Major League Soccer preview: Can DC United edge out victory against Colorado Rapids?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Audi Field (20600 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for DC United and Colorado Rapids. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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DC United form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how DC United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for DC United, who have participated in six training matches. DC United have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

Last season, DC United's league statistics were 13 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season DC United managed 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 22 conceded.

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Colorado Rapids are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Colorado Rapids have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Colorado Rapids performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 63 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 22/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): DC United won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Colorado Rapids has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

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Total First Half Second Half
DC United Colorado Rapids
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
DC United Last season Colorado Rapids
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
13 7   Won W   3 12
11 6   Drew D   4 6
11 4   Lost L   10 16
43 25   Scored S   22 58
43 22   Conceded C   34 63
83% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
66% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
43% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 68%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 50%
17% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 32%
43% 47%   BTTS BTTS   65% 71%
40% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
34% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 12%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.9
6.6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.7
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
6 3   Red cards R C   2 8
 
442 250   Total Shots T S   225 481
131 69   Shots on Target S O   85 177
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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