📏 Form Guide
D.C. United LDDWDL
D.C. United will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-2 MLS losing effort in their last game against Inter Miami.
In that match, D.C. United managed 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For D.C. United, the scorers were Christian Benteke (53') and Jacob Murrell (97'). Inter Miami got 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Tadeo Allende (35') and Lionel Messi (66', 85') scored for Inter Miami.
D.C. United have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, but they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that D.C. United have been punished defensively in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.
Philadelphia Union LWWLLW
Philadelphia Union head into the match after a 1-0 MLS win with the eclipse of New Eng. Revolution in their most recent match.
In that match, Philadelphia Union had 55% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Philadelphia Union was Bruno Damiani (71'). New England Revolution got 8 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Philadelphia Union has become noticeable of late. A glance at their last 6 games reveals that it’s happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal aggregate of 11 while Philadelphia Union have scored 7. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.
↔️ Head to head
A quick look at their past head to head meetings going back to 20/08/2022 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for D.C. United. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Philadelphia Union have dominated them, getting wins in 67% of those ties.
A sum of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 from Black-and-Red and 18 belonging to The U. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.
The previous league match between the two was MLS match day 14 on 26/04/2025 when it ended Philadelphia Union 3-0 D.C. United.
In that match, Philadelphia Union had 44% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Jakob Glesnes (15'), Danley Jean Jacques (52') and Bruno Damiani (77').
For their opponents, D.C. United had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.
The referee was Rubiel Vazquez.
ℹ️ Team News: D.C. United
Kristian Fletcher (Cruciate ligament surgery), Dominique Badji (Hamstring injury) and Randall Leal (Leg injury) aren’t available for D.C. United gaffer René Weiler.
In our view, Black-and-Red look set to line up in a 4-3-3 system, handing starts to Luis Barraza, Conner Antley, Lucas Bartlett, Kye Rowles, Derek Dodson, Jackson Hopkins, Matti Peltola, Brandon Servania, Gabriel Pirani, Christian Benteke and Peglow.
ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union manager Bradley Carnell has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ben Bender (Calf injury) and Ian Glavinovich (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.
We believe The U seem most likely to utilise a 4-4-2 formation using Andre Blake, Olivier Mbaizo, Jakob Glesnes, Olwethu Makhanya, Kai Wagner, Quinn Sullivan, Jovan Lukic, Danley Jean Jacques, Indiana Vassilev, Bruno Damiani and Mikael Uhre.
🔮 Prediction
We’re envisaging that D.C. United will do well to hit the back of the net against this Philadelphia Union lineup who should get a goal themselves and run out victorious.
That’s why our selection here is for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Philadelphia Union when all is said and done.
Expecting it to be tight.
Peter Guest, 23:01 27/09/2025