Wednesday’s MLS action will see Philadelphia Union battling it out with New York Red Bulls.
All Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
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Philadelphia Union
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Philadelphia Union will be hoping to bounce back here after the 6-4 MLS loss in their previous game against Inter Miami.
In that match, Philadelphia Union had 36% possession and 21 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, the goals were scored by Milan Iloski (3', 10', 45') and Bruno Damiani (20'). Inter Miami got 17 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Germán Berterame (13', 41'), Luis Suárez (29', 44', 81') and Rodrigo De Paul (93') scored for Inter Miami.
Matches featuring Philadelphia Union have proved to be lively ones recently with high scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 9 of these being chalked up by Philadelphia Union. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.
New York Red Bulls
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New York Red Bulls come into this encounter following on from a 1-2 MLS win with the downing of Sporting Kansas City in their most recent fixture.
In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 38% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for New York Red Bulls was Jorge Ruvalcaba (3', 45'). For their opponents, Sporting Kansas City had 15 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Calvin Harris (64') was the scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
New York Red Bulls have been good when going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 10 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, New York Red Bulls can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 03/09/2023 shows us that Philadelphia Union have won 4 of them & New York Red Bulls 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.
A sum of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 of them from The U and 4 belonging to Red Bulls. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was MLS match day 39 on 16/08/2025 which ended up with the score at New York Red Bulls 1-0 Philadelphia Union.
In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 51% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Dylan Nealis (74').
For their opponents, Philadelphia Union got 11 shots at goal with 1 on target.
The match was refereed by Ismir Pekmic.
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Team News: Philadelphia Union
We think that The U may well opt for a 4-4-2 system for the game, beginning the first half with Andre Blake, Frankie Westfield, Geiner Martínez, Nathan Harriel, Ben Bender, Cavan Sullivan, Jovan Lukic, Danley Jean Jacques, Agustin Anello, Milan Iloski and Bruno Damiani.
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Team News: New York Red Bulls
There’s a good chance that Red Bulls appear most likely to make use of a 4-3-3 formation using Ethan Horvath, J. Marshall-Rutty, Justin Che, Dylan Nealis, Omar Valencia, Ronald Donkor, Adri Mehmeti, Gustav Berggren, Cade Cowell, Julian Hall and Jorge Ruvalcaba.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that New York Red Bulls have enough to score a goal against this Philadelphia Union outfit, although it probably shouldn’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Philadelphia Union after the 90. It really should be an interesting one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at the bookies’ prices in the win-draw-win market, backing Philadelphia Union is available for 1.62, backing a drawn result is 4.33 and putting your money on the win for New York Red Bulls can get you 4.5. They are the top returns available at the current time.
Renata Leite,
13:05 22/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Philadelphia Union
Formed: 2008
Stadium: Subaru Park (18,500)
Captain: Alejandro Bedoya
Chairman: Jay Sugarman
Manager: Ryan Richter
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)