Major League Soccer match preview and statistics: DC United fight New York RB

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 26.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Audi Field (20000 seats)

DC United are ready for a new challenge after their 2-2 against 2-2 last time out. New York RB are coming to town!

Insights:
  • DC United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

New York RB have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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DC United form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Major League Soccer games here at Audi Field for DC United. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. DC United has recorded two wins in a row here at Audi Field, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to Audi Field after being equal after 90 minutes with Chicago Fire (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 2-2. Julian Gressel (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.74/10. Gressel hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total). There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Chicago Fire as Ola Kamara's goal in the 87th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Philadelphia Union.

DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 11 goals in 6 league matches. DC United have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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New York RB form and stats

There's been little loot from New York RB's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Major League Soccer. New York RB only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

New York RB are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Toronto (placed 13th). Attacker Patryk Klimala got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Klimala scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Philadelphia Union.

New York RB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). York struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one DC United victory, four draws and five New York RB wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedO. Williams Kamara
O. Williams Kamara
6 goals
New York RBC. Clark
C. Clark
4 goals
New York RBC. Cásseres Yepes
C. Cásseres Yepes
4 goals

DC United missing players

New York RB missing players

DC United New York RB
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 0 7 13
5 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 2 0 Lost L 0 4 5
20 11 2 Scored S 0 8 18
18 4 1 Conceded C 0 12 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 92%
57% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 85%
57% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 46%
29% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 23%
14% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 15%
50% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 62%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 15%
 
4.9 5.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.4 5.2
4.1 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 4.3
2.1 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.8 15.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.1 13.3
4.3 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 4.2
33% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • DC United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • DC United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have won significantly more corners away than at 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 New England 15 9 3 3 28 18 6 5 0 1 12 7 9 4 3 2 16 11 10 30
2 Nashville SC 14 5 8 1 21 14 10 5 5 0 19 10 4 0 3 1 2 4 7 23
3 Philadelphia Union 14 6 5 3 18 13 7 4 1 2 9 6 7 2 4 1 9 7 5 23
4 Orlando City 13 6 4 3 21 13 6 3 2 1 11 3 7 3 2 2 10 10 8 22
5 Montreal Impact 14 6 4 4 19 16 7 4 2 1 13 9 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 22
6 Columbus Crew 14 5 6 3 15 12 7 4 3 0 11 5 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 21
7 New York City 13 6 2 5 21 15 7 4 1 2 13 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 20
8 New York RB 13 5 3 5 18 16 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 1 2 4 8 12 2 18
9 DC United 14 5 2 7 20 18 6 4 0 2 11 4 8 1 2 5 9 14 2 17
10 Atlanta United 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 0 5 3 6 11 -3 14
11 Cincinnati 13 3 4 6 17 26 5 0 2 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 12 17 -9 13
12 Chicago Fire 14 3 3 8 16 25 9 3 3 3 14 12 5 0 0 5 2 13 -9 12
13 Toronto 14 2 4 8 18 31 6 1 3 2 8 9 8 1 1 6 10 22 -13 10
14 Inter Miami 12 2 2 8 9 22 6 0 1 5 4 16 6 2 1 3 5 6 -13 8

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.