Perhaps a welcome break from league football as DC United & New York RB face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as New York RB have to travel 3200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 DC United and New York RB.
DC United form and stats
DC United was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the US Open Cup.3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for DC United so far this season.
DC United's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Houston Dynamo. The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Fountas was announced as "man of the match" for DC United with a rating of 9.03/10. Fountas scored two goals.
Heartbreak before that as DC United lost 0-3 at Columbus Crew's place.This is expected to be a close game, with DC United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with DC United as a small favourite), we find 16 games. DC United has won eight of these, drawn two and lost six.
DC United are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Inter Miami awaits in four days.
DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 10 goals in 6 league matches. DC United have conceded 8 in these home matches.
New York RB form and stats
New York RB was sent out of US Open Cup in the 4th round last season.As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, New York RB have produced an overall stat of 5-0-0 so far.
New York RB delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Portland Timbers in their previous game. Defender Edwards was the best team player with a rating of 7.93. Edwards hit three key passes and won 10 of 12 duels.
Prior to that result York won their away game at Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by New York RB in our archives, and the results are: six wins for New York RB, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Philadelphia Union.
York create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 13 goals in 5 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): DC United won three games, four matches ended with a draw and New York RB got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  O. Williams Kamara 4 goals |  T. Fountas 4 goals |   L. Morgan 4 goals |
DC United missing players
New York RB missing players
| DC United | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 30 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 15.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | ||
| 12.8 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | New York RB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | DC United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | New England | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toronto | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
