New York City FC vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

New York City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

D.C. United SC

Sat 20 Apr 2024 · 23:30 UTC Citi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 34' Matai Akinmboni

Y 50' Lucas Bartlett

Monsef Bakrar 63' Y

Overview

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New York City FC vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Citi Field.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
D.C. United SC 26 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals D.C. United SC

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-20 New York City FC 2–0 D.C. United SC 2023-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–0 New York City FC 2023-03-18 New York City FC 3–2 D.C. United SC 2022-09-01 New York City FC 1–2 D.C. United SC 2022-05-18 D.C. United SC 0–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	2–0	W
13 Apr	New England Revolution	H	2–0	W
06 Apr	Atlanta United FC	H	1–1	D
30 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D
23 Mar	FC Cincinnati	A	0–1	L
16 Mar	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
13 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	2–3	L
06 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D
30 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
24 Mar	St. Louis City	A	2–2	D
16 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–3	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		D.C. United SC
#8	Position	#11
33	Points	30
27	Played	26
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 12 / 8
41	Scored	34
36	Conceded	42
+5	GD	-8
1.22	PPG	1.15
30%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

31% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). D.C. United SC are 11th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

D.C. United SC

0-15

2/1

16-30

5/4

31-45

2/6

46-60

5/5

61-75

3/6

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	14 G
Louis Munteanu	6 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Citi Field. New York City FC are looking to make home advantage count against D.C. United SC.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 293 games and scored 463 goals.
10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Christian Benteke suffering a number of foals already.
15' It’s high time Troy Lesesne made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' What a moment for Santiago Rodriguez! That strike on 20 puts his side firmly in control.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
34' A moment of madness from Matai Akinmboni on 34 minutes earns him a card. D.C. United SC will be frustrated.
39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
44' USA international Jared Stroud has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
49' New York City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
50' Poor challenge from Lucas Bartlett. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
55' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
58' Another substitution for D.C. United SC to replace Pedro Santos by Jacob Murrell on 58 minute.
63' That is a card for New York City FC. Monsef Bakrar will be fuming at that decision.
66' Martin Rodriguez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jackson Hopkins at the 66 minute mark.
71' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined D.C. United SC backline.
72' Julian Fernandez is replacing Agustin Ojeda for the New York City FC side.
77' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Monsef Bakrar is replaced by Jovan Mijatovic.
79' A change in the D.C. United SC ranks — Matai Akinmboni exits the field as Kristian Fletcher enters on 79.
84' D.C. United SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
89' D.C. United SC is showing some good football. However, D.C. United SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
D.C. United SC will have plenty to reflect on. New York City FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Christian Benteke
24
Alex Bono
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Jacob Murrell 58'
4
Matti Peltola
11
Cristian Dajome
8
Jared Stroud
10
Gabriel Pirani
97
Christopher McVey
3
Lucas Bartlett
25
Jackson Hopkins ↓ Martin Rodriguez 66'
45
Matai Akinmboni ↓ Kristian Fletcher 79'

Bench

Coach Troy Lesesne

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Santiago Rodriguez	3
Alexander Callens	3
Heber	2
Thiago	2
Ola Kamara	2
Steven Birnbaum	2
Christian Benteke	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2024-04-20 New York City FC 2–0 D.C. United SC W 2024-04-13 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution W 2024-04-06 New York City FC 1–1 Atlanta United FC D 2024-03-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-03-23 FC Cincinnati 1–0 New York City FC L 2024-03-16 New York City FC 2–1 Toronto FC W

D.C. United SC Form

2024-04-20 New York City FC 2–0 D.C. United SC L 2024-04-13 D.C. United SC 2–3 Orlando City SC L 2024-04-06 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 D.C. United SC D 2024-03-30 D.C. United SC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-03-24 St. Louis City 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2024-03-16 D.C. United SC 1–3 Internacional CF Miami L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.75 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.95 D.C. United SC xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC56% Draw25% D.C. United SC19%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

81%

Draw or D.C. United SC

44%

New York City FC or D.C. United SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC39% Draw46% D.C. United SC15%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 0

10.9%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.5%

1 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

3 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	D.C. United SC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	24%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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