Atlanta United - Philadelphia Union: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 02.Jul
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (71000 seats)

Major League Soccer: Two contenders who have performed fine as yet. Learn more on Atlanta United - Philadelphia Union with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals (37) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer

2 - 2 - 3 with 7-8. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Philadelphia Union when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Philadelphia Union play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

These teams have little in common geographically as Philadelphia Union have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Atlanta United form and stats

Atlanta United are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.

In their previous game, the manager Reyes led his Atlanta United to a defeat away at New York RB. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Until that defeat this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. As you see from the result above, Atlanta suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Purata was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.12 out of 10. The defender Purata won 12 of 14 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus New York City.

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 United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 2.

Observe: 11 of the latest 14 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Atlanta manager Reyes has got the team scoring with 24 from 10 home games in the league. Atlanta United have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Philadelphia Union in their Major League Soccer matches away.

Philadelphia Union had fun at their own home (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) last time out, beating Inter Miami 4-1. Glesnes, Carranza and Flach scored. Flach got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Flach scored one goal.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Orlando City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Philadelphia Union in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Philadelphia Union, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Philadelphia find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Philadelphia Union's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Philadelphia Union have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (3-3-0) when playing Atlanta.

Top Goalscorers

Atlanta UnitedG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
10 goals
Philadelphia UnionJ. Carranza
J. Carranza
10 goals
Atlanta UnitedT. Almada
T. Almada
7 goals

Atlanta United missing players

Philadelphia Union missing players

Atlanta United Philadelphia Union
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 9 19
7 6 0 Won W 0 3 10
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
37 24 3 Scored S 0 13 34
35 13 3 Conceded C 1 14 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
90% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 68%
75% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 63%
55% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 37%
20% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 53%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 37%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 22% 21%
 
4.8 5.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 4.8
4.1 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4.2 4.2
2.4 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.8 15.2 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.4 14.1
4.5 5.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.7
42% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 38%
 
10.6 8.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 12.1 10.8
4.1 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • 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 fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals (37) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union 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 Cincinnati 18 13 4 1 30 16 10 10 0 0 19 5 8 3 4 1 11 11 14 43
2 Nashville SC 19 10 5 4 28 14 10 7 2 1 19 6 9 3 3 3 9 8 14 35
3 New England 18 9 6 3 31 22 9 6 3 0 21 8 9 3 3 3 10 14 9 33
4 Philadelphia Union 18 9 4 5 30 19 9 6 2 1 17 5 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 31
5 Atlanta United 19 7 8 4 37 31 10 6 3 1 24 13 9 1 5 3 13 18 6 29
6 Columbus Crew 18 8 4 6 36 26 9 6 2 1 25 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 10 28
7 Orlando City 18 7 6 5 25 22 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 27
8 Montreal Impact 18 8 1 9 20 27 8 7 0 1 15 3 10 1 1 8 5 24 -7 25
9 DC United 19 6 5 8 26 26 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 11 14 0 23
10 Charlotte 19 6 5 8 27 35 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 3 2 5 14 20 -8 23
11 Chicago Fire 18 4 8 6 24 28 9 2 6 1 14 13 9 2 2 5 10 15 -4 20
12 New York City 19 4 8 7 20 25 9 4 3 2 13 12 10 0 5 5 7 13 -5 20
13 New York RB 18 4 8 6 13 18 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 4 4 4 8 -5 20
14 Toronto 19 3 10 6 17 24 10 3 6 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 19
15 Inter Miami 17 5 0 12 16 24 9 4 0 5 12 12 8 1 0 7 4 12 -8 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.