1 points separate the two duelists in this Major League Soccer match. New York City hold both the points- and home advantage.
- New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for New York City and DC United.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
New York City form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New York City so far this season.
New York City's last game was hosting Atlanta United (placed 10th) and winning 1-0. The attacker Valentin Castellanos was "man of the match" for New York City with a rating of 7.64/10. Castellanos hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to New England (2-3).York can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. 6 goals have been conceded.
DC United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Montreal Impact (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 0-0. Midfield player Russell Canouse was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Canouse had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Inter Miami.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far DC United have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as DC United have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the DC United - New York City 2-1 earlier this season. York-DC United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New York City four wins, DC United three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 5 goals | V. Castellanos Giménez 4 goals |  I. Tajouri-Shradi 4 goals |
New York City missing players
DC United missing players
| New York City | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 14.2 | 14 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 26% |
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- DC United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored in all their matches so far.
- New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | DC United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | New York RB | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 7 |
| 13 | Toronto | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |