It's advantage Philadelphia Union so far with their 3rd position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming DC United who are placed 8th.
- Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
DC United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Philadelphia Union, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer, so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Subaru Park after three straight home wins.
An away draw last time out for Philadelphia, facing New York RB in a game that ended 1-1. Jack Elliott was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Elliott won 9 of 10 duels. The hometeam coach P. Noonan made a successful contribution in the game against New York RB, bringing on Sergio Santos who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Heartbreak before that as Philadelphia lost 0-1 at Nashville SC's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Philadelphia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost three.
The Philadelphia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Philadelphia have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
DC United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for DC United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed DC United's previous game versus Toronto (placed 14th), a Major League Soccer 7-1 win played at home. Kevin Paredes got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, top player of the team. Paredes scored one goal and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total). As mentioned above, DC United was the only team on the pitch versus Toronto in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New York City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.DC United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager H. Losada as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chicago Fire.
DC United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. DC United have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the DC United - Philadelphia Union 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Philadelphia won eight, DC United won one and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Williams Kamara 5 goals |   C. Burke 4 goals |  K. Przybyłko 3 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
DC United missing players
| Philadelphia Union | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 13.5 | 14.5 |
| 4 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 33% |
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Philadelphia Union have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union 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 | New England | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | New York City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | DC United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Toronto | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 8 |