New England and DC United are going to take on on Saturday the 13th of August at 7:30 pm in the 32nd week of the Major League Soccer. The match will take place in Foxborough at the Gillette Stadium.
New England occupies the 10th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Orlando City in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 9 times, and lost 7 times.
DC United is in the 14th place 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. So far, 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, R. Spaulding, J. Bell, F. Kessler, O. González, A. Farrell, B. Bye, Maciel, L. Caicedo Mosquera, W. Jaures Kaptoum, M. Polster, C. Gil de Pareja Vicent, G. Bou and J. Rennicks.
If this will be the line-up, the average age of New England would be 26.67.
will probably not be able to employ E. Edwards Jr. and M. Turner because of injury.
T. McNamara and E. Boateng will definitely miss the match.
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.
If this will be the line-up, the 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 because of injury.
B. Hamid, G. Yow and M. Estrada Martínez will definitely miss the match.
