DC United v New York City FC

28th0–122nd

21:00 UTC

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
DC United		New York City FC
12	Shots	14
5	Shots on target	5
5	Corners	3
8	Fouls	15
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
5	Offsides	1
357	Passes	571
39%	Possession %	61%
0.87	xG	1.12

Over 1.5: 75%
Over 2.5: 50%
Over 3.5: 28%
Both score: 54%

Model pick: New York City FC 43%
Likely score: 1-1 13%
Expected goals: 1.19 – 1.47

Advised bets

LostMembers’ pick, published now the day is over.

★ Members’ pick

DC United -0.5

2.90Betano · fair 2.62 · qualifies at 2.70+ · 1.42u

Why this price?

Back DC United -0.5 on the Asian handicap at 2.90 with Betano — DC United must win by more than 0.5 goals.

Our model puts the chance at 30% and the bookmakers' own consensus, margin removed, at 44%; we judge it at 38%, weighting the market more than the model, which is a fair price of 2.62. The offered 2.90 implies only 34%, so the price is 10.8% better than our estimate says it should be. That gap is the edge.

Stake 1.42 units of a 100-unit bank: the size follows the edge (a quarter-Kelly fraction), never more than 2 units.

Projected goals: DC United 1.19, New York City FC 1.47.

The edge is an estimate and carries model error; it can be wrong, and a losing run is normal.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	DC United	30.1%	3.33	3.30 Bet365	30.3%	-0.2
Match result	Draw	26.9%	3.71	3.60 BetVictor	27.8%	-0.8
Match result	New York City FC	43.0%	2.33	2.35 Dafabet	42.6%	+0.4
Total goals	Over 1.5	75.1%	1.33	1.28 Betano	78.1%	-3.0
Total goals	Under 1.5	24.9%	4.01	4.10 Betfair	24.4%	+0.5
Total goals	Over 2.5	49.7%	2.01	1.85 Bet365	54.1%	-4.3
Total goals	Under 2.5	50.3%	1.99	2.30 Betfair	43.5%	+6.8
Total goals	Over 3.5	27.8%	3.60	3.10 Betfair	32.3%	-4.5
Total goals	Under 3.5	72.2%	1.39	1.50 Bet365	66.7%	+5.5
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	54.3%	1.84	1.73 Betfair	57.8%	-3.5
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	45.7%	2.19	2.40 BetVictor	41.7%	+4.1

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

New York City FC favoured against DC United

Our model makes DC United 30% to win this Major League Soccer fixture, with the draw at 27% and New York City FC at 43%. The goal projection is 1.19 for DC United against 1.47 for New York City FC — a clear edge to New York City FC on expected output. A combined 2.66 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 50% and both teams to score at 54%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 13%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Note that even our favoured side is under 45% to win outright, so this is a fixture where the draw does a lot of work and confident calls are not warranted. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 1-1 13%; 0-1 10%; 1-2 9%; 1-0 8%; 0-0 8%

This season

Season records for DC United and New York City FC
DC United		New York City FC
34	Played	34
7-12-15	W-D-L	10-12-12
0.97	Pts / game	1.24
1.15	Goals for / game	1.44
1.79	Goals against / game	1.32
62%	Over 2.5	50%
59%	BTTS	68%
18%	Clean sheets	18%
35%	Failed to score	18%
5-5-7	Home record	5-6-6
2-7-8	Away record	5-6-6
L6	Streak	W1

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. DC United · New York City FC

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
12.4	Shots	12.8
3.7	Shots on target	4.9
6.2	Corners	4.9
1.78	Cards	1.50
12.4	Fouls	13.4
40	Possession %	55
1.18	xG	1.30
9 matches	sample	8 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
14.7	Shots	11.9
5.8	Shots on target	4.4
4.8	Corners	3.8
1.44	Cards	2.50
11.1	Fouls	13.9
60	Possession %	45
1.85	xG	1.28
9 matches	sample	8 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
DC United	Metric	New York City FC
1.00	Goals scored	1.20 (better)
2.20	Goals conceded	1.60 (better)
1.36 (better)	Expected goals (xG)	1.32
	Big chances
3.00	Shots on target	5.40 (better)
11.00	Total shots	13.40 (better)
	Touches in opp. box
7.00 (better)	Corners	6.00
42.2	Possession %	52.6 (better)
370	Passes	495 (better)
	Tackles
13.40	Fouls	12.20 (better)
2.50	Offsides	2.00 (better)
	Throw-ins
2.40	Yellow cards	1.20 (better)
0.33	Red cards	0.00 (better)

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

DC United wins: 2
Draws: 0
New York City FC wins: 1
Goals / game: 2.00
Over 2.5: 33%
Both score: 33%

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Major League Soccer table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Nashville SC	34	23	8	3	+46	77	Nashville SC won 3 of the last 5
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	19	7	8	+40	64	Vancouver Whitecaps won 4 of the last 5
3	Inter Miami	34	16	12	6	+21	60	Inter Miami won 2 of the last 5
4	FC Dallas	34	16	10	8	+11	58	FC Dallas won 2 of the last 5
5	New England Revolution	34	18	4	12	+8	58	New England Revolution won 3 of the last 5
6	Chicago Fire	34	16	7	11	+10	55	Chicago Fire won 2 of the last 5
7	Charlotte	34	15	9	10	+15	54	Charlotte won 2 of the last 5
8	St. Louis City	34	15	9	10	+11	54	St. Louis City won 1 of the last 5
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	10	10	+6	52	San Jose Earthquakes won 1 of the last 5
10	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	0	51	Houston Dynamo won 1 of the last 5
11	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	+14	50	Philadelphia Union won 1 of the last 5
12	Los Angeles FC	34	12	11	11	+12	47	Los Angeles FC won 1 of the last 5
13	Columbus Crew	34	14	5	15	+7	47	Columbus Crew won 5 of the last 5
14	Portland Timbers	34	13	7	14	+1	46	Portland Timbers won 4 of the last 5
15	Seattle Sounders	34	12	10	12	-2	46	Seattle Sounders won 1 of the last 5
16	FC Cincinnati	34	12	10	12	-8	46	FC Cincinnati won 3 of the last 5
17	Orlando City SC	34	13	7	14	-15	46	Orlando City SC won 2 of the last 5
18	Real Salt Lake	34	13	6	15	+1	45	Real Salt Lake won 4 of the last 5
19	Minnesota United FC	34	11	11	12	-2	44	Minnesota United FC won 4 of the last 5
20	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	11	11	12	-7	44	Los Angeles Galaxy won 2 of the last 5
21	Colorado Rapids	34	12	7	15	-3	43	Colorado Rapids won 1 of the last 5
22	New York City FC	34	10	12	12	+4	42	New York City FC won 2 of the last 5
23	New York Red Bulls	34	12	6	16	-14	42	New York Red Bulls won 2 of the last 5
24	Toronto FC	34	9	12	13	-15	39	Toronto FC won 2 of the last 5
25	San Diego	34	9	11	14	-6	38	San Diego won 1 of the last 5
26	Austin	34	8	10	16	-23	34	Austin won 1 of the last 5
27	Atlanta United FC	34	9	6	19	-17	33	Atlanta United FC won 1 of the last 5
28	DC United	34	7	12	15	-22	33	DC United won 0 of the last 5
29	CF Montreal	34	6	8	20	-32	26	CF Montreal won 0 of the last 5
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	7	5	22	-41	26	Sporting Kansas City won 1 of the last 5