New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th August 2026
New York City FC and Philadelphia Union are desperate for points to improve their standings in the table. The teams clash at Yankee Stadium, with much riding on the outcome in this Major League Soccer battle. New York City FC won the last two meetings against Philadelphia Union, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-1 score.
The hosts are currently rank as number 5 in the Eastern conference with 26 points after 18 matches. Philadelphia Union are trailing behind them on 16 points, which ranks them as number 13 ahead of their next game.
New York City FC came away with three points from the latest encounter with Philadelphia Union. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Monday.
New York City FC scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing 13 goals against. This is an average of 1.3 goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.
Philadelphia Union travel to their next away match this coming Monday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping 21 goals against. An average of 2.1 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.
New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Prediction
New York City FC Form
New York City FC have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC, before claiming 3 points in a 2-0 win against Santos Laguna. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Cruz Azul. New York City FC only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Major League Soccer matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 12 and conceded ten goals.
Philadelphia Union Form
Their past three matches saw Philadelphia Union beating Seattle Sounders FC 1-0, losing 1-0 against Cruz Azul, and beating Necaxa by 3-1. Philadelphia Union only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Major League Soccer. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 18 goals to 13.
Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between New York City FC and Philadelphia Union.
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New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Stats
- In 11 of the last 13 New York City FC matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 9 New York City FC matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 New York City FC home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 New York City FC home matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 New York City FC matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Philadelphia Union away matches in the Major League Soccer, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Philadelphia Union away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Philadelphia Union have lost the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Philadelphia Union have lost the last 3 away matches in a row in the Major League Soccer and the sum of goals was over 2.5
New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Team News
New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union H2H
New York City FC had a good reading on Philadelphia Union in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 2-1, respectively. New York City FC won four times, while Philadelphia Union won six times of their last ten encounters, meaning not a single one of these ended in a stalemate. The home win gets you odds at 23/20 with the bookmakers, while the best betting odds on the visitors at full-time are at 21/10.
New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Results
Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between New York City FC and Philadelphia Union. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 11/17 with the bookies this coming Monday.
New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union Betting Tips
Milan Iloski look like great value to find the back of the net this coming Monday, having hit the target eight times in recent Major League Soccer matches for Philadelphia Union. His total for the season says ten goals scored in this Major League Soccer campaign. With five goals lately for New York City FC in the Major League Soccer, Nicolas Fernandez is also a player worth mentioning.
In their last 10 matches at Yankee Stadium across all tournaments New York City FC won four times, drew three and lost three times. Philadelphia Union claimed one wins, two draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for New York City FC on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Philadelphia Union''s last 10 league games away from home.
The last ten encounters between New York City FC and Philadelphia Union saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with New York City FC averaging 1.1 goals a game. Philadelphia Union scored 1.8 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of New York City FC’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Philadelphia Union, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.