Atlanta United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Orlando City.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
1-2-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Orlando City when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 8-19 (scored/conceded).
Atlanta United form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Atlanta United are 3-1-5 (wins-draw-losses).
Happy days for Atlanta United in their previous game, a Major League Soccer match away at DC United (placed 14th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Chicago Fire.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Atlanta played a great game against DC United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Atlanta as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. New York RB are visiting.
Atlanta aren't scoring a lot here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Atlanta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Orlando City form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer, are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Impressive finishing from Daryl Dike, Antônio Carlos and Júnior Urso secured the home win 3-1 against New York RB in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Dallas.
A new game in only four days for Orlando, the Major League Soccer home match versus Columbus Crew. Busy days.
Orlando has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Orlando in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Orlando City - Atlanta 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Atlanta won six, Orlando City won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Atlanta United missing players
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| Atlanta United | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 37% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 33% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 143 | 89 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 105 | 227 |
| 57 | 32 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 40 | 85 |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 40% |
- Atlanta United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most points from losing position (8) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Toronto | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | New York City | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | New England | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 13 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | DC United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 11 |