New York Red Bulls vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Philadelphia Union

Fri 9 Jul 2021 · 00:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Olivier Mbaizo

Dru Yearwood 45' Y

R 57' Matt Freese

R 60' Matt Freese

Overview

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New York Red Bulls vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 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 Red Bulls 19 games · Avg 2.3 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-09 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Philadelphia Union 2021-05-15 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2020-09-06 New York Red Bulls 0–3 Philadelphia Union 2020-08-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-10-20 Philadelphia Union 4–3 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
03 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
27 Jun	Atlanta United FC	A	0–0	D
23 Jun	New England Revolution	A	2–3	L
19 Jun	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W
29 May	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
27 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–3	D
23 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
20 Jun	Atlanta United FC	A	2–2	D
30 May	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Philadelphia Union
#8	Position	#13
25	Points	16
18	Played	18
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
29	Scored	25
39	Conceded	33
-10	GD	-8
1.39	PPG	0.89
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

37% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

26% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). Philadelphia Union are 13th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ 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 Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Red Bull Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' It’s high time Gerhard Struber made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Sergio Santos has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
30' Jason Pendant, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
42' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Olivier Mbaizo on 42 minutes.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Dru Yearwood is booked for New York Red Bulls — Yellow card on 45.
50' Philadelphia Union has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
52' Time for substitution for New York Red Bulls. Dru Yearwood is replaced by Frankie Amaya.
57' The referee does not hesitate — a Red card for Matt Freese on 57 minutes.
58' What a moment for Patryk Klimala! That strike on 58 puts his side firmly in control.
58' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Daniel Gazdag has done his job and it is now time for Joe Bendik to step up.
59' What a moment for Patryk Klimala! That strike on 59 puts his side firmly in control.
59' Joe Bendik has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Gazdag on 59 minute.
60' It’s gonna be a Red card for Matt Freese.
60' A goal from the Poland international Patryk Klimala! He fires home on 60 to make it 3-0!
62' The Philadelphia Union bench stirs into life. Daniel Gazdag is withdrawn and Joe Bendik gets his opportunity.
67' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kai Wagner, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
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.
73' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Sergio Santos comes on to replace Leon Flach.
78' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Mandela Egbo on, Amro Tarek off on 78 minutes.
79' Omir Fernandez is replacing Wikelman Carmona for the New York Red Bulls side.
84' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
85' GOAL! Sergio Santos fires home to make it 3-1!
88' Tom Barlow gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Patryk Klimala and will look to change the dynamic.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

7
Thomas Edwards
16
Dru Yearwood ↓ Frankie Amaya 52'
27
Sean Davis
6
Kyle Duncan
13
Carlos Miguel
10
Patryk Klimala ↓ Tom Barlow 88'
47
John Tolkin ↓ Jason Pendant 88'
9
Fabio
23
Christian Casseres Jr.
3
Amro Tarek ↓ Mandela Egbo 78'
19
Wikelman Carmona ↓ Omir Fernandez 79'

Bench

24
Jason Pendant ↑ 88'
39
Mandela Egbo ↑ 78'
18
Ryan Meara
22
Florian Valot
21
Omir Fernandez ↑ 79'
8
Frankie Amaya ↑ 52'
74
Tom Barlow ↑ 88'
17
Cameron Harper

Coach Gerhard Struber

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Gazdag	4
Patryk Klimala	3
Kaku	2
Indiana Vassilev	2
Kacper Przybylko	2
Ilsinho	2
Tom Barlow	2
Sergio Santos	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2021-07-09 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-03 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls W 2021-06-27 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D 2021-06-23 New England Revolution 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-06-19 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Nashville SC W 2021-05-29 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Orlando City SC W

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-07-09 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-04 Nashville SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2021-06-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-06-20 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2021-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.76 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.59 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Philadelphia Union 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls41% Draw26% Philadelphia Union33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

67%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

59%

New York Red Bulls or Philadelphia Union

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls31% Draw42% Philadelphia Union27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 0

5.5%

2 – 0

5.4%

0 – 0

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.5%

1 – 3

3 – 2

3.9%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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