A key match as both participants are struggling for the top positions. With Philadelphia Union in 3rd position and New York City placed 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
The visiting New York City played their last game only four days ago, a US Open Cup match. That game was also an away game, at New York RB. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The overall Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Philadelphia Union are 3-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Philadelphia Union have been steadily collecting points here at Subaru Park through three straight draws.
Philadelphia drew their last game, also a home match. Cincinnati (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfielder Bedoya was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.54 (out of ten) in that game. Bedoya scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Before that, Philadelphia Union played out a draw 1-1 when visiting New England.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 15 games. Philadelphia Union has won 9 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Philadelphia are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Chicago Fire awaits in three days.
The Philadelphia Union fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 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 4 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
New York City form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for New York City in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Two away games in a row for New York City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 against New York RB in the US Open Cup.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 5 New York City wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
New York City have another game away from home in just three nights, a Major League Soccer fixture against Cincinnati. A grim timetable for them!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting York as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. New York City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other already this season, with the match result New York City - Philadelphia Union 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Philadelphia won three games, one match ended with a draw and New York City managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 7 goals |   V. Castellanos Giménez 7 goals |  J. Carranza 4 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
New York City missing players
| Philadelphia Union | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 86% |
| 87% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 6.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.2 | 17 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 29% | 21% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 12.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.9 |
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+15) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York City have scored away.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) 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 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | New York RB | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | New England | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Toronto | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | DC United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
