New England and DC United are going to face off on Saturday the 13th of August at 7:30 pm in the 32nd week of the Major League Soccer. The match is going to be played in Foxborough at the Gillette Stadium.
New England is in the 10th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Orlando City in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 9 times, and lost 7 times.
DC United is in the 14th position in the table with 21 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against New York RB in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
New England
New England has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 60.87%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-3-1-2 (7 times), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
is expected to play against DC United with the following players: Đ. Petrović, D. Jones, A. Farrell, R. Spaulding, J. Bell, F. Kessler, O. González, B. Bye, Maciel, L. Caicedo Mosquera, W. Jaures Kaptoum, C. Gil de Pareja Vicent, M. Polster, G. Bou and J. Rennicks.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of New England would be 26.67.
will probably not be able to employ E. Edwards Jr., T. McNamara and E. Boateng because of injury.
DC United
DC United has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 47.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
is expected to play against New England with the following players: J. Garay, J. Kempin, R. Romo Pérez, C. Seitz, J. Greene, A. Alfaro, S. Guediri, S. Birnbaum, C. Odoi-Atsem, R. Canouse, R. Morrison, B. Smith, J. Gressel, T. Freeman, A. Perez and N. Robertha.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of DC United would be 26.67.
There are doubts about the presence of D. Pines.
will probably not be able to employ B. Hines-Ike and M. Estrada Martínez because of injury.
B. Hamid and G. Yow will definitely miss the match.
