D.C. United vs New York RB

D.C. United and New York Red Bulls will face off against each other at Audi Field in an intriguing MLS fixture.

D.C. United’s hopes of securing a place in the play-offs have dwindled on the back of a return of a single win from their last five MLS matches (D2, L2). Yet, there’s been plenty of action in United’s recent league outings, with each of the previous four seeing over 2.5 goals and both teams on the scoresheet. It’s been ‘all or nothing’ for the ‘Black-and-Red’ at home this MLS campaign (GP6 – W4, L2), with 66.67% of those results (win/loss) yielding the identical 1-0 scoreline. Hernan Losada’s men will have to defy their recent home H2H record to get their play-off chances back on track, as they’ve frustratingly failed to beat this opposition in all previous six MLS encounters held at this venue (D2, L4).

As for New York Red Bulls, three of their last four MLS fixtures have produced a stalemate (W1) in matches garnering under 2.5 FT goals. Encouragingly, though, the visitors have gone from losing their opening four MLS trips to avoiding defeat in their last three league games on the road (W1, D2). However, taking the 2020 season into account, Gerhard Struber’s men have claimed just one win in 11 MLS travels (D4, L6), shipping 2+ goals in 54.55% of those games. NYRB’s sluggish entries have seen 58.33% of their away MLS goals conceded this season come in the first half of play. Sitting two points adrift of cross-town rivals New York City, the ‘Metro’ need to pick themselves up from a torrid spell to break into the play-off zone.