Philadelphia Union - DC United. 2nd position meets 13th position. Everything can happen - get a full game guide here!
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Major League Soccer
- DC United is in the worst form (1-1-4)
These teams have little in common geographically as DC United have to travel 4400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting DC United played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match. That game was also an away game, at Orlando City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Philadelphia Union have played 9 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Philadelphia Union haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Burke scored that one.
Philadelphia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Columbus Crew that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Blake got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.9 out of ten. Blake saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chicago Fire (0-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Philadelphia Union matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.
Philadelphia Union has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Philadelphia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Subaru Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
DC United form and stats
DC United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
DC United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-3 victory visiting Orlando City (placed 7th). Yippee; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning. As you can tell from the result, the match against Orlando City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Fountas certainly enjoyed DC United's last game versus Orlando City, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-3 victory. Attacker Fountas got a player rating of 9.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Fountas scored three goals.
A loss against Nashville SC was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and DC United playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 3 away wins, 1 draw and 0 home wins.
The visiting DC United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The DC United manager Losada has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Philadelphia wins - draws - DC United wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fountas 9 goals |   D. Gazdag 7 goals |  O. Williams Kamara 6 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
DC United missing players
| Philadelphia Union | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 81% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 25% |
| 56% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 17% | 11% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 6.7 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.6 | 10.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 45% | 42% |
| 13.9 | 12 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
- DC United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- DC United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- DC United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- DC United is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Philadelphia Union have not yet lost a game at home.
- Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) 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 | New York RB | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | New York City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | New England | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Toronto | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | DC United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
