This match features two teams living in the basement of the Major League Soccer, Atlanta United holding 11th place and DC United lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Atlanta's stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. DC United 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 DC United when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from ten matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 14.
DC 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.
Atlanta United form and stats
With 3 Major League Soccer wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Atlanta United are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Atlanta United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Toronto (0-1). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Inter Miami the opponent.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Atlanta matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and one defeat (from five games).
The manager S. Glass will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Orlando City in only four days.
Atlanta have scored 7 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Atlanta have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
DC United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for DC United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for DC United, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Cincinnati (placed 13th) in the Major League Soccer last time out. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Philadelphia Union.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of DC United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Columbus Crew in just four days.
The attacking power of DC United when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, DC United have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result DC United - Atlanta 0-4 entered in the official records. Last nine meetings between the teams: Atlanta United won four, DC United won five and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 3 goals |   O. Williams Kamara 3 goals |  B. Lennon 2 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
DC United missing players
| Atlanta United | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 89% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 36% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 74% |
| 37% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 16% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 42% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 42% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 167 | 104 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 80 | 170 |
| 61 | 34 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 26 | 58 |
| 30% | 21% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 29% |
- Atlanta United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toronto | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | New England | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | New York City | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | New York RB | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 16 |
| 14 | DC United | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 15 |