 24
2 Orlando City 11 6 3 2 19 9 6 3 2 1 11 3 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 21
3 Philadelphia Union 12 5 4 3 15 11 6 3 1 2 7 5 6 2 3 1 8 6 4 19
4 Nashville SC 11 4 6 1 14 11 8 4 4 0 12 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 18
5 New York City 10 5 2 3 18 11 6 3 1 2 12 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 17
6 DC United 12 5 1 6 17 14 6 4 0 2 11 4 6 1 1 4 6 10 3 16
7 New York RB 11 5 1 5 16 14 5 4 0 1 9 3 6 1 1 4 7 11 2 16
8 Montreal Impact 11 4 4 3 12 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 2 16
9 Columbus Crew 11 4 4 3 11 9 5 3 2 0 9 4 6 1 2 3 2 5 2 16
10 Atlanta United 11 2 6 3 11 13 5 2 3 0 8 5 6 0 3 3 3 8 -2 12
11 Cincinnati 10 3 2 5 10 18 3 0 0 3 2 6 7 3 2 2 8 12 -8 11
12 Chicago Fire 11 2 2 7 10 17 7 2 2 3 9 9 4 0 0 4 1 8 -7 8
13 Inter Miami 11 2 2 7 9 17 5 0 1 4 4 11 6 2 1 3 5 6 -8 8
14 Toronto 11 1 2 8 13 27 4 1 1 2 6 7 7 0 1 6 7 20 -14 5

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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.