After the first game it's New England - DC United 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Major League Soccer game of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike DC United's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.
It's quite the trip for DC United when visiting New England as the cities are 4700 kilometers apart.
New England form and stats
Heartbreak before that as England lost 0-1 at Columbus Crew's place.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Chicago Fire last time out, but a goal from Gustavo Bou completed a comeback to a draw result for England.
Last season, New England's league statistics were 11 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season New England managed 8-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 19 conceded.
DC United form and stats
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Montreal Impact.
Let's have a look at how DC United performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 17/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: England won five, DC United won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 1 goals | A. Buksa 1 goals |  B. Hines-Ike 1 goals |
New England missing players
DC United missing players
| New England | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| New England | Last season | DC United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 86% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 74% | ||
| 39% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 61% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 35% | ||
| 7% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 17% | ||
| 54% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 61% | ||
| 25% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 17% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.8 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 25% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Montreal Impact | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | DC United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | New England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | New York City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | New York RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |