📊 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 MLS losing effort in their last game against Inter Miami.

In that game, Philadelphia Union had 47% possession and 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Philadelphia Union was Dániel Gazdag (80'). Inter Miami had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Robert Taylor (23') and Lionel Messi (57') scored for Inter Miami.

Fixtures with Philadelphia Union have tended to be lively affairs recently with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of these accredited to Philadelphia Union. That being said, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be maintained in this upcoming match or not.

Orlando City

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Orlando City will go into the clash following on from a 1-2 MLS win vs Los Angeles Galaxy in their last outing.

In that game, Orlando City managed 50% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Orlando City, goals were scored by Martín Ojeda (76') and Luis Muriel (90'). At the other end, LA Galaxy got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Christian Ramirez (14') scored for Los Angeles Galaxy.

The stats tell the story, and Orlando City have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 12 goals in all. In defence, Orlando City have some weaknesses to address.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes going back to 10/09/2022 tells us that Philadelphia Union have won 2 of them and Orlando City 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per meeting.

The last league match featuring these sides was MLS match day 1 on 23/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Orlando City 2-4 Philadelphia Union.

That day, Orlando City had 54% possession and 21 shots at goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Marco Pašalić (8', 79').

On the other side, Philadelphia Union had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Tai Baribo (23', 64'), Dániel Gazdag (48') and Mikael Uhre (51') scored.

The referee was Rubiel Vazquez.

ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Markus Anderson (Ankle injury) and Kai Wagner (Injury to abdominal muscles) won’t be playing for Philadelphia Union manager Bradley Carnell.

📰 Team News: Orlando City

Orlando City manager Óscar Pareja has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Yutaro Tsukada (Cruciate ligament tear), Favian Loyola (Torn muscle bundle), Nicolás Rodríguez (Hamstring injury) and Wilder Cartagena (Achilles tendon rupture) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Philadelphia Union are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

In contrast, Orlando City could well find it tough to score themselves but do we see them getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Philadelphia Union at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 23:15 05/04/2025