Philadelphia Union arrive in Toronto on a season-best two-game run, but they still have only one league win and one of the lowest-scoring records in MLS. Toronto FC, unbeaten in six after a rocky start, will try to keep that home form intact when the teams meet in philadelphia vs toronto on Wednesday night.
The Union are 1-1-6 and have scored only six times in eight games, while conceding 12. Their first win of 2026 came in the middle of this recent run, a small but meaningful lift for a team that has been shut out three times already and has scored twice in a league match just once this season. They produced 1.27 xG against D.C. United on the weekend and still failed to score, a reminder that the attack has been more promise than payoff. Six different players have scored Philadelphia's six goals, but only one has come from the penalty spot, from Indiana Vassilev.
Toronto sit at 3-3-2 and have found a steadier rhythm after opening the season with back-to-back losses. They drew Austin 3-3 in their last match and beat Colorado 3-2 in their last win on April 4. Toronto are 10th in MLS in shots on target per match, sixth in corners and ninth in touches in the opposition's box, and they average under 50% possession, but the numbers at home are stronger: nine points from five home games, no losses, three draws and 10 goals scored, with seven of those coming in the last three home matches.
The matchup also carries a sharp edge in the injury report. Philadelphia will be without Augustin Anello, while Toronto list Theo Corbeanu, Djordje Milhailovic, Walker Zimmerman, Nicksoen Gomis and Henry Wingo as out. Toronto have also used a 4-3-3 over their last two games, a shape that has matched their recent push without changing the fact that they have still conceded 14 goals. For Philadelphia, the question is whether a team that has finally put together a run can turn one promising stretch into a result against a home side that has not lost in its own stadium this season.
What looks like a matchup between a sputtering attack and a confident home team is still defined by the same old pressure point for Philadelphia: the Union have to make their few chances count. Toronto have been getting enough of their own at home to survive mistakes; the Union have not.