D.C. United vs Toronto FC Prediction & Betting Tips

We’re counting down to MLS action on Saturday as D.C. United will take on Toronto FC.

Our D.C. United v Toronto FC tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.

📏 Form Guide

D.C. United DLLWDL

D.C. United won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 0-2 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of New York Red Bulls.

Long (29') and Royer (60') scored for New York Red Bulls.

D.C. United have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 3 versus opposing sides over their last six fixtures. In those games, Black-and-Red have also seen the number of goals against them come to 8.

Toronto FC WWWLLW

Toronto FC go into this encounter following a 1-2 MLS win with the defeat of Montreal Impact in their previous game.

In that match, Toronto FC managed 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Toronto FC, the goalscorers were Piatti (32') and Altidore (89'). Montreal Impact got 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Wanyama (53') was the scorer for Montreal Impact.

During their six latest matches, Greg Vanney's Toronto FC have found the back of the net 9 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 17/10/2018, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with D.C. United winning 1 of those games, Toronto FC 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.

A combined total of 17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 from Black-and-Red and 10 coming from The Reds. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

ℹ️ Team News: D.C. United

D.C. United boss Ben Olsen will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Toronto FC

Due to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, Toronto FC boss Greg Vanney has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Toronto FC and D.C. United won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. We’re therefore seeing a close game with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this game.

Lucas Pereira, 23:15 15/09/2020