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 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 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

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	#10
50	Points	42
34	Played	34
14 / 8 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
66	Scored	49
52	Conceded	45
+14	GD	+4
1.47	PPG	1.24
41%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' New York City FC have won 468 goals from 300 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jack Elliott suffering a number of foals already.
15' Thiago needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
20' Philadelphia Union are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
25' The referee shows New York City FC player a Yellow card on 25.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Philadelphia Union and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
35' It is a cagey affair so far. Philadelphia Union in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
36' James Sands is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
41' Daniel Gazdag has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
46' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
61' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
63' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Kacper Przybylko departs to be replaced by Cory Burke.
67' Against the run of play, Alejandro Bedoya has scored! This game has turned on its head.
68' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Thiago on, Santiago Rodriguez off on 68 minutes.
73' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
77' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Valentin Castellanos departs to be replaced by Keaton Parks.
78' Controversy at the stadium! Jack Elliott argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alvas Powell made 302 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
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' Stuart Findlay has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alvas Powell on 89 minute.
1-0 the final result. New York City FC will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Alonso Martinez	3
Julian Carranza	3
Bruno Damiani	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

3 / 4

1.54 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.11 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union46% Draw27% New York City FC27%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.65

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

73%

Draw or New York City FC

54%

Philadelphia Union or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union33% Draw47% New York City FC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

8.1%

0 – 1

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

3 – 1

4.6%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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