The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Philadelphia Union and New York City are placed 10th and 4th respectively.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union have collected 0 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 0-0-1.
Philadelphia Union's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Inter Miami (placed 5th). 0-0 away at Columbus Crew before that.
This is expected to be a close game, with Philadelphia Union perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Philadelphia Union as a small favourite), we find ten games. Philadelphia has won eight of these, drawn one and lost one.
At Subaru Park, Philadelphia Union has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
New York City form and stats
Playing away, New York City have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Major League Soccer this season.
York had fun at their own home (Subaru Park) last time out, beating Cincinnati 5-0. Valentin Castellanos, Gudmundur Thórarinsson and Jesús Medina (2) scored. Prior to that match, the New York City manager R. Deila faced defeat when travelling to DC United and losing 1-2.
As mentioned above, York was the only team on the pitch versus Cincinnati in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by York in our archives, and the results are: six wins for New York City, four draws and six defeats.
New York City have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Philadelphia Union-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Philadelphia three wins, New York City seven wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 2 goals | V. Castellanos Giménez 2 goals |   J. Monteiro Alvarenga 1 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
New York City missing players
| Philadelphia Union | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 55% |
| Philadelphia Union | Last season | New York City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 26 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 32 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 78% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 63% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 42% | ||
| 15% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 54% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 27% | ||
| 19% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Atlanta United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | New England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | New York City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Inter Miami | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | New York RB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |