Top-notch Orlando City visit Atlanta United after their 3-2-result against Columbus Crew. Get out our thorough match preview!
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
Orlando City play their home matches on grass, while this match is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Orlando City when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from seven matches. They have created 6 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Atlanta United form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Atlanta United have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Atlanta's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Nashville SC (placed 2nd). Midfielder Marcelino Moreno was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Moreno hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 58 successful passes (of 66 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus DC United with a 2-1 scoreline.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 eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost three.
The Atlanta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Atlanta have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Orlando City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Visiting Orlando has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Orlando go into this game after a win, the home game against Columbus Crew that ended 3-2. Daryl Dike, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Dike scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A draw for Orlando before that, at their own venue hosting Inter Miami (0-0).So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Orlando City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Orlando City wins, eight draws and one defeat.
Orlando City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Orlando have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Orlando City - Atlanta 3-2 was the outcome when these two sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Atlanta wins - draws - Orlando City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Almeida da Cunha 8 goals |   D. Moreno 7 goals |  J. Martínez 6 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Atlanta United | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 33 |
| 28 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 26 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 90% | 77% |
| 45% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 55% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 23% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 10% | 32% |
| 32% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 15.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11.1 | 12.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 19% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 32% |
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 52 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | New York City | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | DC United | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | New York RB | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -17 | 17 |
| 14 | Toronto | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -21 | 15 |