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

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MLS · 2025

New York City FC

1 – 0

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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 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

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

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
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' Three points are at stake. New York City FC host Philadelphia Union — let the battle begin!
5' Philadelphia Union have won 521 goals from 305 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
20' Philadelphia Union are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' A quiet spell here at Citi Field. Philadelphia Union seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
33' It’s a booking for Philadelphia Union player. Olwethu Makhanya gets a card.
38' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
43' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
48' Frankie Westfield has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
53' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alejandro Bedoya made 305 appearances and scored 25 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' Against the run of play, Alonso Martinez has scored! This game has turned on its head.
60' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
65' Hannes Wolf has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 5 goals this season.
66' A tactical swap from Philadelphia Union — Mikkel Uhre on, Danley Jean Jacques off on 66 minutes.
71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
75' New York City FC make a change. Maxi Moralez trudges off to be replaced by Julian Fernandez on 75 minutes.
76' The Philadelphia Union bench stirs into life. Bruno Damiani is withdrawn and Chris Donovan gets his opportunity.
81' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pascal Jansen will be considering his options from the bench.
86' New York City FC ring the changes. Hannes Wolf has done his job and it is now time for Monsef Bakrar to step up.
87' Frankie Westfield gets the nod from Philadelphia Union. He replaces Olwethu Makhanya and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Frankie Westfield argues furiously but the card stands.
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
Julian Carranza	3
Alejandro Bedoya	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Ismael Tajouri	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

1.42 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: New York City FC or Philadelphia Union 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC40% Draw26% Philadelphia Union34%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

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 FC27% Draw45% Philadelphia Union28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

7.9%

0 – 0

7.4%

0 – 1

7.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.5%

1 – 3

3 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

2.9%

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	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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