Match Report
New York RB went into the game 10th in the table on 30 points; Philadelphia Union sat 7th on 33 — a 3-point gap. New York RB had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Per game in the league, New York RB were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.92, Philadelphia Union 1.84 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Philadelphia Union in 6 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for New York RB against 11/15 for Philadelphia Union.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 1 for New York RB, 6 for Philadelphia Union and 2 drawn, at 2.44 goals per meeting. 67% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at Sports Illustrated Stadium (capacity 25,000). D. Fischer took charge of the match — our records show 66 games refereed with an average of 1.9 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Philadelphia Union led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
New York RB: Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting (74') · Philadelphia Union: Milan Iloski (20'), Cavan Sullivan (50'), Neil Pierre (64')
Key stats
Possession: New York RB 58% · Philadelphia Union 42% · Total shots: 11-19 · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 4-7