The Major League Soccer season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Philadelphia Union and New York RB promises to be an interesting one.
Philadelphia Union and New York RB should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
New York RB have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia manager J. Curtin and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus New England (placed 8th) in the Major League Soccer. Preceding that match was a defeat to Portland Timbers (1-2).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Philadelphia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus DC United in only four days. This game is also played here.
New York RB form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, New York RB have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far. New York RB seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
York had fun at their own home last time out, beating New York City 1-0. Kyle Duncan scored. Prior to that match, the York manager C. Armas faced defeat when travelling to Cincinnati and losing 0-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by New York RB in our archives, and the results are: four wins for York, one draw and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the York manager C. Armas as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against New England.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, New York RB has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Philadelphia won four, New York RB won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |  K. Duncan 2 goals | K. Wagner 1 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
New York RB missing players
| Philadelphia Union | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 56% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 6.9 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | 54 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 37 | 64 |
| 41 | 25 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 29% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 26% |
- New York RB have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York RB have scored away.
- Philadelphia Union have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Philadelphia Union have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Toronto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | New York RB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | New England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |