Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Wed 18 Aug 2021 · 23:30 UTC Subaru Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 25' Jesus Medina

Y 36' James Sands

Jack Elliott 78' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC — MLS at Subaru Park.

Philadelphia Union 27 games · 39 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC 2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC 2019-06-29 New York City FC 4–2 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
04 Aug	Toronto FC	H	3–0	W
01 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D
25 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D
22 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
15 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–0	W
08 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
05 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–0	D
30 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	5–0	W

Season Stats

Philadelphia Union		New York City FC
#6	Position	#8
39	Points	33
27	Played	27
11 / 6 / 10	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 10
54	Scored	41
44	Conceded	36
+10	GD	+5
1.44	PPG	1.22
41%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 pts). New York City FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

6/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	16 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	8 G	1 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Philadelphia Union get us underway at Subaru Park.
5' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Thiago has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' New York City FC have won 463 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' Santiago Rodriguez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Philadelphia Union and New York City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' The referee shows New York City FC player a Yellow card on 25.
30' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
36' The referee calls foul for James Sands. He receives a Yellow card.
41' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Benie Traore scoring 1 goals.
46' It looks like no one’s ball. Philadelphia Union is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 294 games and scored 463 goals.
56' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
63' Another change for Philadelphia Union made on 63 minute. Kacper Przybylko leaves to be changed by Cory Burke.
67' Goal! Alejandro Bedoya scores his 25 goal in 294 matches.
68' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Thiago comes on to replace Santiago Rodriguez.
73' It is a cagey affair so far. Philadelphia Union in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
77' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Valentin Castellanos is withdrawn and Keaton Parks gets his opportunity.
78' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jack Elliott.
83' Jamaica international Alvas Powell has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
86' Philadelphia Union manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Quinn Sullivan is hanging Sergio Santos on the field on 86 minute.
89' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Alvas Powell departs to be replaced by Stuart Findlay.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Philadelphia Union take all three points.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

19
Cory Burke ↑ 63'
25
Ilsinho ↑ 89'
4
Stuart Findlay ↑ 89'
1
Matt Freese
10
Jamiro Monteiro ↑ 63'
33
Quinn Sullivan ↑ 86'
16
Jack McGlynn
26
Nathan Harriel
30
Paxten Aaronson

Coach Jim Curtin

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Malte Amundsen ↓ Gudmundur Thorarinsson 68'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Keaton Parks 77'
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Talles Magno 77'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands ↓ Andres Jasson 77'
26
Nicolas Acevedo
17
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
42
Santiago Rodriguez ↓ Thiago 68'

Bench

15
Tony Rocha
55
Keaton Parks ↑ 77'
13
Luis Barraza
43
Talles Magno ↑ 77'
24
Tayvon Gray
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↑ 68'
32
Vuk Latinovich
21
Andres Jasson ↑ 77'
8
Thiago ↑ 68'

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC W 2021-08-08 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2021-08-04 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Toronto FC W 2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-07-25 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union L

New York City FC Form

2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC L 2021-08-15 New York City FC 2–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2021-08-08 Toronto FC 2–2 New York City FC D 2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-25 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.58 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.2 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union45% Draw27% New York City FC28%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw

72%

Draw or New York City FC

55%

Philadelphia Union or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union32% Draw46% New York City FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

8.1%

2 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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