New England have played well so far, sitting at 2nd place in the table. DC United have an outlook both ways from the 8th spot.
- New England is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have the most clean sheets (4) away in Major League Soccer
England's stadium, Gillette Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. DC United have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for DC United when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from nine matches. They have scored {12 goals} in these games and conceded 15.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for DC United, who are travelling more than 4700 kilometers to play this game.
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a game only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. This match was also played here at Gillette Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, DC United have had more rest.
New England form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gillette Stadium as New England have scored 26 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 8-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Chicago Fire here at Gillette Stadium, New England has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The England club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Atlanta United and win 2-1. New England goalkeeper Petrović did an outstanding job against Atlanta United with ten saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Petrović was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.33 out of ten. Petrović topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at New York RB.This is expected to be a close game, with New England perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New England as a small favourite), we find 6 games. New England has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 latest league games shows that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
England can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 26 times. From these home matches, New England have conceded only 10 goals.
DC United form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, DC United have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far.
DC United delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Inter Miami (placed 15th) in their previous game. The draw against Inter Miami came from a losing position. The DC United manager Rooney brought on Robertha as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Fountas, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.55. Fountas scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Dallas with the score of 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with DC United playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 DC United wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
As opposed to that, DC United have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: DC United - England 1-2. New England-DC United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New England eight wins, DC United one win, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Benteke Liolo 8 goals |   C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |
New England missing players
DC United missing players
| New England | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 38 | 25 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 91% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 83% |
| 68% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 61% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 57% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 30% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | 22% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.5 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 12.8 | 13.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 26% | 32% |
| 15.2 | 12.9 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
- DC United have the most clean sheets (4) away in Major League Soccer
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals at home as DC United have scored away.
- New England have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- New England is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 48 |
| 2 | New England | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | DC United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | New York RB | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | New York City | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
