Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Minnesota United & Philadelphia Union face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Philadelphia Union have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Minnesota United and Philadelphia Union.
Minnesota United form and stats
Last season, Minnesota United's US Open Cup journey ended in the round of 16.0 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Minnesota United have to build on here at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer.
No payout for Minnesota in their previous match, an away game at Vancouver Whitecaps that ended in defeat 2-3. Boxall was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Boxall scored one goal and won 4 of 9 duels.
Before that, Minnesota United drew at home versus Dallas.This is expected to be a close game, with Minnesota perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Minnesota United as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Minnesota United has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Minnesota United as they are travelling to their away game against Sporting KC in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Minnesota here at Allianz Field in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games).
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the round of 32.Two trips in a row for Philadelphia Union, whose manager Curtin could celebrate last time after the win against New York RB. Defender Wagner was the best team player with a rating of 7.7. Wagner hit one key pass and won 14 of 16 duels.
A loss, in the CONCACAF Champions League away at Los Angeles FC, earlier. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 6 Philadelphia Union wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Philadelphia Union manager Curtin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Colorado Rapids.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Minnesota victory, three draws and two Philadelphia Union wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Uhre 5 goals |  D. Gazdag 4 goals |  J. Carranza 3 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Minnesota United | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 12.4 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Dallas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
