A good game and three points is the only event that will suffice for the Atlanta United regulars in this Mercedes-Benz Stadium duel with Colorado Rapids, as they enjoy a healthy lead on them in the Major League Soccer standings.
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have scored more than double the goals of Colorado Rapids.
Atlanta United's stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Colorado Rapids have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Colorado Rapids when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from eight matches. They have scored {4 goals} in these games and conceded 17.
Colorado Rapids have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Atlanta nor Colorado Rapids 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.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Atlanta United to get some points in this home game.
The Atlanta United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Charlotte here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Midfield player Almada got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Almada served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
Heartbreak before that as Atlanta United lost 1-2 at Inter Miami's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Atlanta's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Atlanta United are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Chicago Fire awaits in three days.
7 goals have been conceded.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Colorado Rapids playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Colorado's previous game was their home loss versus Philadelphia Union (1-2). Until that loss this team had taken at least one point from seven league rounds in a row. Midfielder Ronan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Ronan scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Earlier, the US Open Cup win away at Sacramento Republic. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Colorado Rapids playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Salt Lake in just three days.
Colorado have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Atlanta United victories, zero draws and one Colorado Rapids win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Almada 5 goals |  G. Giakoumakis 5 goals |  C. Wiley 3 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Atlanta United | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 75% |
| 92% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 58% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 42% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 83% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 42% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.1 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 42% | 41% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 19% |
| 10.7 | 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.1 | 14.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
- Atlanta United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlanta United have scored more than double the goals of Colorado Rapids.
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colorado Rapids have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Inter Miami | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | New York City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Orlando City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | New York RB | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Toronto | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
