New York City vs DC United Prediction: DC confident of avoiding a defeat

New York City vs DC United Prediction and Odds on 31 August 2025

Yankee Stadium will host the Major League Soccer encounter between New York City and DC United. The two teams both settled for a goalless draw in their last meeting and will eye a win here. How will this game unfold? Below, I will preview this game and offer predictions. 

New York City: Form and Statistics

New York City have just played FC Cincinnati and they secured a 0-1 win. In that encounter, Alonso Martinez's strike in the second half was enough to see them take maximum points. In the meantime, that win was New York City’s third in their last four matches. In that run, their lone defeat was against Toluca, while they picked up wins over Nashville SC and Club Leon. In the meantime, this team has accumulated 44 points from 26 matches, scoring 37 goals and conceding 30. 

New York City: Team News and Lineup

New York City have three players out for this fixture. Malachi Jones has a broken leg which has kept him out since the beginning of the season. Meanwhile, Nico Cavallo, Keaton Alexander Parks are out due to leg injuries.

New York City Expected Lineup

Matt Freese (GK), Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, Justin Haak, Kevin OToole, Aiden O'Neill, Andrés Perea, Hannes Wolf, Maxi Moralez, Nicolas Fernandez Mercau, Alonso Martínez

⛔️Unavailable: Nico Cavallo, Keaton Alexander Parks, Malachi Jones (injured)

DC United: Form and Statistics

DC United played Inter Miami in their last league game and they picked a point. In a 1-1 encounter, this team took the lead just thirteen minutes into the kickoff with Jackson Hopkins striking from Matti Peltola. However, Baltasar Rodriguez's strike for Inter Miami in the second half was enough to deny this team taking maximum points. Ahead of this game, DC United have now failed to win any of their last 13 matches. In that run, this team lost ten games, while drawing three. With 21 points from 28 matches, DC United sit bottom of the standings.

DC United: Team News and Lineup

DC United have three players ruled out of this fixture. Caden Clark, Kristian Fletcher and Randall Leal have all been ruled out. 

🔖 DC United Expected Lineup

Luis Barraza (GK), Conner Antley, Lucas Bartlett, Kye Rowles, David Schnegg, Brandon Servania, Matti Peltola, Aaron Herrera, Gabriel Pirani, Hosei Kijima, Jackson Hopkins 

⛔️Unavailable: Nico Cavallo, Keaton Alexander Parks, Malachi Jones (injured)

New York City vs DC United: Head-to-Head Statistics

New York City and DC United's last five matches have ended in two wins for New York City and one DC United. However, their last two meetings ended in a draw. 

New York City vs DC United: Betting Tips & Odds

• DC United have now failed to win in consecutive matches and will look to end that run. Having secured a draw in each of their last two? The visiting team will focus on winning this encounter with 1Xbet offering a 5.60 odds;
• New York City have now won twice in the last five games of this fixture. In the meantime, the hosts have been incredible with three wins in their last four competitive matches while failing to pick a win just once in their last five matches on this ground. On Bet365, the bookies offer a 1.54 odds of winning;
• The last two games of this fixture have been settled with a draw scoreline and with DC United settling for the same result in their last league games, there are high chances we might witness something similar. Betway has a full time draw option set at 4.40;
• New York City have scored at least two goals in four of their last four wins at this venue. In each of their wins in this fixture in the last five, this team repeated the same trend with 1Xbet offering over 1.5 odds for the hosts at 1.51 odds;
• The last four meetings between DC United and New York City have ended with less than three goals. This option is available on Betway with odds at 2.33.

New York City vs DC United match Prediction 31 August 2025

DC have proved stubborn in the past matches and in this fixture they need to prove that again. In the last meetings, New York City and DC United matches have been very competitive and this might be similar. Meanwhile, New York City have been much better in their recent fixtures and I believe being highly favoured in this match is an indication to the fact they could win. Also, DC United have been good offensively lately with four goals scored already in their last five matches, hence, a bet on both teams scoring. 

My match prediction is a win and over 1.5 goals for New York City with odds at 1.74 on 1Xbet. 

My match prediction is over 2.5 goals with odds at 1.60 on Bet365 bookmaker. 

My final match prediction is both teams to score with odds at 1.66 on Betway.