Philadelphia Union Visit Orlando City As 34 Goals Define Slide — Philadelphia Vs Orlando City
Philadelphia Union head to philadelphia vs orlando city on Wednesday with the numbers pointing to a tightrope match for both teams. Orlando City has conceded 34 goals in 12 MLS games, the worst defensive total in the league so far, while the Union arrive winless in five and stuck at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Inter & Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida, is the site, and the standings make the trip matter immediately. Orlando sits one spot above Philadelphia with 10 points, double the Union’s total, but neither side has found consistency in the East.
Orlando City’s Defensive Collapse
Thirty-four goals allowed in 12 league games leaves Orlando with a -18 goal difference and a -12.7 xG difference. The team has not kept a league shutout all year, and that is the clearest pressure point heading into a game against a Philadelphia side that has scored only 10 goals in 12 matches.
Martin Perelman has leaned on a 5-3-2 for much of the year, but Orlando changed shape only once in its last five games and beat Inter Miami 4-3 after doing so. The defense has not been the only issue, though: Orlando is 26th in MLS in average possession at 44.4%, which leaves it spending long stretches without control.
Union Searching For Goals
Bradley Carnell’s group has scored one goal in its last 270 minutes of play, and that drought sits at the center of Philadelphia’s slide. The Union have earned points in only four of their 12 games this year, and their recent run includes one win and three draws in the last six.
The last league result that offered real scoring was a 3-3 draw with Toronto last month, but even that kind of open game has been rare for Philadelphia. The Union are also out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and not in the US Open Cup, so the league table is where every point now counts.
Pašalić And The Match Officials
Marco Pašalić is questionable with a thigh injury, while Joran Gerbet is out with a knee injury and Nolan Miller is questionable with a knee injury. Pašalić also scored in Philadelphia’s 4-2 Matchday 1 win in 2025, when Tai Baribo, Daniel Gazdag and Michael Uhre also scored for the Union.
Orlando won three of its last five matches and took two of the last five meetings between the clubs, with the other two ending in draws. Sergii Boiko will referee the match, with Corey Rockwell, Adam Wienckowski, Elvis Osmanovic, Joe Dickerson and Craig Lowry assigned to the rest of the crew as Philadelphia tries to turn a goal drought into points in a stadium where the home side has been easier to score on than almost anyone else in MLS.
