📏 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union head into this game following a 2-2 MLS stalemate vs Atlanta United.

In that game, Philadelphia Union managed 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, the goalscorers were Mikael Uhre (73') and Kai Wagner (77'). Atlanta United had 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Daniel Ríos (55') and Caleb Wiley (63') scored for Atlanta United.

Fixtures involving Philadelphia Union have usually been absorbing encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 11 of them coming from Philadelphia Union.

Real Salt Lake

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Real Salt Lake will go into this clash following a 0-4 MLS win versus Chicago Fire in their previous outing.

For Real Salt Lake, goals were scored by Andrés Gómez (24'), Cristián Arango (33', 37') and Diego Luna (93').

Pablo Mastroeni's Real Salt Lake have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 11 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 5.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 12/04/2014 tells us that Philadelphia Union have won 1 of these games and Real Salt Lake 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was MLS match day 24 on 14/07/2019 when the final score was Real Salt Lake 4-0 Philadelphia Union.

In that game, Real Salt Lake managed 56% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Jefferson Savarino (23', 71'), Albert Rusnák (81') and Damir Kreilach (89').

Philadelphia Union got 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Silviu Petrescu.

📰 Team News: Philadelphia Union

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union boss Jim Curtin to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Leon Flach (Muscle tear) will miss out.

We think that The U may well use the 4-1-2-1-2 formation for this one featuring Oliver Semmle, Nathan Harriel, Jakob Glesnes, Jack Elliott, Kai Wagner, Jose Martinez, Quinn Sullivan, Jack McGlynn, Dániel Gazdag, Julián Carranza and Mikael Uhre.

ℹ️ Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake boss Pablo Mastroeni has not got a full squad to pick from. Marcelo Silva (Muscle injury), Justen Glad (Groin injury), Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury) and Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery) won’t be making appearances.

We believe Claret and Cobalt seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Zac MacMath, Andrew Brody, Bode Hidalgo, Bryan Oviedo, Alexandros Katranis, Emeka Eneli, Braian Ojeda, Maikel Chang, C. Andrés Gómez, Fidel Barajas and Cristian Arango.

🔮 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Real Salt Lake will need to push hard to hit the back of the net against this Philadelphia Union side who we think might well score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 win for Philadelphia Union after 90 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:18 27/04/2024