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D.C. United

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D.C. United will be looking for another win after the 1-2 MLS success over Chicago Fire.

In that game, D.C. United had 35% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. For D.C. United, the goalscorers were Christian Benteke (26') and Gabriel Pirani (29'). Chicago Fire got 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Andrew Gutman (54') was the scorer for Chicago Fire.

It has not been often in recent times where D.C. United have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, D.C. United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 14 goals during that time.

New York City FC

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Columbus Crew in MLS competition, New York City FC will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, New York City FC had 54% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For New York City FC, goals were scored by Alonso Martínez (4') and Monsef Bakrar (86'). At the other end, Columbus Crew got 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Diego Rossi (17'), Max Arfsten (58'), DeJuan Jones (93') and Jacen Russell-Rowe (100') scored for Columbus Crew.

New York City FC have attacked well in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 8 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that New York City FC have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same matches. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 23/10/2021 shows us that D.C. United have won 2 of them and New York City FC 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 of them for Black-and-Red and 14 coming from The Pigeons. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league match between these clubs was MLS match day 12 on 20/04/2024 when the final score was New York City FC 2-0 D.C. United.

That time, New York City FC managed 50% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Santiago Rodríguez (20') and Julián Fernández (91').

On the other side, D.C. United had 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Malik Badawi.

ℹ️ Team News: D.C. United

It’s our opinion that Black-and-Red could go for a 4-1-3-2 formation in the match and select Alex Bono, Aaron Herrera, Lucas Bartlett, Christopher Mcvey, Pedro Santos, Boris Enow Takang, Cristian Dájome, Matti Peltola, Martín Rodríguez, Jared Stroud and Christian Benteke.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

New York City FC manager Nick Cushing has not got a full squad to pick from. Andrés Perea (unknown injury) and Malachi Jones (Broken leg) won’t be making appearances.

We believe The Pigeons will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Luis Barraza, Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Kevin OToole, James Sands, Keaton Parks, Hannes Wolf, Maxi Moralez, Santiago Rodríguez and Alonso Martínez.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that New York City FC and D.C. United could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

There shouldn’t be much in it, and a high-scoring draw looks to be quite a realistic result. Therefore, we predict a great battle with a 2-2 draw at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 21:02 14/09/2024