New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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New York City FC

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Philadelphia Union

Thu 9 Jul 2020 · 13:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+7' · FT 45+6'

Y 34' Jose Andres Martinez

Y 45' Jamiro

Anton Tinnerholm 82' Y

Y 89' Jakob Glesnes

Overview

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New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Eduardo Mariscal
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Timothy Ford

20 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC 2019-06-29 New York City FC 4–2 Philadelphia Union 2018-10-31 New York City FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union 2018-10-28 New York City FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	0–1	L
07 Mar	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L
01 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–1	L
23 Oct	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
06 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
29 Sep	New England Revolution	A	0–2	L

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–0	W
09 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	3–3	D
29 Feb	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L
25 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	0–2	L
20 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	4–3	W
06 Oct	New York City FC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		Philadelphia Union
#10	Position	#6
42	Points	50
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	14 / 8 / 12
49	Scored	66
45	Conceded	52
+4	GD	+14
1.24	PPG	1.47
29%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

6/7

31-45

8/7

46-60

12/2

61-75

17/5

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Philadelphia Union kicks off things out of here…
5' Maxi Moralez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' Philadelphia Union have won 521 goals from 305 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Brenden Aaronson made 305 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' Philadelphia Union looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Bruno Damiani scoring 2 goals.
30' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
34' Jose Martinez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 34.
39' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Philadelphia Union's shape.
44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
45' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jamiro on 45 minutes.
46' Jesus Medina gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Keaton Parks and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
56' Philadelphia Union has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
58' Time for substitution for Philadelphia Union. Ilsinho is replaced by Anthony Fontana.
63' What a strike from Alejandro Bedoya! The score is 0-1.
68' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
73' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Jose Martinez by Warren Creavalle on 73 minute.
76' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Maxi Moralez departs to be replaced by Gedion Zelalem.
81' Alexander Ring needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
82' Poor challenge from Anton Tinnerholm. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
83' Jakob Glesnes gets the nod from Philadelphia Union. He replaces Brenden Aaronson and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Jack De Vries comes on to replace Alejandro Bedoya.
89' The referee has no hesitation. Jakob Glesnes is booked for Philadelphia Union — Yellow card on 89.
90' The whistle greets Valentin Castellanos as he departs to be replaced by Gudmundur THorarinsson.
New York City FC will have plenty to reflect on. Philadelphia Union were simply the better side today.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 90'
22
Ronald Matarrita
29
Ismael Tajouri ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 76'
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Gedion Zelalem 76'
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
9
Heber
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Jesus Medina 46'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

10
Jamiro
27
Kai Wagner
18
Andre Blake
3
Jack Elliott
11
Alejandro Bedoya C ↓ Jack De Vries 84'
28
Ray Gaddis
25
Ilsinho ↓ Anthony Fontana 58'
4
Mark McKenzie
22
Brenden Aaronson ↓ Jakob Glesnes 83'
23
Kacper Przybylko
8
Jose Andres Martinez ↓ Warren Creavalle 73'

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	6
Valentin Castellanos	5
Daniel Gazdag	4
Maxi Moralez	4
Julian Carranza	3
Alejandro Bedoya	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Ismael Tajouri	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union L 2020-03-07 Toronto FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC L 2019-10-23 New York City FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC W 2019-09-29 New England Revolution 2–0 New York City FC L

Philadelphia Union Form

2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union W 2020-03-09 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2020-02-29 FC Dallas 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-10-25 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-10-20 Philadelphia Union 4–3 New York Red Bulls W 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.59 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.4 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: New York City FC or Philadelphia Union 73% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC41% Draw27% Philadelphia Union32%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.99

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

59%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC30% Draw44% Philadelphia Union26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.5%

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 0

6.8%

2 – 0

6.3%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

0 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

4.5%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	20%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.