Atlanta United manager F. de Boer looking for three points in Toronto showdown

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.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Toronto's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artificial turf have ended in 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Atlanta United are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Toronto are staying put at 4th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

Atlanta United form and stats

39 points is a decent return from 17 Major League Soccer games here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Atlanta United, who have the most clean sheets (16) in Major League Soccer,. The data says 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

The Atlanta United fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Toronto. Before that, Atlanta United had a home game versus Philadelphia Union which ended with a victory 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Atlanta United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (36 in 17 games), Atlanta United's attacking play is working. Atlanta United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.

Toronto form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Toronto as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the New York RB game have they lost an away game, meaning Toronto has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for Toronto, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus New York City at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Toronto playing away, we found three games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.

Toronto are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 17 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Toronto have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atlanta United - Toronto 1-2. Atlanta United-Toronto H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Atlanta United 1 win, Toronto 3 wins, 3 draws. 6 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Martínez 28 goals

Pozuelo 14 goals

J. Altidore 11 goals

Atlanta United missing players

Toronto missing players