Philadelphia Union vs New York Red Bulls Live Stream, Predictions (Jul 12)

📏 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-0 MLS losing effort in their last game against Nashville.

In that game, Philadelphia Union managed 50% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Nashville had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Hany Mukhtar (101') scored for Nashville.

Their latest results show that there has been much resilience in the Philadelphia Union defence. Philadelphia Union have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past 6 outings standing at 4.

New York Red Bulls

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In their previous fixture, New York Red Bulls drew 1-1 in the MLS match with San Jose Earthquakes.

In that match, New York Red Bulls had 42% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For New York Red Bulls, goals were scored by Emil Forsberg (19') and Mohammed Sofo (58' Own goal). On the other side, San Jose Earthquakes had 15 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Over the course of their last half-dozen clashes, New York Red Bulls have amassed the sum of 11 goals. New York Red Bulls have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have had 8 goals go against them. Having said that, we’ll just have to find out if such a trend shall be maintained in this upcoming match or not.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 14/05/2022 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for New York Red Bulls. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all whereas Philadelphia Union have been dominant against them, beating them in 67% of those matches played.

12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for The U and 2 belonging to Red Bulls. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was MLS match day 39 on 31/08/2024 when it ended New York Red Bulls 0-2 Philadelphia Union.

That day, New York Red Bulls managed 59% possession and 21 shots on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Philadelphia Union had 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Mikael Uhre (4') and Tai Baribo (14') scored.

The referee was Jair Marrufo.

📰 Team News: Philadelphia Union

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union boss Bradley Carnell to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Ian Glavinovich (Knee injury) won’t play.

In all likelihood, The U could use the 4-4-2 formation this time and select Andre Blake, Olivier Mbaizo, Olwethu Makhanya, Jakob Glesnes, Kai Wagner, Indiana Vassilev, Danley Jean Jacques, Jovan Lukic, Cavan Sullivan, Bruno Damiani and Chris Donovan.

📋 Team News: New York Red Bulls

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the New York Red Bulls manager Sandro Schwarz to contend with. Dylan Nealis (Muscle injury) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Red Bulls might elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Carlos Coronel, Kyle Duncan, Omar Valencia, Noah Eile, Omar Valencia, Daniel Edelman, Peter Stroud, Mohammed Sofo, Wikelman Carmona, Emil Forsberg and Serge Ngoma.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that New York Red Bulls will surely be able to score a goal against this Philadelphia Union lineup, although that might not be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a 2-1 winning score for Philadelphia Union at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the win-draw-win market, a victory for Philadelphia Union is available for 1.85, a wager on a drawn result is 3.6 and betting on the win for New York Red Bulls gets you 3.9. They’re the best of the market prices available at this very moment.

Victor Martins, 20:02 08/07/2025