Subaru Park: Philadelphia Union vs Nashville SC Major League Soccer pre-match info

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.

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 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Subaru Park after three straight home wins.

Philadelphia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Minnesota United (2-3). The talented striker Dániel Gazdag edged out all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Gazdag scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Montreal Impact that finished 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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won eight times, drawn one and lost three.

There will be little rest for Philadelphia after this match as they are travelling to Toronto for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.

The Philadelphia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. Philadelphia 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 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Nashville SC form and stats

3-8-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nashville SC in their Major League Soccer matches away. The Nashville manager B. Jacobs is a generous human being, having led his team to five draws in a row during the last 31 days.

Nashville's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Columbus Crew that finished 1-1. The attacker Hany Mukhtar got a match rating of 8.42 in that game. Mukhtar scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to DC United.

We have checked recent matches where Nashville have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, four draws and three defeats.

Nashville have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a Major League Soccer fixture vs Cincinnati. A rough fixture list for the guests!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nashville as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Nashville as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the match result Nashville SC - Philadelphia 1-0 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

H. Mukhtar 14 goals

K. Przybyłko 10 goals

C. Sapong 10 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

Nashville SC missing players