The league table shows that 6 points divide the two contenders in this Major League Soccer game. Philadelphia Union have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union have played 7 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). Philadelphia Union have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
An away draw last time out for Philadelphia Union, facing New England in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Curtin made a successful contribution in the game against New England, bringing on Uhre who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Glesnes, defender, was given a rating of 7.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Glesnes won 6 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Portland Timbers and winning 2-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Philadelphia Union's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Philadelphia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Philadelphia Union have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Cincinnati form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Cincinnati lost away at Montreal Impact (3-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A mental match with heaps of goals last time out for Cincinnati, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this match be as much fun? Midfield player Moreno was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Moreno scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus New England.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cincinnati playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cincinnati have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cincinnati have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Philadelphia Union victories, two draws and zero Cincinnati wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 7 goals |   B. Vázquez Toledo 7 goals |  L. Acosta 5 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 86% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 64% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 6.7 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 30% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 13.6 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 14.2 | 13.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- Philadelphia Union have not yet lost a game at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 York City | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | New England | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Toronto | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | DC United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 11 |
