⁠DC United vs Philadelphia Union Predicted lineup, betting tips, odds, injury news, H2H, telecast

Published at :May 3, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Modified at :May 3, 2024 at 5:00 AM

Matchday 11 of MLS 2024 set to be underway

DC United will host Philadelphia Union at the Audi Field, as both teams are next to each other in the points table of the Eastern Conference in Major League Soccer. The home team is placed 8th in the points table with 13 points, they have won three drew four and lost three. DC United have had defensive problems this season. as they are quite shaky in the defence and the opposition can take advantage of it.

On the other hand, Philadelphia are placed 7th in the points table with 13 points and they have won three, drew four and lost two matches. Quality-wise both teams are on the same level as both teams like to play with high intensity and both teams are good at counter-attacking. This will be an exciting clash to watch as both teams have a good chance to beat each other.

Kick-Off:

Saturday, 4th May 2024, 11:30 AM (GMT), 07:30 AM (EST)

Sunday, 5th May 2024, 05:00 AM (IST)

Stadium: Audi Field

Form

DC United Form (All Competitions): W-L-L-D-W

Philadelphia Form (All Competitions): L-L-D-W-W

Players to Watch

Christian Benteke (DC United)

He is a tall and physically strong player who is good at ariel and ground duels, he is a player who is very smart in his pressing and quite often he can win the ball back to create a goal-scoring chance, having him in the team is just like a privilege as he is so good, already he have scored a lot of goals for his team and he is very clinical in his finishing, opponents need to keep an eye on him.

Daniel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union)

Daniel is an attacking midfielder who can create a goal-scoring chance out of nothing, he is a top-quality player who is good with his feet. With his pinpoint through balls, he can easily break the opposite defence. He is very consistent in his performance and sometimes also drops deep to help the team to progress the ball in the build-up.

Match Facts

DC United scores 0.2 goals in a match against Philadelphia Union and Philadelphia Union scores 3.2 goals against DC United (on average).
The average number of goals in meetings between DC United and Philadelphia Union is 3.4.
The winner of their last meeting was Philadelphia Union.

DC United vs Philadelphia: Betting Tips and Odds

Tip 1 – Both teams to score
Tip 2 – DC United to win the match
Tip 3 – Christian Benteke to score at anytime

DC United have 2.34 odds of winning the match, 3.25 odds of the match ending in a draw and 3.10 odds in favour of Philadelphia to win.

Injury and Team News

For the home team, Russell Canouse and Theodore Ku-Dipietro will miss the matches due to injury, the rest of the players are fit and available for the match.

The away team will have all players available for the upcoming match, and none of their players are suspended.

Head-to-Head

Matches: 41

DC United: 12

Philadelphia: 23

Draws: 6

Predicted Lineups

DC United Predicted Lineup (4-1-3-2):

Bono(GK); Dajome, McVey, Bartlett, Herrera; Peltola; Klich, Pirani, Staroud; Benteke, Murrell

Philadelphia Predicted Lineup (4-1-2-1-2):

Blake(GK); Harriel, Lowe, Elliott, Mbaizo; Martinez; Bueno, Sullivan; Gazdag; Uhre, Adedeji

Match Prediction

Both teams quality-wise are on the same level so we can expect a close encounter between these two, even though DC United are playing at their home it will not be an easy task to beat their opponents, both teams will give them all to get all points. Both teams will share the spoils as the match will end in a stalemate.

Prediction: DC United 1-1 Philadelphia

Telecast

All MLS 2024 matches including the clash between ⁠DC United and Philadelphia Union will be streamed on Apple TV worldwide.

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