Major League Soccer preview: Can Philadelphia Union edge out victory against Los Angeles FC?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

Both participants are delivering a nice season so far and fixtures like this one could be deciding. Read more about Philadelphia Union - Los Angeles FC!

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Los Angeles FC have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Los Angeles FC have to travel 4300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Philadelphia Union and Los Angeles FC.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia Union are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Subaru Park. 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. In general it's been a long time since Philadelphia tasted defeat here at Subaru Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Philadelphia Union drew their last game, 2-2 away at Charlotte (placed 11th). Late drama in the game against Charlotte as Philadelphia were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Gazdag popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Gazdag, having found the net in three consecutive matches.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cincinnati that ended 2-2.

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 Philadelphia Union have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Take note: 10 of the latest 12 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Dallas in only four days. This game is also played here at Subaru Park.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 13 games), Philadelphia's attacking play is working. Philadelphia Union are not conceding a lot of goals here at Subaru Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

Los Angeles FC have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-5-6 (14 played).

Los Angeles FC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at St. Louis City. Defender Chiellini was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Chiellini won 2 of 4 duels.

Before that, Angeles secured a home win against LA Galaxy with the score 4-2.

After this away game Los Angeles FC return home for a Campeones Cup game against Tigres UANL. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Los Angeles FC in these games.

Head 2 Head

Los Angeles FC have avoided defeat in the last 7 fixtures (2-5-0) facing Philadelphia.

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionD. Gazdag
D. Gazdag
13 goals
Los Angeles FCD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
13 goals
Philadelphia UnionJ. Carranza
J. Carranza
12 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

Los Angeles FC missing players

Philadelphia Union Los Angeles FC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 0 14 29
14 9 2 Won W 0 3 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 5 8
8 1 1 Lost L 0 6 9
51 29 10 Scored S 0 13 44
35 10 5 Conceded C 0 19 34
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 79% 86%
79% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 79% 79%
68% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 59%
46% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 28%
18% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
61% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 52%
29% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 34%
18% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 28%
 
4.5 4.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 5.9
4.5 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.1 5.1
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 15.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.9 15.1
4.6 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.1 5.2
39% 45% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 29%
 
11.8 10.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.9 10.5
3.9 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Los Angeles FC have scored away.
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (15) 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 Cincinnati 29 17 8 4 47 33 14 12 1 1 27 9 15 5 7 3 20 24 14 59
2 Orlando City 29 14 8 7 45 36 14 7 4 3 24 16 15 7 4 4 21 20 9 50
3 Columbus Crew 29 14 6 9 60 41 15 11 3 1 38 12 14 3 3 8 22 29 19 48
4 Philadelphia Union 28 14 6 8 51 35 13 9 3 1 29 10 15 5 3 7 22 25 16 48
5 New England 28 13 9 6 47 34 14 10 4 0 32 12 14 3 5 6 15 22 13 48
6 Atlanta United 30 12 10 8 57 46 15 9 3 3 37 19 15 3 7 5 20 27 11 46
7 Nashville SC 28 12 7 9 35 27 13 8 3 2 22 9 15 4 4 7 13 18 8 43
8 Montreal Impact 29 11 4 14 29 41 15 9 2 4 21 10 14 2 2 10 8 31 -12 37
9 DC United 30 9 9 12 38 39 15 5 6 4 26 18 15 4 3 8 12 21 -1 36
10 New York City 30 7 13 10 30 36 15 6 6 3 19 16 15 1 7 7 11 20 -6 34
11 Charlotte 28 7 12 9 36 45 15 4 8 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 16 24 -9 33
12 Chicago Fire 29 8 9 12 32 45 14 5 6 3 20 17 15 3 3 9 12 28 -13 33
13 Inter Miami 28 9 4 15 36 44 14 6 3 5 22 17 14 3 1 10 14 27 -8 31
14 New York RB 29 7 10 12 25 34 15 6 5 4 18 16 14 1 5 8 7 18 -9 31
15 Toronto 29 4 10 15 24 45 15 4 6 5 17 17 14 0 4 10 7 28 -21 22

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.