Atlanta United and Orlando City have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table places in the Major League Soccer.
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Orlando City 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 1-5-4 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Major League Soccer match only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at New England.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have performed here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
The followers are hoping that Atlanta will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against New England (placed 2nd). The attacker Almada was declared "man of the match" for Atlanta United with a rating of 9.05/10. Almada hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 10 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Montreal Impact with a 1-0 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Atlanta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know the future, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league games with this side has had at least three goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 11 games), Atlanta United's attacking play is working. 13 goals have been conceded.
Orlando City form and stats
4-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Orlando City in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Orlando lost away at Real Salt Lake (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Orlando City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Midfield player Araújo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 6.83/10. Araújo hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that, Orlando secured a home win against Toronto with the score 4-0.We have checked recent matches where Orlando City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats.
Orlando City have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Orlando City have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Atlanta have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Orlando City.Orlando City - Atlanta United 1-1 was the score in these contenders' previous head to head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 10 goals |  T. Almada 8 goals |   F. Torres Pérez 7 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Atlanta United | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 41 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 37 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 87% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 70% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 55% |
| 48% | 55% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 26% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 32% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 2.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 15.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 37% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | 32% |
| 11.2 | 8.9 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.3 | 12.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 48 |
| 2 | New England | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | DC United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | New York RB | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | New York City | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
