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

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MLS · 2025

New York City FC

1 – 0

Full Time

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 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 19 games · Avg 2.9 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
#5	Position	#13
26	Points	16
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
31	Scored	25
24	Conceded	33
+7	GD	-8
1.44	PPG	0.89
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Philadelphia Union are 13th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

3/3

16-30

1/5

31-45

3/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

4/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. New York City FC get us underway at Citi Field.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Bruno Damiani, a Uruguay , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' Jonathan Shore has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Indiana Vassilev has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
33' A moment of madness from Olwethu Makhanya on 33 minutes earns him a card. Philadelphia Union will be frustrated.
38' With 0 assists to his name this season, Justin Haak is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Philadelphia Union.
43' Philadelphia Union seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
48' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 289 games and scored 459 goals.
53' Thiago Martins is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
55' Magnificent from Alonso Martinez! That is 32 goals in 289 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Olwethu Makhanya, as he is very good at scoring at Citi Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
65' The travelling Philadelphia Union supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
66' Mikkel Uhre gets the nod from Philadelphia Union. He replaces Danley Jean Jacques and will look to change the dynamic.
71' A quiet spell here at Citi Field. Philadelphia Union seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
75' Julian Fernandez gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Maxi Moralez and will look to change the dynamic.
76' Another change for Philadelphia Union made on 76 minute. Bruno Damiani leaves to be changed by Chris Donovan.
81' The energy levels are beginning to show. Bradley Carnell might look to freshen things up shortly.
86' Another change for New York City FC made on 86 minute. Hannes Wolf leaves to be changed by Monsef Bakrar.
87' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Olwethu Makhanya exits the field as Frankie Westfield enters on 87.
90' That is a card for Philadelphia Union. Frankie Westfield will be fuming at that decision.
Philadelphia Union will have plenty to reflect on. New York City FC were simply the better side today.

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
Julian Carranza	3
Alonso Martinez	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

1.77 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC49% Draw25% Philadelphia Union26%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

51%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC35% Draw44% Philadelphia Union21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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