Atlanta United supporters put their faith in manager Reyes to deliver victory against Real Salt Lake

Atlanta United's stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Real Salt Lake have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Real Salt Lake when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 3 draws and 7 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 27.

Real Salt Lake have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

Atlanta United form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Atlanta United so far this season.

Atlanta United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Austin. Campbell, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Campbell hit one key pass and won 1 of 4 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at New York City that finished 2-2.

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 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atlanta United, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Orlando City is only four days away.

The Atlanta United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Atlanta United have conceded 13 goals.

Real Salt Lake form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Salt Lake so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Salt are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Real Salt Lake delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Colorado Rapids in their previous match. Drawing 2-2 against Colorado Rapids after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Mastroeni needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As mentioned above, Real Salt Lake drew the match against Colorado Rapids. Manager Mastroeni brought on Meram to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Meram got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Meram scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 30 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Minnesota United before that.

We have checked recent matches where Real Salt Lake have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sporting KC in just four days.

The attacking power of Salt when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Real Salt Lake have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Atlanta wins - draws - Real Salt Lake wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Martínez 5 goals

L. de Araujo Guimarães Neto 4 goals

D. Dwyer 4 goals

Atlanta United missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players