The Atlanta United & New England bosses Reyes and Arena are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this key match in the top area of the Major League Soccer standings.
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New England have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New England, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Atlanta United nor New England 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.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have performed here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season with 5 wins from 7 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Atlanta travelled for their previous game, a trip to Orlando City that ended 1-1. Wolff was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Orlando City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
3-3 away at Chicago Fire before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlanta United handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 12 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
Goals decide football matches and Atlanta United are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches.
New England form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of New England playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. England seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
New England delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Chicago Fire (placed 11th) in their previous fixture. New England's last match (vs Chicago Fire) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 83rd minute equalizer by Altidore. The draw against Chicago Fire came from a losing position. The England manager Arena brought on Altidore as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Polster was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Polster hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 71 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Philadelphia Union wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where New England have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for England now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at New York City is waiting in only three days.
As for defending, New England rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
New England have not lost in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Atlanta United.Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 8 goals |  T. Almada 6 goals |   B. Wood 4 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
New England missing players
| Atlanta United | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 73% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 41% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 32% |
| 10.5 | 8.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16 | 13.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.6 | 5 |
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as New England have scored away.
- Atlanta United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals (29) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | DC United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | New York City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | New York RB | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
