New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

New York City FC

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Philadelphia Union

Sat 12 Apr 2025 · 23:30 UTC Citi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 33' Olwethu Makhanya

Y 90' Frankie Westfield

Overview

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New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Citi Field.

New York City FC 29 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 29 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-12 New York City FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 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

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	Philadelphia Union	H	1–0	W
06 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
29 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	3–4	L
22 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	New England Revolution	H	2–1	W
09 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Apr	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
05 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	0–0	D
29 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
22 Mar	St. Louis City	H	1–0	W
16 Mar	Nashville SC	H	1–3	L
09 Mar	New England Revolution	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

New York City FC		Philadelphia Union
#10	Position	#6
33	Points	45
29	Played	29
8 / 9 / 12	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 10
42	Scored	59
40	Conceded	46
+2	GD	+13
1.14	PPG	1.55
28%	Win %	45%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 10th (33 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/6

76+

2/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

7/5

46-60

11/1

61-75

15/3

76+

7/5

■ 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	18 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	11 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Citi Field. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Philadelphia Union's shape.
10' Maxi Moralez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
15' Indiana Vassilev, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' It looks like no one’s ball. Philadelphia Union is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
25' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Philadelphia Union backline.
30' New York City FC have won 467 goals from 298 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
33' Philadelphia Union player sees a card in front of him.
38' Hannes Wolf has been relatively quiet despite scoring 29 goals in his last 223 appearances.
43' Mikkel Uhre has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 27 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
48' Justin Haak is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
53' Philadelphia Union has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
55' Goal! Alonso Martinez scores his 32 goal in 298 matches.
60' Jovan Lukic is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Philadelphia Union tonight.
65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Philadelphia Union needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
66' A tactical swap from Philadelphia Union — Mikkel Uhre on, Danley Jean Jacques off on 66 minutes.
71' The 27-year-old Kevin O'Toole has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
75' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Maxi Moralez by Julian Fernandez on 75 minute.
76' Bruno Damiani makes way for Chris Donovan at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Philadelphia Union.
81' A quiet spell here at Citi Field. Philadelphia Union seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
86' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Hannes Wolf is replaced by Monsef Bakrar.
87' The whistle greets Olwethu Makhanya as he departs to be replaced by Frankie Westfield.
90' Frankie Westfield catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. New York City FC take all three points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kai Wagner
19
Indiana Vassilev
33
Quinn Sullivan ↓ Alejandro Bedoya 76'
26
Nathan Harriel
21
Danley Jean Jacques ↓ Mikkel Uhre 66'
5
Jacob Glesnes
9
Tai Baribo
20
Bruno Damiani ↓ Chris Donovan 76'
29
Olwethu Makhanya ↓ Frankie Westfield 87'
76
Andrew Rick
4
Jovan Lukic

Bench

Coach Bradley Carnell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2025-04-12 New York City FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2025-04-06 New York City FC 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2025-03-29 Atlanta United FC 4–3 New York City FC L 2025-03-22 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 New York City FC D 2025-03-15 New York City FC 2–1 New England Revolution W 2025-03-09 New York City FC 2–1 Orlando City SC W

Philadelphia Union Form

2025-04-12 New York City FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L 2025-04-05 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Orlando City SC D 2025-03-29 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2025-03-22 Philadelphia Union 1–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-16 Philadelphia Union 1–3 Nashville SC L 2025-03-09 New England Revolution 0–2 Philadelphia Union W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.45 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: New York City FC or Philadelphia Union 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC40% Draw26% Philadelphia Union34%

Actual: New York City FC 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

66%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

60%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC26% Draw44% Philadelphia Union30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 1

6.9%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

0 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.2%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

3.8%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	19%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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