The manager F. de Boer looks to inspire Atlanta United win against LA Galaxy

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting LA Galaxy have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-3-7 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Atlanta United form and stats

Atlanta United, who have the most points (27) at home in Major League Soccer, are steadily winning games and points here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. In general it's been a long time since Atlanta United tasted defeat here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.

Atlanta United lost their last game at Los Angeles FC after a 3-4 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Atlanta United won a home game hosting DC United (2-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlanta United home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

Atlanta United are traveling soon after this match as the US Open Cup match at Orlando City awaits in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (24 in 12 games), Atlanta United's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Atlanta United have conceded only 8 goals.

LA Galaxy form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as LA Galaxy have lost on their last two travels.

Two away games in a row for LA Galaxy, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Los Angeles FC.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where LA Galaxy played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

LA Galaxy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games. LA Galaxy have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Atlanta United-LA Galaxy H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Atlanta United 2 wins, LA Galaxy 0 wins, 1 draw. 1 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Z. Ibrahimović 16 goals / 3 assists

E. Barco 4 goals / 1 assists

Atlanta United missing players

LA Galaxy missing players