Classic home win, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides DC United and New York City clash at Audi Field.
- DC United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as New York City have to travel 4400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for DC United and New York City.
DC United form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, DC United have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. Two home wins in a row for DC United bring valid hopes of a third.
An away draw last time out for DC United, facing Inter Miami in a game that ended 2-2. DC United salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Inter Miami, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Kamara equalizing. Kamara was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Inter Miami after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Fountas, a forward, was the top player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.01 (out of 10). Fountas scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Erik lost again
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for DC United, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Toronto is only three days away.
A decent goal production from DC United in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. DC United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for New York City with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
The New York City goalkeeper Sean Johnson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Castellanos and Magno secured the home win 2-0 against Columbus Crew in their previous game. Midfielder Moralez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Moralez served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 63 total).
After this away game York return home for a Major League Soccer game against Chicago Fire. That game is only four sleeps after this.
New York City are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (DC United wins - draws - New York City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 6 goals |   O. Williams Kamara 5 goals |  T. Fountas 5 goals |
DC United missing players
New York City missing players
| DC United | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 70% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 30% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 5.7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.7 | 18.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 7.1 |
| 37% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 30% |
| 13 | 13.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
- DC United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New York City have scored away.
- DC United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- DC United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 4 | New York RB | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 6 | New York City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | DC United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | New England | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Toronto | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
