There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Major League Soccer table so far. Here's the Atlanta United - New York RB latest:
It's no vacation for neither Atlanta nor New York RB 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting New York RB have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have played 10 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The Atlanta United goalkeeper Bradley Guzan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 231 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
Atlanta drew their last game, also a home match. Orlando City (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that match, a win away at DC United.
Atlanta United's goalie Brad Guzan played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Orlando City with a stunning six saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlanta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlanta as they are travelling to their away game against Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Atlanta United here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Atlanta are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
New York RB form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of New York RB playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus Inter Miami with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-3 defeat away at Orlando City before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three York wins, one draw and five defeats.
York has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against Toronto in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting York have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. York have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Atlanta United and New York RB have met before this season: Atlanta United - New York RB 0-1. Atlanta-New York RB H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Atlanta United one win, New York RB six wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Royer 4 goals |   J. Gallagher 3 goals |  B. Lennon 2 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
New York RB missing players
| Atlanta United | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 69% |
| 44% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 38% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 44% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 31% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 151 | 97 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 85 | 172 |
| 59 | 34 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 32 | 57 |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 33% |
- Atlanta United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB 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 | Toronto | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | New York City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | New England | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 14 | DC United | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 11 |