Season ticket holders at Mercedes-Benz Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Atlanta United languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Columbus Crew will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Atlanta nor Columbus Crew 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.
Columbus Crew play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Columbus Crew when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from ten matches. They have scored 17 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have collected 9 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-3-1.
Atlanta travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cincinnati that ended 1-1. Marcelino Moreno (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.6/10. Moreno hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to New England (0-1).Atlanta are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-3-3 (7 played). Visiting Columbus has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Columbus's last game was the home draw against Nashville SC (0-0). Defender Jonathan Mensah was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Mensah won 4 of 8 duels.
Before that, Columbus secured a home win against New York City with the score 2-1.The attacking power of Columbus Crew when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Columbus Crew in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Atlanta won five, Columbus Crew won four and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 5 goals |  G. Zardes 4 goals |  D. Moreno 3 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Atlanta United | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 86% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 21% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 15.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.4 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 23% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 29% |
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | New York City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | DC United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Toronto | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 8 |