NYCFC host Philadelphia Union at Yankee Stadium \/ Citi Field (verify per fixture) on Sunday, August 16 (6:00 PM ET \/ 5:00 PM CT \/ 3:00 PM PT).<\/p>\n
NYCFC have no fresh absences to manage this weekend, with Axel Ojeda and Hannes Wolf \u2014 level on five goals apiece \u2014 set to lead the attack, backed by Keaton Parks and Tayvon Gray in midfield. Philadelphia Union have a similarly clean bill of health, and Milan Iloski’s tally of ten goals makes him the obvious focal point up top, with Indiana Vassilev, Danley Jean Jacques and Bruno Damiani in support.<\/p>\n
NYCFC’s home advantage and their fifth-place standing in the Eastern Conference<\/a> put the model in their favour, but Philadelphia Union’s defence has been troubled all season \u2014 that minus-eight goal difference has come from thirteenth in the East, with sixteen points from eighteen games. Iloski’s threat means the Union are never far from a goal of their own, and this one is shaping up as an entertaining, cut-both-ways contest rather than a cagey stalemate \u2014 one NYCFC should edge.<\/p>\n\n\n