New York Red Bulls vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New York Red Bulls

1 – 3

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sat 29 Aug 2026 · 22:30 UTC Sports Illustrated Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 20' Milan Iloski

0–2 50' Cavan Sullivan

0–3 64' Neil Pierre

Maxim Choupo-Moting 74' 1–3

Ronald Donkor 79' Y

Y 90' Agustin Anello

Y 90' Frankie Westfield

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Sports Illustrated Stadium.

New York Red Bulls 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 28 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Drew Fischer

20 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 10.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	28	63
2	Internacional CF Miami	28	49
3	Chicago Fire FC	28	48
4	Charlotte FC	28	46
5	New England Revolution	28	46
6	Philadelphia Union	28	42
7	Orlando City SC	28	37
8	FC Cincinnati	27	36
9	New York Red Bulls	28	36
10	New York City FC	28	33
11	Toronto FC	28	32
12	D.C. United SC	27	30
13	Columbus Crew SC	28	29
14	Atlanta United FC	28	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	28	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	51
17	St. Louis City	28	50
18	FC Dallas	28	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	28	46
20	Houston Dynamo	28	45
21	Los Angeles FC	29	42
22	Seattle Sounders FC	28	41
23	Colorado Rapids SC	28	37
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	29	36
25	Portland Timbers	28	33
26	San Diego FC	28	32
27	Real Salt Lake	28	32
28	Austin FC	28	31
29	Minnesota United FC	28	30
30	Sporting Kansas City	28	22

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 20 games · Avg 2.4 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-29 New York Red Bulls 1–3 Philadelphia Union 2026-07-22 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York Red Bulls 2025-08-16 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2025-07-12 Philadelphia Union 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2024-08-31 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	1–3	L
22 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D
19 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
15 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
01 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–2	W
25 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	3–1	W
22 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–2	D
16 Aug	New York City FC	A	3–2	W
01 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	3–2	W
25 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Philadelphia Union
#9	Position	#6
36	Points	42
28	Played	28
10 / 6 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 10
38	Scored	56
52	Conceded	45
-14	GD	+11
1.29	PPG	1.50
36%	Win %	43%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

25% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York Red Bulls are 9th (36 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/5

16-30

4/3

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/9

61-75

2/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

7/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

7/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	11 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	17 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	9 G	2 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union is underway.
5' Philadelphia Union is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' Philadelphia Union fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matthew Dos Santos, as he is very good at scoring at Sports Illustrated Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
20' Milan Iloski puts Philadelphia Union on the lead.
25' Cade Cowell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
30' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked 14 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Neil Pierre has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 298 appearances.
45' Ezekiel Alladoh is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
46' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Jorge Ruvalcaba departs to be replaced by Maxim Choupo-Moting.
50' Against the run of play, Cavan Sullivan has scored! This game has turned on its head.
55' Jesus Bueno has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 27 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
64' Neil Pierre has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 64 minutes.
64' The crowd applauds Indiana Vassilev as he leaves the pitch. Quinn Sullivan steps in for Philadelphia Union.
67' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 67 minute. Matthew Dos Santos leaves to be changed by Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty.
72' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
74' Brilliant from the ! Maxim Choupo-Moting makes it 1-3 with a superb finish on 74.
79' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Ronald Donkor on 79 minutes.
80' Time for substitution for Philadelphia Union. Bruno Damiani is replaced by Agustin Anello.
84' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Danley Jean Jacques exits the field as Ezekiel Alladoh enters on 84.
89' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
90' The referee shows Philadelphia Union player a card on 90.
1-3 the final result. New York Red Bulls will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Mohammed Sofo 67'
7
Cade Cowell ↓ Cameron Harper 67'
12
Dylan Nealis
2
Justin Che
48
Ronald Donkor
14
Julian Bazan
16
Julian Hall
11
Jorge Ruvalcaba ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 46'
15
Adri Mehmeti
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 67'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kai Wagner
18
Andre Blake
19
Indiana Vassilev ↓ Quinn Sullivan 64'
10
Milan Iloski
26
Nathan Harriel
21
Danley Jean Jacques ↓ Ezekiel Alladoh 84'
9
Bruno Damiani ↓ Agustin Anello 80'
6
Cavan Sullivan ↓ Jesus Bueno 80'
39
Frankie Westfield
4
Jovan Lukic
44
Neil Pierre

Bench

Coach Ryan Richter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Gazdag	4
Patryk Klimala	3
Kaku	2
Indiana Vassilev	2
Kacper Przybylko	2
Milan Iloski	2
Ilsinho	2
Neil Pierre	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-08-29 New York Red Bulls 1–3 Philadelphia Union L 2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-19 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Nashville SC L 2026-08-15 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-08-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Orlando City SC W 2026-07-25 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Charlotte FC L

Philadelphia Union Form

2026-08-29 New York Red Bulls 1–3 Philadelphia Union W 2026-08-22 Austin FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2026-08-19 Philadelphia Union 2–2 Internacional CF Miami D 2026-08-16 New York City FC 2–3 Philadelphia Union W 2026-08-01 Philadelphia Union 3–2 Atlanta United FC W 2026-07-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.25 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

2.16 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls22% Draw23% Philadelphia Union55%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

46%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

78%

New York Red Bulls or Philadelphia Union

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls18% Draw40% Philadelphia Union42%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.7%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 3

5.4%

2 – 1

5.4%

0 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.2%

1 – 4

3.6%

1 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	12%	79%
-0.5	21%	—	79%
+0.5	43%	—	57%
+1	43%	21%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	17%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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