It's advantage Philadelphia Union at this point, with the 1st spot in the Major League Soccer table and welcoming New England (who are in 9th).
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
This arena has grass, which is not New England's regular surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass New England have performed like this: Played 26 matches producing 14 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 47-39 (scored/conceded).
The hosts Philadelphia saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Inter Miami, so at least Philadelphia Union are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Subaru Park as Philadelphia Union have scored 18 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 5-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Subaru Park.
It's back home for Philadelphia Union, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Inter Miami away with the result 2-1. Gazdag and Burke found the net in that victory. Wagner was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.9 out of 10. The defender Wagner served one assist, hit three key passes and won 1 of 1 duels.
Before that game, the 7-0 home victory against DC United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Philadelphia Union handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Philadelphia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 5 from 10 matches.
New England form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New England so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
England are travelling again after losing away to New York City in their previous match (2-4). That loss stopped this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in all! As you can tell from the result, the match against New York City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It's not a good sign for New England that their goalkeeper Petrović managed seven saves in the New York City game, but still were unable to hinder a defeat. The attacker Bou got a match rating of 8.25 in that game. Bou scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Cincinnati.New England are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 10 league games.
England are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. The New England manager Arena has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought before this season: New England - Philadelphia Union 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Philadelphia Union victories, three draws and three New England wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 8 goals |  J. Carranza 7 goals |   A. Buksa 7 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
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| Philadelphia Union | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 32 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 68% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 78% | 53% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 44% | 26% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 14.1 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 14 | 13.6 |
| 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| 13.5 | 11.6 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have not yet lost a game at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union is in the best form (3-2-1) 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 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | New York City | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | New York RB | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 29 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | New England | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Toronto | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 14 | DC United | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
