The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. New York City are in the 5th position while the guesting DC United worry at 14th.
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.
It's quite the trip for DC United when visiting York as the cities are 4400 kilometers apart.
New York City form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for New York City are 4-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).
York are returning here after visiting Inter Miami in a Major League Soccer game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Alexandru Mitriță (2) and Anton Tinnerholm scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, New York City won a home game hosting Cincinnati (4-0).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as New England are coming to town in four days.
York have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yankee Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, New York City have conceded 7 goals.
DC United form and stats
There's been little loot from DC United's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. DC United only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. It's a growing despair in DC United as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
DC United have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 272 minutes ago. G. Yow was the goal scorer.
The manager B. Olsen was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground Audi Field. DC United suffered a 0-4 loss to Atlanta United (placed 8th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against New England.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Atlanta United was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager B. Olsen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chicago Fire.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, DC United have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: DC United - York 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for New York City, three draws and three wins for DC United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Tinnerholm 4 goals |  J. Medina Maldonado 4 goals |  A. Mitriță 4 goals |
New York City missing players
DC United missing players
| New York City | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | 12 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 232 | 140 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 48 | 123 |
| 85 | 51 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 16 | 43 |
| 25% | 24% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 26% |
- DC United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- DC United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as DC United have scored away.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Toronto | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | New York City | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | New England | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 13 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | DC United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 11 |