DC United will want to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 10 points behind Philadelphia Union.
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Philadelphia Union have to travel 4400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
DC United form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for DC United at their home stadium (Audi Field) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 193 minutes without scoring a league goal. Robertha was the last player to find the net.
DC United lost their last game at New York RB (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Santos was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.35 (out of ten) in that game. Santos dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Philadelphia Union (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (Leagues Cup). 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 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Goals, goals, goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this side has had three goals or more.
DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 20 goals in 11 league matches. DC United have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Philadelphia Union playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
The followers enjoyed Philadelphia's previous game versus Monterrey, a Leagues Cup win (3-0) played at home.
The game before that was the Leagues Cup-battle against Inter Miami, a home defeat (1-4). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia Union playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 7 Philadelphia Union wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Philadelphia Union manager Curtin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Toronto.
Philadelphia Union are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Philadelphia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Philadelphia Union have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing DC United.The squads have played each other already this season, with the final score Philadelphia Union - DC United 0-0 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Carranza 10 goals |  D. Gazdag 9 goals |   C. Benteke Liolo 8 goals |
DC United missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| DC United | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 32 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 39 |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 74% |
| 60% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 61% |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 35% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 17% |
| 52% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 52% |
| 28% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 35% |
| 28% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 13.5 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.5 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 37% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | 39% |
| 11.4 | 11.5 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- All of DC United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DC United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Cincinnati | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| 2 | New England | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 39 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -9 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | New York RB | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | New York City | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
