DC United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 13th position in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting New England holds 7th place with 15 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses grass, unlike New England's home stadium. The visitors last 29 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses.
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
With 1 Major League Soccer win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, DC United are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Toronto in the Major League Soccer last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was a defeat to New York RB (0-2).
The hometeam coach B. Olsen made a successful contribution in the game against Toronto, bringing on Griffin Yow who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
DC United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
New England form and stats
Playing away, New England have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
England's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus New York City that finished 0-0. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Philadelphia Union's place.
England are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by England in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: DC United - New England 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three DC United victories, four draws and three New England wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Bunbury 4 goals |  G. Bou 3 goals |   F. Brillant 2 goals |
DC United missing players
New England missing players
| DC United | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 83% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 77% |
| 67% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 54% |
| 25% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 104 | 60 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 114 | 194 |
| 39 | 24 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 34 | 58 |
| 28% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 24% | 17% |
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Major League Soccer
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Toronto | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | New York City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | New England | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | New York RB | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | DC United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 9 |