The Major League Soccer season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Atlanta United and Orlando City promises to be an interesting one.
The visiting Orlando City played their last game only three days ago, a Major League Soccer match.
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 0-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Atlanta United form and stats
Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for Atlanta United 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The Atlanta supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Nashville SC in Major League Soccer and win 2-0. Preceding that match was a defeat to Columbus Crew (0-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with Atlanta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlanta United as a small favourite), we find two games. Atlanta United has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Inter Miami in only four days. This game is also played here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Early season league goal statistics from Atlanta United's 2 home games: 4 goals, 1 conceded.
Orlando City form and stats
It's not happening yet for Orlando City on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Orlando City have lost on their last two travels.
Chris Mueller and Daryl Dike (2) scored in Orlando City's previous match, the home game against Nashville SC that ended 3-1. Prior to that match, the Orlando City manager Ó. Pareja Gómez faced defeat when travelling to Inter Miami and losing 2-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Orlando City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Orlando, two draws and zero defeats.
Orlando has another fixture away, a Major League Soccer game, against Nashville SC in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Orlando City has managed 3 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Atlanta won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Orlando City has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. Mueller 5 goals |  L. Almeida da Cunha 3 goals | D. Dike 3 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Atlanta United | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 49 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 62 | 133 |
| 19 | 17 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 28 | 54 |
| 32% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 29% | 33% |
- All of Orlando City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Orlando City has the most matches over the total-line (7)
- Orlando City has the most points from losing position (8)
- Orlando City has the most scored goals in the second half (11)
- Orlando City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Orlando City have scored more than double the goals of Atlanta United.
- Orlando City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Toronto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | New York RB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | New England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | DC United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Nashville SC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |