📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will be hoping for a better result after the 1-2 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Minnesota United.

In that game, New York City FC had 73% possession and 25 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for New York City FC was Keaton Parks (89'). At the other end, Minnesota United got 16 shots at goal with 9 on target. Tani Oluwaseyi (2') and Wil Trapp (29') scored for Minnesota United.

It’s not been often in recent games where New York City FC haven’t conceded. The facts show that New York City FC have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals along the way.

Philadelphia Union

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In the game prior to this, Philadelphia Union drew 0-0 in the MLS match with Orlando City.

In that game, Philadelphia Union had 63% possession and 21 shots at goal with 4 on target. Orlando City got 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

During their six most recent matches, Bradley Carnell's Philadelphia Union have found the back of the net 9 times thus giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes dating back to 26/06/2022 shows us that New York City FC have won 1 of these & Philadelphia Union 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest featuring the two was MLS match day 42 on 18/09/2024 when it ended New York City FC 1-5 Philadelphia Union.

In that game, New York City FC managed 64% possession and 26 shots at goal with 9 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alonso Martínez (45').

Philadelphia Union had 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Tai Baribo (15'), Mikael Uhre (25'), Dániel Gazdag (32'), Jakob Glesnes (74') and Jesús Bueno (85') scored.

The referee was Pierre-Luc Lauziere.

📋 Team News: New York City FC

Andrés Perea (unknown injury), Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury), Malachi Jones (Broken leg) and Nico Cavallo (Leg injury) will not be able to play for New York City FC boss Pascal Jansen.

ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Philadelphia Union boss Bradley Carnell has not got a full squad to pick from. Kai Wagner (Injury to abdominal muscles) and Markus Anderson (Ankle injury) will miss out on this game.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Philadelphia Union will really need to work well to find the net against this New York City FC lineup who we think will emerge victorious.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning margin for New York City FC after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 23:16 12/04/2025