New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

New York City FC

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Philadelphia Union

Wed 18 Sep 2024 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Daniel Gazdag

Strahinja Tanasijevic 51' Y

Kevin O'Toole 90' Y

Overview

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New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 27 games · 39 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-18 New York City FC 1–5 Philadelphia Union 2024-05-15 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC 2023-07-15 Philadelphia Union 2–1 New York City FC 2023-05-27 New York City FC 1–3 Philadelphia Union 2022-10-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–5	L
14 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	1–1	D
31 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–4	L
24 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–2	D
20 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
17 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	2–2	D

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	New York City FC	A	5–1	W
14 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–3	L
31 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	2–0	W
28 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–1	L
20 Jul	Nashville SC	H	3–0	W
17 Jul	New England Revolution	H	5–1	W

Season Stats

New York City FC		Philadelphia Union
#8	Position	#6
33	Points	39
27	Played	27
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	11 / 6 / 10
41	Scored	54
36	Conceded	44
+5	GD	+10
1.22	PPG	1.44
30%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

6/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	16 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	8 G	1 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Yankee Stadium will turn into a battlefield for New York City FC and Philadelphia Union.
5' It’s high time Jim Curtin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' What a strike from Tai Baribo! The score is 0-1.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' GOAL! Mikkel Uhre scores on 25. Assisted by Tai Baribo
30' Olivier Mbaizo, a Cameroon , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
31' A goal from the Hungary international Daniel Gazdag! He fires home on 31 to make it 0-3!
36' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Philadelphia Union backline.
41' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
42' Philadelphia Union receives a card for a hard tackle on 42.
46' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Tayvon Gray is replaced by Mitja Ilenic.
50' Goal! Alonso Martinez scores his 32 goal in 293 matches.
51' Strahinja Tanasijevic was booked on 51.
56' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jacob Glesnes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Philadelphia Union.
58' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Alonso Martinez is replaced by Monsef Bakrar.
63' Keaton Parks has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
67' Samuel Adeniran has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mikkel Uhre on 67 minute.
72' New York City FC ring the changes. Strahinja Tanasijevic has done his job and it is now time for Jovan Mijatovic to step up.
74' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jacob Glesnes makes it 1-4.
79' Philadelphia Union manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jesus Bueno is hanging Alejandro Bedoya on the field on 79 minute.
80' Time for substitution for Philadelphia Union. Tai Baribo is replaced by Quinn Sullivan.
85' What a strike from Jesus Bueno! The score is 1-5.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Kevin O'Toole.
90' Philadelphia Union manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cavan Sullivan is hanging Daniel Gazdag on the field on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-5 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Strahinja Tanasijevic ↓ Jovan Mijatovic 72'
17
Hannes Wolf ↓ Andres Perea 58'
13
Thiago Martins
6
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks
49
Matt Freese
24
Tayvon Gray ↓ Mitja Ilenic 46'
10
Santiago Rodriguez
22
Kevin O'Toole
26
Agustin Ojeda ↓ Maxi Moralez 46'
16
Alonso Martinez ↓ Monsef Bakrar 58'

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2024-09-18 New York City FC 1–5 Philadelphia Union L 2024-09-14 D.C. United SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 New York City FC L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-07-20 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-07-17 Atlanta United FC 2–2 New York City FC D

Philadelphia Union Form

2024-09-18 New York City FC 1–5 Philadelphia Union W 2024-09-14 Internacional CF Miami 3–1 Philadelphia Union L 2024-08-31 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Philadelphia Union W 2024-08-28 Philadelphia Union 0–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2024-07-20 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Nashville SC W 2024-07-17 Philadelphia Union 5–1 New England Revolution W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.57 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.42 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC26% Draw23% Philadelphia Union51%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.99

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

49%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

74%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC21% Draw37% Philadelphia Union42%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

1 – 2

8.3%

1 – 1

7.8%

1 – 3

6.6%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

5.5%

2 – 1

5.4%

2 – 3

5.1%

0 – 3

4.3%

0 – 1

4.1%

1 – 4

3 – 2

3.4%

2 – 4

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	13%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	20%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	16%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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