FC Cincinnati’s 3-1 home win over the Philadelphia Union last August is its just triumph in nine all-time gatherings with Philadelphia (D2 L6, including playoffs). In fact, FC Cincinnati has scored just two goals in eight games against the Philadelphia Union other than that 3-1 victory.
With 14 points through six matches, FC Cincinnati is off to its best start in club history and has won three consecutive home games for the first time in club history. FC Cincinnati would earn 17 points with a victory over the Philadelphia Union, one more than it scored during the condensed 2020 campaign (16 points in 23 games).
Since last season, the Philadelphia Union have lost three consecutive regular-season road games, including two this season away from home. This is Philadelphia’s longest regular season road losing streak since a six-game home losing streak from September 2017 to May 2018.
This season, FC Cincinnati has kept four of its six matches scoreless, including the last two in a row. FC Cincinnati has never kept a perfect sheet in three straight MLS matches while it could rise to the most spotless sheets through seven matches of a season in association history (5 – done 11 past times).
Andre Blake kept a clean sheet for the 66th time in MLS regular season play when the Philadelphia Union and Sporting Kansas City played to a 0-0 draw. Blake has kept more clean sheets than any other player in the league since he became the Union’s first-choice goalkeeper in 2016.
