Struggling Atlanta United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dallas in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Dallas play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dallas on artifical turf are 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-11. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Dallas when visiting Atlanta as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United's struggle is real here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Atlanta faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nashville SC (2-4). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inter Miami (1-2).
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Atlanta here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). 7 goals have been conceded.
Dallas form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Dallas with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Dallas go into this game after a win, the home game against Colorado Rapids that ended 4-1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Houston Dynamo.
It's hard not to mention Harold Mosquera's lethal finishing against Colorado Rapids. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dallas have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. 4 goals have been conceded by Dallas in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Atlanta won one, Dallas won two and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mosquera Caicedo 4 goals | F. Jara 3 goals |  E. Barco 2 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Dallas missing players
| Atlanta United | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 91% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 64% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 45% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 18% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 55% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | 66 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 116 |
| 39 | 23 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 43 |
| 28% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 37% |
- Atlanta United has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas 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 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Toronto | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | New York City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | New York RB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | New England | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | DC United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 8 |