San Diego FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Monday, 14 September 2026

MLS·Monday, 14 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 40.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

San Diego FC

35%

Draw

25%

Philadelphia Union

39%

pick · result

Final score

0–5

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Philadelphia Union win 39.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Philadelphia Union win. Expected goals 1.71–1.69 against 0–5 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals66%5 scored
Both teams score68%no
San Diego FC clean sheet18%no
Philadelphia Union clean sheet18%yes
San Diego FC score 2+50%no
Philadelphia Union score 2+51%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2475
1X2 Brier score0.5587
Probability on the result39.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.9%), 1–2 (9.3%), 2–2 (7.3%). It finished 0–5.

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San Diego FC

22 FebHvs CF Montreal5–0W
2 MarHvs St. Louis City2–0W
8 MarAvs Sporting Kansas City1–0W
15 MarAvs FC Dallas3–3D
22 MarHvs Real Salt Lake2–2D

Philadelphia Union

22 FebAvs DC United0–1L
1 MarHvs New York City1–2L
8 MarHvs San Jose Earthquakes0–1L
14 MarAvs Atlanta Utd1–3L
21 MarHvs Chicago Fire1–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatSan Diego FC
(Home · 16 matches)
Philadelphia Union
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate62.5%70.6%
Over 2.5 rate87.5%70.6%
Clean sheet31.2%11.8%
Avg goals4.123.94

Home stats use San Diego FC's home record; away stats use Philadelphia Union's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.