Perhaps a welcome break from league football as New York RB & DC United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
DC United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither New York RB nor DC United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
New York RB form and stats
York participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.New York RB have collected 6 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 1-3-1.
New York RB's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Philadelphia Union. Midfielder Tolkin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Tolkin hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Chicago Fire that finished 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier New York RB matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats (from 9 games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as New York City are coming to town in four days.
York aren't scoring a lot here at MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. New York RB have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
DC United form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of DC United playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
DC United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Cincinnati. The attacker Benteke got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Benteke hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Charlotte in the Major League Soccer.Looking at the earlier recent performances of DC United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nashville SC in just four days.
DC United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 8 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): York four wins, three draws and DC United three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Benteke Liolo 5 goals |  T. Fountas 3 goals |   O. Fernandez 1 goals |
New York RB missing players
DC United missing players
| New York RB | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | New York City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | DC United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Toronto | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | New York RB | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
