Philadelphia Union vs. New England Revolution 7/16/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Philadelphia Union hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Philadelphia is first in the conference table at 9-9-2 on 36 points with a goal difference of +17. Philadelphia took all three points on the road Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Inter Miami. Daniel Gazdag opened the scoring for Philadelphia with a goal in the 26 minute and Cory Burke scored the eventual winner in the 66th minute.

Philadelphia Union has three wins, one draw and one loss in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored 11 goals and conceded three. Philadelphia has two clean sheets in its last three matches. Daniel Gazdag is the leading goal scorer for Philadelphia with eight, while Julian Carranza is second with seven. The leader in assists is Kai Wagner with four.

New England is 9th in the conference table at 6-7-6 on 25 points with a goal difference of -1. New England was defeated by New York City FC 4-2 last Saturday. New England’s Gustavo Bou scored a brace for the Revolution with goals in the 18th and 77th minute but the backline for New England was too leaky and suffered the loss.

New England has one win, three draws and one loss in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored seven goals and conceded eight. Gustavo Bou is the leading goal scorer for New England with six, while Carles Gil has scored four. Gil is the leader in assists with six while DeJuan Jones, Sebastian Lletget and Brandon Bye each have four.