With their 2 point lead in the league table, Atlanta United fans long to see their adored players win maximum points from this match versus Columbus Crew.
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Columbus Crew have yet to win a game away.
This field has artifical turf, which is not Columbus Crew's regular surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Columbus Crew have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats with the goal difference 11-8 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Columbus Crew when visiting Atlanta United as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
This promises to be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Atlanta United form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Major League Soccer games here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Atlanta United. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Atlanta are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Nashville SC. Midfield player Almada got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Almada scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Atlanta United drew at home versus New England.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Atlanta United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Atlanta can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Atlanta United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
Columbus Crew have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-4-2 (6 played).
The attacking players of Columbus Crew have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Columbus in their previous game as they lost hosting Los Angeles FC, 0-2. Moreira, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Moreira hit two key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting New York City's place.We have checked recent matches where Columbus Crew have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Columbus Crew have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Atlanta won four games, one match ended with a draw and Columbus Crew got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |  D. Etienne Jr. 3 goals |   B. Lennon 2 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Atlanta United | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.6 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 16.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.2 | 14.1 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 33% |
| 12.4 | 13.7 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have yet to win a game 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 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | New England | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
