D.C. United vs New York Red Bulls Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

D.C. United

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D.C. United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 2-0 MLS success against Houston Dynamo.

In that match, D.C. United managed 46% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for D.C. United was Taxiarchis Fountas (35', 43'). Houston Dynamo had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

In their past 6 fixtures, Hernán Losada's D.C. United have hit the target a total of 10 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

New York Red Bulls

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In their last fixture, New York Red Bulls drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with Portland Timbers.

In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 50% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for New York Red Bulls was Aaron Long (67'). At the other end, Portland Timbers got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Jarosław Niezgoda (53') scored for Portland Timbers.

Gerhard Struber's New York Red Bulls have fired home 9 times in the course of their previous six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 5.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 29/09/2019 shows us that D.C. United have won 3 of them & New York Red Bulls 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

7 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Black-and-Red and 3 belonging to Red Bulls. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The last league game featuring these sides was MLS match day 43 on 27/10/2021 which ended up with the score at D.C. United 1-0 New York Red Bulls.

On that occasion, D.C. United had 40% possession and 4 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Kevin Paredes (9').

On the other side, New York Red Bulls had 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Rubiel Vazquez.

🗞️ Team News: D.C. United

The D.C. United boss Hernán Losada will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the New York Red Bulls manager Gerhard Struber has zero fitness worries at all coming into this match.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that New York Red Bulls are dangerous enough to find the back of the net against this D.C. United side, however it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 advantage for D.C. United at the end of the 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:28 08/05/2022