DC United vs New York City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Audi Field (20000 seats)

DC United have some catching up to do from their 11th spot, and they have a chance vs New York City. Read more!

Insights:
  • DC United have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

DC United have less rest than New York City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Austin, so at least DC United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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DC United form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, DC United have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games.

DC United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Austin (0-3). Midfielder Klich was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Klich hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 65 successful passes (of 72 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Vancouver Whitecaps that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with DC United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with DC United as a small favourite), we find 13 games. DC United has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 7.

DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 29 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, DC United have conceded 23 goals.

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New York City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New York City so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-7 (win-draw-lose).

New York City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Inter Miami (placed 14th). Midfielder Rodríguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Rodríguez scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Toronto.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for New York City, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this club's last 13 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. New York City have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended New York City - DC United 3-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two DC United victories, one draw and seven New York City wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedC. Benteke Liolo
C. Benteke Liolo
14 goals
DC UnitedT. Ku-Dipietro
T. Ku-Dipietro
5 goals
New York CityS. Rodríguez Molina
S. Rodríguez Molina
5 goals

DC United missing players

New York City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
DC United New York City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
9 5 1 Won W 0 1 8
10 6 3 Drew D 1 8 14
14 5 0 Lost L 3 7 10
43 29 8 Scored S 3 12 34
49 23 4 Conceded C 6 21 37
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
79% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 75%
61% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 31%
33% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 19%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 6%
52% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 56%
30% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
30% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 28%
 
4.2 4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.2
4.7 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.1 4.7
2 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 14.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.1 12.1
4.6 5.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 4.5
28% 34% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 21% 24%
 
11.8 12.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.3 10.8
4.1 4.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • DC United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York City have scored away.
  • DC United have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 32 19 8 5 54 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 16 6 7 3 23 26 17 65
2 Orlando City 32 16 9 7 50 37 16 8 5 3 28 17 16 8 4 4 22 20 13 57
3 Philadelphia Union 32 15 9 8 56 39 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 54
4 Columbus Crew 32 15 8 9 64 44 16 11 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 25 31 20 53
5 New England 31 14 10 7 52 39 16 11 4 1 35 15 15 3 6 6 17 24 13 52
6 Atlanta United 32 13 10 9 63 50 16 10 3 3 41 20 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 49
7 Nashville SC 31 12 9 10 36 29 15 8 4 3 22 10 16 4 5 7 14 19 7 45
8 Chicago Fire 32 10 10 12 39 48 16 6 7 3 26 20 16 4 3 9 13 28 -9 40
9 New York City 32 8 14 10 34 37 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 1 8 7 12 21 -3 38
10 CF Montréal 32 11 5 16 31 49 16 9 3 4 22 11 16 2 2 12 9 38 -18 38
11 DC United 33 9 10 14 43 49 16 5 6 5 29 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -6 37
12 New York RB 32 9 10 13 32 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -7 37
13 Charlotte 31 8 12 11 40 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 15 3 4 8 17 29 -10 36
14 Inter Miami 31 9 6 16 39 50 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 3 2 11 16 32 -11 33
15 Toronto 32 4 10 18 26 54 16 4 6 6 19 20 16 0 4 12 7 34 -28 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cincinnati 32 19 8 5 54 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 16 6 7 3 23 26 17 65
2 Orlando City 32 16 9 7 50 37 16 8 5 3 28 17 16 8 4 4 22 20 13 57
3 Philadelphia Union 32 15 9 8 56 39 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 54
4 Columbus Crew 32 15 8 9 64 44 16 11 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 25 31 20 53
5 New England 31 14 10 7 52 39 16 11 4 1 35 15 15 3 6 6 17 24 13 52
6 Atlanta United 32 13 10 9 63 50 16 10 3 3 41 20 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 49
7 Nashville SC 31 12 9 10 36 29 15 8 4 3 22 10 16 4 5 7 14 19 7 45
8 Chicago Fire 32 10 10 12 39 48 16 6 7 3 26 20 16 4 3 9 13 28 -9 40
9 New York City 32 8 14 10 34 37 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 1 8 7 12 21 -3 38
10 CF Montréal 32 11 5 16 31 49 16 9 3 4 22 11 16 2 2 12 9 38 -18 38
11 DC United 33 9 10 14 43 49 16 5 6 5 29 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -6 37
12 New York RB 32 9 10 13 32 39 16 6 5 5 18 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -7 37
13 Charlotte 31 8 12 11 40 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 15 3 4 8 17 29 -10 36
14 Inter Miami 31 9 6 16 39 50 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 3 2 11 16 32 -11 33
15 Toronto 32 4 10 18 26 54 16 4 6 6 19 20 16 0 4 12 7 34 -28 22

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