📊 Form Guide

D.C. United

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D.C. United head into this game following on from a 1-1 MLS stalemate vs Columbus Crew.

In that match, D.C. United managed 33% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for D.C. United was Christian Benteke (61'). Columbus Crew got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Aidan Morris (87') scored for Columbus Crew.

Over their prior six fixtures, Troy Lesesne's D.C. United have hit the back of the net a combined total of 7 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

Orlando City

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Previously, Orlando City drew 1-1 in the MLS match with New York Red Bulls.

In that game, Orlando City managed 65% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, New York Red Bulls had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. Lewis Morgan (21') and Noah Eile (89' Own goal) scored for New York Red Bulls.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Óscar Pareja's Orlando City have fired home 7 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 17/05/2021 shows us that D.C. United have won 3 of these games and Orlando City 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them in these games, with 12 of them from Black-and-Red and 9 created by The Lions. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was MLS match day 12 on 22/04/2023 and the score finished Orlando City 1-3 D.C. United.

On that occasion, Orlando City had 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Duncan McGuire (23').

On the other side, D.C. United had 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Taxiarchis Fountas (15'), Donovan Pines (52') and Christian Benteke (62') scored.

The match was refereed by Lukasz Szpala.

📰 Team News: D.C. United

Russell Canouse (Ill), Steve Birnbaum (Arthroscopy) and Tyler Miller (Rib fracture) are unavailable for D.C. United gaffer Troy Lesesne.

It seems likely that Black-and-Red will probably use a 3-4-3 formation in the match, handing starts to Alexander Bono, Christopher McVey, Lucas Bartlett, Conner Antley, Aaron Herrera, Mateusz Klich, Jackson Hopkins, Cristian Dajome, Jared Stroud, Christian Benteke and Kristian Fletcher.

🗞️ Team News: Orlando City

Due to a mostly available squad, there is only the one fitness problem for the Orlando City manager Óscar Pareja to contend with. Ramiro Enrique (Ankle injury) misses out for this game.

We believe The Lions appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Pedro Gallese, D. Dan Thorhallsson, David Brekalo, Robin Jansson, Kyle Smith, Cesar Araujo, Wilder Cartagena, Martin Ojeda, Facundo Torres, Ivan Angulo and Luis Muriel.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Orlando City have it in them to break down this D.C. United side, however that isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for D.C. United at the end of the 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

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

Victor Martins, 23:23 13/04/2024