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Major League Soccer10/28/2026, 11:30 PM

Toronto – DC United2 : 1

Why the model thinks so

Toronto
1.77
Total xG
2.99
DC United
1.21
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorTorontoDC United
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.74+0.74
Attack strength (1.28x league average)+0.27
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.8 goals/match)−0.18
Declining form (0.8 vs 1.4 season average)−0.18
4 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.8 goals/match)+0.04
Lewis Morgan not in squad (2 goals, 0 assists)
Tai Baribo not in squad (16 goals, 1 assists)
Jackson Hopkins not in squad (2 goals, 2 assists)
52% of goal output missing (only 68% available)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: Toronto average 2.12 goals per match at home in the league this season, DC United concede 1.8 away
  • Form: DC United lost 4 of their last 5 matches, conceding an average of 2.6 goals per match
  • Shots: Toronto averaged 5.4 shots on target per match over their last 5 matches, DC United 2.6

Risks

  • Head-to-head: DC United won 2 of the 5 direct meetings since 2024, Toronto 1
  • Defence: Toronto conceded 2 goals per match at home in the league this season and 10 goals in their last 5 matches

All probabilities

Result
Toronto49%
Draw26%
DC United25%
Double chance
Toronto or draw75%
DC United or draw51%
No draw74%
Goals
Over 1.581%
Under 1.519%
Over 2.557%
Under 2.543%
Over 3.535%
Under 3.565%
Both teams score
Yes60%
No40%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.77 : 1.21, rounded up only from .912% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
10%
2:0
8%
1:2
7%
2:2
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Toronto: 9 goals from minute 80 onwards in 12 games. Against CF Montréal: 2 goals (90+3', 90+5')
  2. Toronto: 8 of 22 goals scored by substitutes (last 12 games)
  3. Toronto: opponent scores first in 9 of 12 games (75%)
  4. Toronto: 77% of all goals in the second half (17 of 22, last 12 games)
  5. DC United: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)

Lineups

Toronto 4-3-3 · DC United 4-4-2

Toronto
  • 1 L. Gavran
  • 22 R. Laryea
  • 13 B. Kuscevic Jaramillo
  • 15 N. Gomis
  • 3 M. Pereira de Souza
  • 21 J. Osorio
  • 6 N. Dorsch
  • 10 D. Mihailovic
  • 7 T. Corbeanu
  • 9 J. Sargent
  • 20 D. Salloi
DC United
  • 1 S. Johnson
  • 5 S. Hefti
  • 3 L. Bartlett
  • 15 K. Rowles
  • 6 K. Kurokawa
  • 2 K. Nono
  • 4 M. Peltola
  • 21 A. Dozzell
  • 8 J. Stroud
  • 7 J. Martins Peglow
  • 22 N. Ordaz
Substitutes
  • 11 D. Etienne Jr.
  • 14 A. Coello Camarero
  • 17 E. Aristizábal Chavarriaga
  • 23 W. Yarbrough Story
  • 71 M. Cimermancic
  • 12 Z. Monlouis
  • 90 L. Morgan
  • 38 J. Gilman
  • 96 R. Chukwu
  • 12 W. Antley
  • 13 S. Nealis
  • 23 B. Servania
  • 25 J. Hopkins
  • 26 A. Bono
  • 27 N. Markovic
  • 48 G. Turner
  • 24 J. Farr
  • 40 K. Reynoso

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