After two games we know a little more about the qualities of DC United and New England in this fresh Major League Soccer season. Read our match preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
5-11-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for New England when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 29 matches are 41-64 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for New England when visiting DC United as the cities are 4700 kilometers apart.
DC United form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for DC United's two home games in the Major League Soccer so far this season, having collected 3 points here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17.
An away draw last time out for DC United, facing Toronto in a game that ended 2-2. Before that, DC United had a home game versus Inter Miami which ended with a victory 2-1.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Toronto as Frederic Brillant's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
The manager B. Olsen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Montreal Impact in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from DC United's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
New England form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of New England playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Two travels in a row for New England, whose manager B. Arena could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Montreal Impact. A draw for New England before that, at their own venue hosting Chicago Fire (1-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the England manager B. Arena as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Toronto.
It's early days yet, but New England has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): DC United four wins, four draws and New England two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Brillant 2 goals |  R. Canouse 1 goals | Y. Asad 1 goals |
DC United missing players
New England missing players
| DC United | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 22 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 54 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| DC United | Last season | New England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | C | 39 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 83% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 66% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 43% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 34% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 43% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 60% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 40% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 17% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 34% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 29% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 442 | 250 | Total Shots | T S | 199 | 458 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 131 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33% | 36% | 14 | Altona Magic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 1 | ||