The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. DC United and New England are placed 10th and 8th respectively.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Cincinnati, so at least DC United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting New England have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-11-13 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
DC United form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for DC United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
DC United haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. F. Higuain scored that one.
DC United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Cincinnati (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montreal Impact (0-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how DC United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn four and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for DC United as they are travelling to their away game against Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
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.
New England aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 309 league minutes without a goal. A. Buksa was the last player to find the net.
There were no winners in England's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 0-0 vs Philadelphia Union (placed 5th). A 0-1 defeat away at Philadelphia Union before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for England, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York RB in just four days.
1 goal so far away for New England, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
DC United - New England 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. DC United-New England H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: DC United four wins, New England two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Brillant 2 goals |  F. Higuaín 2 goals |   A. Buksa 2 goals |
DC United missing players
New England missing players
| DC United | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 71% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 28 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 84 | 118 |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 23 | 32 |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 12% |
- All of DC United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- DC United has the most conceded goals (3) at home
- New England has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Toronto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | New York RB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | New England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Nashville SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |