📊 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union will be looking for another win after the 3-0 MLS triumph over Atlanta United.

In that game, Philadelphia Union managed 29% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, goals were scored by Quinn Sullivan (27'), Danley Jean Jacques (50') and Tai Baribo (84'). On the other side, Atlanta United had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

In their past six games, Bradley Carnell's Philadelphia Union have netted 6 times - an average number of goals per match of 1.

D.C. United

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D.C. United head into the match after a 1-2 MLS win versus New York Red Bulls in their previous match.

In that game, D.C. United managed 32% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for D.C. United was João Peglow (35', 44'). For their opponents, New York Red Bulls had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (57') was the scorer for New York Red Bulls.

The stats don’t lie, and D.C. United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 14 goals in total. At the back, D.C. United have seen their frailties exposed. That trend might not be continued into this next game, though.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 08/07/2022 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for D.C. United. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Philadelphia Union have dominated them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those ties.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 25 in all at an average of 4.17 goals per meeting.

The last league match featuring the two was MLS match day 44 on 22/09/2024 and the score finished Philadelphia Union 4-0 D.C. United.

In that game, Philadelphia Union managed 50% possession and 17 shots at goal with 9 on target. The goalscorers were Mikael Uhre (13'), Dániel Gazdag (16', 69') and Tai Baribo (51').

For their opponents, D.C. United got 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

🗞️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

We are thinking that The U will possibly employ a 4-4-2 formation for this one, utilising Andre Blake, Frankie Westfield, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel, Kai Wagner, Indiana Vassilev, Danley Jean Jacques, Cavan Sullivan, Quinn Sullivan, Bruno Damiani and Mikael Uhre.

📋 Team News: D.C. United

D.C. United boss Troy Lesesne has to currently contend with reduced team options. Conner Antley (Knee injury), Jackson Hopkins (Ankle injury) and Hakim Karamoko (Abdominal problems) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Black-and-Red appear most likely to make use of a 3-4-3 formation using Luis Barraza, Lucas Bartlett, Lukas MacNaughton, Kye Rowles, Aaron Herrera, Brandon Servania, Hosei Kijima, David Schnegg, Jared Stroud, Jacob Murrell and Gabriel Pirani.

💡 Prediction

In this match, D.C. United will likely create enough chances to put one past this Philadelphia Union outfit, although that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Philadelphia Union when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.

Andre Moura, 20:00 26/04/2025