DC United and Atlanta United have both played out a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table places in the Major League Soccer.
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals (45) in Major League Soccer
4-7-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Atlanta United when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 25 matches are 21-46 (scored/conceded).
Atlanta United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither DC United nor Atlanta United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
DC United form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, DC United have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.
DC United haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Benteke scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alexander Bono not having conceded a league goal in 322 minutes.
An away draw last time out for DC United, facing Charlotte in a game that ended 0-0. Pines, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Pines won 8 of 10 duels.
In the match before that, DC United hosted SJ Earthquakes and drew the game 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how DC United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 6.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as New York RB are coming to town in three days.
DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 25 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, DC United have conceded 17 goals.
Atlanta United form and stats
3-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlanta United in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Atlanta United won their last game, 5-2 versus Inter Miami played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Inter Miami was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Defender Lennon was the best team player with a rating of 8.74. Lennon scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Atlanta travelled to Dallas and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlanta United playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Atlanta United wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Observe that 17 of this club's 22 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montreal Impact in just three days.
Atlanta United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlanta have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest games involving these two teams have all ended as Atlanta United victories. Are we destined for another one?Atlanta United - DC United 3-1 was the product when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 14 goals |   C. Benteke Liolo 10 goals |  T. Almada 9 goals |
DC United missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| DC United | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 56 |
| 38 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 26 | 45 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 76% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 90% |
| 59% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 72% |
| 31% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 48% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 17% |
| 48% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 69% |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 28% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 14 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.1 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 28% | 33% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 31% | 39% |
| 11.8 | 12.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.7 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Atlanta United have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals (45) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Major League Soccer
- DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 58 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 50 |
| 3 | New England | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 47 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -12 | 36 |
| 9 | DC United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | New York City | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | New York RB | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 28 |
| 15 | Toronto | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 22 |
