New York Red Bulls vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

New York Red Bulls

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D.C. United SC

Sun 20 Aug 2023 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

John Tolkin 88' 1–0

Y 36' Chris Durkin

Dru Yearwood 43' Y

Y 54' Derrick Williams

Andres Reyes 78' Y

Kyle Duncan 82' Y

Overview

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New York Red Bulls vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
D.C. United SC 34 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals D.C. United SC

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United SC 2022-08-06 D.C. United SC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 2022-05-28 New York Red Bulls 4–1 D.C. United SC 2021-10-27 D.C. United SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2021-09-11 New York Red Bulls 1–1 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	1–0	W
16 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
12 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
08 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–1	W
01 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
24 Jun	Atlanta United FC	H	4–0	W

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Jul	New England Revolution	A	0–4	L
08 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–2	D
05 Jul	FC Dallas	A	1–0	W
02 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
24 Jun	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		D.C. United SC
#11	Position	#14
42	Points	33
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	7 / 12 / 15
48	Scored	39
62	Conceded	61
-14	GD	-22
1.24	PPG	0.97
35%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

24% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). D.C. United SC are 14th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

D.C. United SC

0-15

3/4

16-30

6/6

31-45

5/9

46-60

5/10

61-75

3/8

76+

8/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	16 G	1 A
Louis Munteanu	6 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! New York Red Bulls welcome D.C. United SC for this crunch clash at Red Bull Arena.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
10' Russell Canouse is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
15' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past D.C. United SC's compact 3-4-2-1.
25' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined D.C. United SC backline.
28' The crowd applauds Dante Vanzeir as he leaves the pitch. Tom Barlow steps in for New York Red Bulls.
33' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
36' Poor challenge from Chris Durkin. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
41' The energy levels are beginning to show. Wayne Rooney might look to freshen things up shortly.
43' It’s gonna be a card for Dru Yearwood.
48' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ruan, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
53' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
54' Poor challenge from Derrick Williams. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
59' Jose Fajardo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
64' The crowd applauds Ruan as he leaves the pitch. Andy Najar steps in for D.C. United SC.
65' Time for substitution for D.C. United SC. Cristian Dajome is replaced by Theodore Ku-DiPietro.
70' D.C. United SC have won 398 goals from 296 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
75' D.C. United SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Tai Baribo scoring 4 goals.
78' New York Red Bulls player sees a card in front of him.
79' The supporters are chanting for Jose Fajardo. He replaces Gabriel Pirani on 79 minute.
82' New York Red Bulls player sees a card in front of him.
85' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Elias Manoel departs to be replaced by Wikelmann Carmona.
88' The USA John Tolkin breaks the deadlock on 88 minutes. 1-0!
89' The D.C. United SC bench stirs into life. Pedro Santos is withdrawn and Yamil Asad gets his opportunity.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for New York Red Bulls players.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerhard Struber

D.C. United SC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

2
Ruan ↓ Andy Najar 64'
20
Christian Benteke
3
Derrick Williams
1
Tyler Miller
15
Steve Birnbaum
6
Russell Canouse
8
Chris Durkin
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Yamil Asad 89'
4
Brendan Hines-Ike
12
Cristian Dajome ↓ Theodore Ku-DiPietro 65'
–
Gabriel Pirani ↓ Jose Fajardo 79'

Bench

24
Alex Bono
22
Yamil Asad ↑ 89'
9
Erik Hurtado
14
Andy Najar ↑ 64'
–
Eric Davis
23
Donovan Pines
–
Jose Fajardo ↑ 79'
21
Theodore Ku-DiPietro ↑ 65'
25
Jackson Hopkins

Coach Wayne Rooney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ola Kamara	5
Tai Baribo	4
Bradley Wright-Phillips	4
Bradley Wright-Phillips	4
Cameron Harper	4
Christian Benteke	3
Lewis Morgan	3
Luquinhas	3

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2023-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United SC W 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls L 2023-07-12 New York Red Bulls 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2023-07-08 New York Red Bulls 2–1 New England Revolution W 2023-07-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2023-06-24 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Atlanta United FC W

D.C. United SC Form

2023-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United SC L 2023-07-15 New England Revolution 4–0 D.C. United SC L 2023-07-08 D.C. United SC 2–2 Internacional CF Miami D 2023-07-05 FC Dallas 0–1 D.C. United SC W 2023-07-02 Nashville SC 2–0 D.C. United SC L 2023-06-24 D.C. United SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.7 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

0.89 D.C. United SC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls55% Draw26% D.C. United SC19%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

80%

Draw or D.C. United SC

45%

New York Red Bulls or D.C. United SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls39% Draw46% D.C. United SC15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

10.6%

0 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.3%

3 – 0

5.9%

0 – 1

5.7%

3 – 1

5.3%

1 – 2

4.8%

2 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

2.5%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls 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	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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