New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Match Analysis and Prediction

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Saturday sees New York City FC play Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer action at Yankee Stadium. Kickoff set for 19^th March 2022 20:00 EAT.

The NYCFC currently sits seventh in the MLS table with 4points from 3 matches. New York City FC have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals during that time. New York City were without a win in their first two league games, picking up a draw and a defeat.

New York City FC will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 4-2 League loss in their previous game against Comunicaciones. In that match, New York City FC had 56% Possession. 5 shots with 2 of them on target and goals scored by Talles Magno (53’) and Valentin Castellanos (31’). Comunicaciones got 22 shots with 10 of them on target and goals scored by Rafael Andres (45’), Nicolas Samayoa (69’), Jose Manuel (88’) and Lynner Oneal (72’).

Meanwhile, Philadelphia Union have enjoyed an unbeaten start to the season sitting second in the MLS table with 7 points from 3 matches. They have picked up five wins in that period, while the spoils have been shared on two different occasions. In their previous half-dozen clashes, Philadelphia Union have helped themselves to the sum of 8 goals.

The Pigeons will go into this encounter following a 2-0 MLS win in the defeat of San Jose Earthquakes in their last fixture. In that game, Philadelphia Union had 32% possession, 12 shots with 6 of them and goals scored by Burke (23′) and Gazdag (58′). San Jose Earthquakes had 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union head to head

17 matches have been played between these two team since 2015. New York City FC has 10 victories; Philadelphia has 5 victories and two games ended in a stalemate.