DC United / New York OVER 2.5 (-109) This is a match up of the top two offenses in the league. The Red Bull are averaging 1.79 goals per game this season and over the last six games are averaging 2.50 goals per game. They have scored 2+ goals in five out of the last six and much of that was done with several players not available due to international duty. They got both Rogers and Henry back Wednesday against Toronto and really poured it on. Should have had six goals but one was called back due to interference with the keeper. DC United has the worst defense in the league with a goal against average of 1.81. With DC United recently trading for De Rosario the offense should only get better and we know that Red Bull defense is still not that good. Even though they did end up with a clean sheet against Toronto the Reds did come up with some pretty good chances.
Just simple math says the total on this game should at least be 3 –
[I]DC United games have averaged 3.25 goals per game this season
New York games have averaged 3.00 goals per game this season[/I]
This total in my opinion is way off. The game with Toronto closed at o3 +102 and DC United offense is much better than Toronto’s while their defense is worse. I guess it is possible that maybe Rodgers may sit this one out since he is coming of injury and played Wednesday. With Agudelo I’m not sure that is really that big of a drop off but it would concern me since him and Henry seem to work really well together. I think he does start as he only played 56’ Wednesday and really look like he had no ill effects from the layoff.
