Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC Live Stream, Predictions

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Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-2 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.

In that game, Philadelphia Union had 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Philadelphia Union was Monteiro (54'). Inter Miami got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Higuaín (73', 83') scored for Inter Miami.

Jim Curtin's Philadelphia Union have scored 6 times in their last six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 7.

New York City FC

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New York City FC head into the meeting following a 5-0 MLS win as they beat FC Cincinatti in their last game.

In that game, New York City FC had 52% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For New York City FC, the goals were scored by Medina (6', 83'), Þórarinsson (57') and Castellanos (67'). For their opponents, FC Cincinatti had 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Hagglund (53' Own goal) scored for FC Cincinatti.

In their last half-dozen outings, New York City FC have bagged a tally of 17 goals. The Pigeons have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they’ve seen 8 goals go against them. That sort of pattern might not be sustained into this match, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes going back to 28/10/2018 shows that Philadelphia Union have won 2 of these and New York City FC 4, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them from The U and 12 netted by The Pigeons. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union boss Jim Curtin to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Jack de Vries (Concussion) is sidelined.

📰 Team News: New York City FC

NYCFC boss Ronny Deila has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Gedion Zelalem (Knee Injury), Tony Rocha (Muscle Injury) and Héber (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

We’re envisaging that New York City FC will have to play well to score goals against this Philadelphia Union outfit who we think might well be able to grind out a win.

We therefore fancy a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 victory for Philadelphia Union when all is said and done.

Should be a close one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 10:19 27/04/2021