D.C. United SC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

D.C. United SC

3 – 1

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sun 29 Aug 2021 · 00:00 UTC Audi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Andy Najar 55' Y

Y 59' Jack Elliott

Overview

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D.C. United SC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Audi Field.

D.C. United SC 18 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

D.C. United SC 19 games · Avg 3.6 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-29 D.C. United SC 3–1 Philadelphia Union 2021-07-17 Philadelphia Union 2–1 D.C. United SC 2021-05-23 D.C. United SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union 2020-10-15 D.C. United SC 2–2 Philadelphia Union 2020-08-29 Philadelphia Union 4–1 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	3–1	W
22 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	1–2	L
18 Aug	New England Revolution	A	2–3	L
15 Aug	Nashville SC	A	2–5	L
09 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–1	W
04 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	4–2	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	D.C. United SC	A	1–3	L
22 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–1	D
18 Aug	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
04 Aug	Toronto FC	H	3–0	W
01 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

D.C. United SC		Philadelphia Union
#9	Position	#13
23	Points	16
18	Played	18
5 / 8 / 5	W / D / L	4 / 4 / 10
26	Scored	25
29	Conceded	33
-3	GD	-8
1.28	PPG	0.89
28%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

74% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

D.C. United SC are 9th (23 pts). Philadelphia Union are 13th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

D.C. United SC

0-15

2/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

1/5

46-60

3/4

61-75

2/2

76+

7/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

3/3

16-30

1/5

31-45

3/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

4/2

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	9 G
Louis Munteanu	5 G

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Audi Field!
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His D.C. United SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' D.C. United SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Philadelphia Union backline.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
22' Against the run of play, Steven Birnbaum has scored! This game has turned on its head.
27' Alejandro Bedoya is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Philadelphia Union tonight.
32' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
36' GOAL! Ola Kamara scores on 36.
41' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
46' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
50' The Peru Yordy Reyna breaks the deadlock on 50 minutes. 2-1!
55' Andy Najar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 55.
59' The referee shows Philadelphia Union player a Yellow card on 59.
60' Time for substitution for D.C. United SC. Edison Flores is replaced by Drew Skundrich.
61' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Kacper Przybylko departs to be replaced by Cory Burke.
66' The home supporters are growing impatient. D.C. United SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
71' Both keepers have barely been tested. D.C. United SC and Philadelphia Union are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
73' It is a substitution in Philadelphia Union team. Alvas Powell is replaced by Olivier Mbaizo on 73 minute.
78' Joseph Mora is replacing Kevin Paredes for the D.C. United SC side.
83' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both D.C. United SC and Philadelphia Union are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
85' A tactical swap from Philadelphia Union — Anthony Fontana on, Alejandro Bedoya off on 85 minutes.
86' The D.C. United SC manager makes a substitution. Yordy Reyna departs to be replaced by Felipe Martins.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for D.C. United SC players.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Ola Kamara ↓ Ramon Abila 78'
10
Edison Flores ↓ Drew Skundrich 60'
5
Junior Moreno
6
Russell Canouse
21
Jon Kempin
29
Yordy Reyna ↓ Felipe Martins 86'
14
Andy Najar
31
Julian Gressel ↓ Fredric Brillant 78'
30
Kevin Paredes ↓ Joseph Mora 78'
93
Tony Alfaro
15
Steven Birnbaum

Bench

1
Chris Seitz
11
Yamil Asad
28
Joseph Mora ↑ 78'
8
Felipe Martins ↑ 86'
32
Ramon Abila ↑ 78'
22
Griffin Yow
27
Moses Nyeman
13
Fredric Brillant ↑ 78'
12
Drew Skundrich ↑ 60'

Coach Hernan Losada

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kai Wagner
29
Alvas Powell ↓ Olivier Mbaizo 73'
18
Andre Blake
3
Jack Elliott
11
Alejandro Bedoya ↓ Anthony Fontana 85'
6
Daniel Gazdag ↓ Quinn Sullivan 61'
8
Jose Andres Martinez
5
Jakob Glesnes
31
Leon Flach
10
Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Paxten Aaronson 73'
23
Kacper Przybylko ↓ Cory Burke 60'

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Julian Carranza	6
Alejandro Bedoya	4
Kacper Przybylko	4
Mikkel Uhre	4
Mikael Uhre	3
Daniel Gazdag	3
Indiana Vassilev	2
Fafa Picault	2

Head to Head

D.C. United SC Form

2021-08-29 D.C. United SC 3–1 Philadelphia Union W 2021-08-22 D.C. United SC 1–2 Atlanta United FC L 2021-08-18 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United SC L 2021-08-15 Nashville SC 5–2 D.C. United SC L 2021-08-09 D.C. United SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC W

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-08-29 D.C. United SC 3–1 Philadelphia Union L 2021-08-22 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC W 2021-08-08 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2021-08-04 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Toronto FC W 2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.97 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.4 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC50% Draw24% Philadelphia Union26%

Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

74%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

50%

D.C. United SC or Philadelphia Union

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC37% Draw41% Philadelphia Union22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.6%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.