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 15 games · 7 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Philadelphia Union 19 games · Avg 2.9 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
#15	Position	#8
7	Points	19
15	Played	15
1 / 4 / 10	W / D / L	5 / 4 / 6
18	Scored	25
30	Conceded	21
-12	GD	+4
0.47	PPG	1.27
7%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Philadelphia Union are 15th (7 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

0-15

2/3

16-30

1/4

31-45

2/2

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Subaru Park will turn into a battlefield for Philadelphia Union and New York City FC.
5' Philadelphia Union are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Philadelphia Union in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
15' 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.
20' New York City FC 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.
25' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jesus Medina.
30' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Anton Tinnerholm has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
35' Philadelphia Union have won 477 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
36' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for James Sands.
41' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' Keaton Parks is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Philadelphia Union tonight.
51' The home supporters are growing impatient. Philadelphia Union must find a spark to ignite this game.
56' With 0 assists to his name this season, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
61' A quiet spell here at Subaru Park. New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
63' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Cory Burke comes on to replace Kacper Przybylko.
67' Alejandro Bedoya puts Philadelphia Union on the lead.
68' The crowd applauds Santiago Rodriguez as he leaves the pitch. Thiago steps in for New York City FC.
73' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
77' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Keaton Parks comes on to replace Valentin Castellanos.
78' Jack Elliott was booked on 78.
83' The 37-year-old Sean Johnson has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
86' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Quinn Sullivan comes on to replace Sergio Santos.
89' Alvas Powell makes way for Stuart Findlay at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Philadelphia Union.
New York City FC will have plenty to reflect on. Philadelphia Union were simply the better side today.

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
Daniel Gazdag	4
Maxi Moralez	4
Alejandro Bedoya	3
Julian Carranza	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

1.21 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Philadelphia Union or New York City FC 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Philadelphia Union35% Draw28% New York City FC37%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw

63%

Draw or New York City FC

65%

Philadelphia Union or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union23% Draw47% New York City FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 1

9.2%

0 – 0

9.1%

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

5.2%

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.1%

0 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	21%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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