Toronto clashes with DC United fray

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Training Ground & Academy

Toronto are willing to forget the league table before this match versus DC United. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Toronto is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • DC United have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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!

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Toronto form and stats

Toronto have played 7 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 404 minutes without scoring a league goal. Sapong was the last player to find the net.

Toronto are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Austin. Heartbreak for Toronto in their last match as Austin's Zardes scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Mabika got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Mabika won 8 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus New York RB that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toronto handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 13 league games, 10 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Toronto as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Chicago Fire are visiting.

The Toronto fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.

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DC United form and stats

Playing away, DC United have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

The DC United goalkeeper Tyler Miller is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 197 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Dájome, Benteke and Klich scored in DC United's previous match, the home game against LA Galaxy that ended 3-0. That win felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. DC United goalie Miller was high and low in the LA Galaxy game, contributing six saves towards the victory. The attacker Benteke got a match rating of 8.85 in that game. Benteke scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Philadelphia Union.

We have checked recent matches where DC United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 11 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as DC United are hosting Montreal Impact in the Major League Soccer only four days away.

8 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: DC United - Toronto 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Toronto two wins, five draws and DC United three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedC. Benteke Liolo
C. Benteke Liolo
6 goals
TorontoF. Bernardeschi
F. Bernardeschi
3 goals
DC UnitedT. Fountas
T. Fountas
3 goals

Toronto missing players

DC United missing players

Toronto DC United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
2 2 1 Won W 1 2 5
7 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
13 8 4 Scored S 1 7 19
18 7 3 Conceded C 0 8 16
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 86%
64% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 79%
29% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 50%
29% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
43% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
36% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 36%
43% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
4.3 5.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.1
5.5 4.6 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 4.1
1.8 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 11.9 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.6 11.6
3.6 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 4.1
26% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 33%
 
12.4 11 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12 10.9
4.1 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • DC United have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toronto is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  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 13 9 3 1 21 14 8 8 0 0 15 5 5 1 3 1 6 9 7 30
2 Nashville SC 14 7 4 3 19 9 8 5 2 1 13 4 6 2 2 2 6 5 10 25
3 New England 13 7 3 3 19 14 6 4 2 0 12 3 7 3 1 3 7 11 5 24
4 Atlanta United 14 6 4 4 28 24 7 5 1 1 16 7 7 1 3 3 12 17 4 22
5 Philadelphia Union 13 6 3 4 20 14 7 4 2 1 13 5 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 21
6 DC United 14 5 4 5 19 16 7 3 2 2 12 8 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 19
7 Orlando City 13 5 4 4 16 16 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 3 2 1 10 8 0 19
8 Columbus Crew 13 5 3 5 25 17 7 4 2 1 18 6 6 1 1 4 7 11 8 18
9 Charlotte 14 5 3 6 19 25 8 3 2 3 10 12 6 2 1 3 9 13 -6 18
10 New York City 13 4 4 5 15 16 5 4 1 0 10 5 8 0 3 5 5 11 -1 16
11 New York RB 14 3 7 4 10 12 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 0 4 3 3 7 -2 16
12 Chicago Fire 13 3 6 4 18 21 8 2 6 0 13 11 5 1 0 4 5 10 -3 15
13 Inter Miami 13 5 0 8 14 17 7 4 0 3 11 9 6 1 0 5 3 8 -3 15
14 Montreal Impact 13 5 0 8 12 22 5 4 0 1 9 3 8 1 0 7 3 19 -10 15
15 Toronto 14 2 7 5 13 18 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 0 3 4 5 11 -5 13

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.