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Philadelphia Union v DC United : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 22nd Sep, 23:15 BST, Subaru Park, Chester

Philadelphia Union and DC United go head to head at the Subaru Park on Sunday night, with both Jim Curtin and Troy Lesesne aiming for victory in the Major League Soccer. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

After looking at our match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market that seems hard to ignore for this fixture: both teams to score. In Philadelphia and DC United we have two sides going head-to-head that regularly score, but equally have trouble shutting the opposition out, and we expect them to prove that on Sunday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.44.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Philadelphia are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Philadelphia
48%
5/6
6%
4/5
3%
Draw
23%
3/1
5%
27/10
3%
DC United
29%
14/5
9%
12/5
5%
Draw 1-1
10%
15/2
13%
13/2
7%
Philadelphia 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Philadelphia 1-0
7%
11/1
9%
9/1
11%
DC United 2-1
7%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Philadelphia 2-0
7%
11/19/1
Draw 2-2
7%
11/19/1
Philadelphia 3-1
6%
12/110/1
DC United 1-0
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
8%
Philadelphia 3-0
4%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Philadelphia 3-2
4%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Draw 0-0
4%
20/1
11%
14/1
15%
DC United 2-0
4%
22/1
10%
16/1
DC United 3-1
3%
25/1
13%
18/1
12%
DC United 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Philadelphia 4-1
3%
22/1
12%
16/1
11%
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
4/9
6%
4/9
4%
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
17/10
13%
6/4
9%
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/15
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
7/5
4%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
20/1
11%
-
BTTS - Yes
64%
4/9
4%
4/9
4%
BTTS - No
36%
13/8
5%
6/4
4%
BTTS - Home Win
28%
2/1
8%
19/10
6%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
17/5
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/217/4
Home/draw
71%
1/4
3%
2/7
1%
Away/draw
52%
10/11
6%
10/11
4%
Home/away
77%
2/9
2%
1/4
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/8
2%
1/8
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
5/1
9%
19/5
7%
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
11/10
7%
21/20
7%
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
4/6
6%
8/13
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
5/2
13%
23/10
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
2/7
6%
1/4
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
11/2
19%
19/4
12%
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/9
3%
1/11
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/501/300
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/112/1
8%
Home DNB
64%
2/5
7%
2/5
3%
Away DNB
45%
7/4
10%
17/10
4%
Philadelphia win to nil
21%
3/1
8%
-
DC United win to nil
12%
8/1
13%
-
Philadelphia / Philadelphia
28%
15/8
7%
9/5
3%
Philadelphia / DC United
3%
25/120/1
Philadelphia / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Philadelphia
15%
9/24/1
Draw / DC United
10%
15/2
6%
7/1
7%
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
8%
5/1
DC United / Philadelphia
5%
18/1
10%
14/1
12%
DC United / DC United
14%
5/1
9%
9/2
5%
DC United / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win form
3
DC United have won 3 consecutive away league games
Philadelphia 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Philadelphia0 - 1Columbus
Philadelphia3 - 0Nashville
Philadelphia5 - 1New England
Philadelphia0 - 0NY Red Bulls
Philadelphia0 - 2Charlotte
Philadelphia1 - 2Miami
Philadelphia2 - 2Montreal
Philadelphia0 - 0Toronto
Philadelphia1 - 2NY City
Philadelphia2 - 3Orlando
Philadelphia2 - 3Seattle
Philadelphia1 - 2Salt Lake
Philadelphia2 - 0Minnesota
Philadelphia2 - 2Chicago
Philadelphia3 - 1New England
Philadelphia0 - 0Nashville
Philadelphia3 - 2Atlanta
Philadelphia1 - 1Dallas
Philadelphia0 - 0LAFC
Philadelphia2 - 2Cincinnati
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APhiladelphia5 - 1NY City
APhiladelphia1 - 3Miami
APhiladelphia2 - 0NY Red Bulls
HPhiladelphia0 - 1Columbus
HPhiladelphia3 - 0Nashville
HPhiladelphia5 - 1New England
APhiladelphia1 - 2Toronto
HPhiladelphia0 - 0NY Red Bulls
APhiladelphia3 - 4Chicago
APhiladelphia2 - 4Montreal
HPhiladelphia0 - 2Charlotte
APhiladelphia3 - 4Cincinnati
HPhiladelphia1 - 2Miami
HPhiladelphia2 - 2Montreal
HPhiladelphia0 - 0Toronto
APhiladelphia0 - 0Charlotte
APhiladelphia3 - 0New England
HPhiladelphia1 - 2NY City
HPhiladelphia2 - 3Orlando
APhiladelphia2 - 2DC United
DC United 10TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chicago1 - 2DC United
Toronto1 - 3DC United
Minnesota2 - 3DC United
Orlando5 - 0DC United
NY Red Bulls2 - 2DC United
Charlotte1 - 0DC United
Montreal4 - 2DC United
Miami1 - 0DC United
Atlanta2 - 3DC United
NY City2 - 0DC United
Columbus1 - 1DC United
Saint Louis City2 - 2DC United
Cincinnati0 - 0DC United
Portland2 - 2DC United
Austin3 - 0DC United
Vancouver2 - 2DC United
Charlotte0 - 0DC United
NY Red Bulls1 - 0DC United
New England4 - 0DC United
Dallas0 - 1DC United
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDC United1 - 1NY City
ADC United2 - 1Chicago
ADC United3 - 1Toronto
HDC United3 - 4Dallas
ADC United3 - 2Minnesota
HDC United2 - 1Nashville
ADC United0 - 5Orlando
HDC United2 - 3Cincinnati
ADC United2 - 2NY Red Bulls
HDC United1 - 4Houston
HDC United0 - 1Atlanta
ADC United0 - 1Charlotte
HDC United2 - 2Toronto
ADC United2 - 4Montreal
HDC United1 - 1Chicago
ADC United0 - 1Miami
HDC United1 - 4NY Red Bulls
ADC United3 - 2Atlanta
HDC United2 - 2Philadelphia
HDC United2 - 1Seattle
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Philadelphia have not lost to DC United in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Philadelphia since 2018
Philadelphia
DC United
Goals: Scored
19
5
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
PHI
5
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Philadelphia
Draw0 - 0Draw
Philadelphia7 - 0
Philadelphia2 - 1
Philadelphia4 - 1
Philadelphia3 - 1
Philadelphia3 - 2
League games at DC United since 2018
DC United
Philadelphia
Goals: Scored
9
22
Games: Scored
5 / 8
8 / 8
Clean sheets
0 / 8
3 / 8
PHI
5
D
2
DCU
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT DC United
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Philadelphia
0 - 6Philadelphia
DC United3 - 1
0 - 1Philadelphia
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 5Philadelphia
0 - 2Philadelphia
Goal Statistics

Philadelphia Union's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday night, not least because DC United have conceded in each of their last 23 Major League Soccer outings. A PG of 1.9 for Jim Curtin's side suggests that run should continue.

Philadelphia 9th DC United 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that Philadelphia will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that DC United will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
Philadelphia have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
DC United’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Philadelphia
PG (predicted goals)
DC United
1.9
1.4
Attack rating
11%
better
PHI
DCU
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Games scored24
23
Failed to score5
6
Scored first13
13
Goals scored53
44
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.5
Avg. shots per game12
10
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.7
1.4
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
22%
better
PHI
DCU
view stats
Games conceded22
27
Clean sheets7
2
Conceded first13
15
Goals conceded47
57
Avg. goals conceded1.6
2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
22%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+22%

Philadelphia v DC United Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Philadelphia Major League Soccer squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271597
K WagnerD GazdagK WagnerJ Elliott
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Wagner DEF2919
5
-
Q Sullivan FWD2937
4
-
J Glesnes DEF2722
3
-
D Gazdag MID25151
5
-
A Bedoya MID2522
5
-
J McGlynn MID2534
3
-
M Uhre FWD2595
3
-
N Harriel DEF244
3
-
J Elliott DEF232
6
1
O Mbaizo DEF191
-
L Flach MID193
2
-
O. Semmle GLK17
1
-
C Donovan FWD171
-
T Baribo FWD1581
1
-
J Bueno MID133
-
J Rafanello MID101
-
A Blake GLK9
1
-
A. Rick GLK6
-
M. Anderson Adedeji FWD4
-
D Jacques MID3
-
S Adeniran FWD3
-
C. Olney Jr. MID1
-
DC United Major League Soccer squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271979
L BartlettC BentekeJ StroudM Klich
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Bartlett DEF2812
4
1
J Stroud FWD2837
4
-
M Klich MID2625
9
-
C Dájome FWD2632
8
-
A Herrera DEF2513
7
-
M Peltola MID25
3
-
G Pirani MID254
3
-
P Santos FWD2523
5
1
C Benteke FWD25196
8
1
A Bono GLK24
-
T Ku-DiPietro MID2423
2
-
C McVey DEF231
4
-
J. Murrell FWD2311
2
-
M Rodríguez FWD1921
4
-
J Hopkins FWD17
4
-
G Tubbs DEF13
1
-
M Akinmboni DEF81
2
-
C Antley DEF71
2
-
T Miller GLK5
1
-
D Badji FWD41
2
-
R Canouse MID2
-
B Enow MID2
1
-
D Schnegg DEF11
1
-
H Sargis DEF1
1
-
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