Home advantage could prove decisive in Columbus Crew - Atlanta United battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)

Columbus Crew have won 34 points playing as the home side. Atlanta United have 29 points as the visiting team. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Atlanta United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer

This arena has grass, which is not Atlanta United's usual surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Atlanta United have performed like this: Played 25 matches yielding 5 wins, 7 draws and 13 defeats with the goal numbers 26-36 (scored/conceded).

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atlanta United, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.

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Columbus Crew form and stats

Columbus Crew have collected 18 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 5-3-4.

The home team returns after drawing with Colorado Rapids on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Zelarayán (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Zelarayán hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Columbus Crew had a home game versus New York City which ended with a victory 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The Columbus Crew fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Columbus Crew have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Atlanta United form and stats

Atlanta United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-4-7 (12 played). Visiting Atlanta United has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The manager Reyes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta suffered a 1-2 loss to New York RB (placed 4th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Franco, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Franco won 7 of 8 duels.

Before that, Atlanta United travelled to Cincinnati and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Atlanta United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

Take note that 14 of this side's 18 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlanta United as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Atlanta have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Columbus Crew and Atlanta United have faced off already this season: Atlanta United - Columbus Crew 1-2. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Columbus Crew won six games, zero matches ended with a draw and Atlanta United have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Columbus CrewL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
8 goals
Atlanta UnitedR. Cisneros Morell
R. Cisneros Morell
7 goals
ColumbusJ. Hernández Suárez
J. Hernández Suárez
6 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Columbus Crew Atlanta United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 12 25
8 5 2 Won W 0 1 7
10 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
6 4 0 Lost L 1 7 10
32 16 6 Scored S 3 11 34
27 11 2 Conceded C 4 20 38
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 84%
46% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 72%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 28%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 68%
29% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 16%
38% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 24%
 
5 5.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 5.7 6.2
4.7 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5.2
1.9 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.3 15.8 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 21.5 14.2 15.2
3.9 4.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 5.1
34% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 27%
 
11.1 9.2 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.9 12.2
3.8 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 26 13 9 4 45 20 13 8 5 0 30 7 13 5 4 4 15 13 25 48
2 Montreal Impact 25 13 4 8 43 41 12 6 2 4 20 16 13 7 2 4 23 25 2 43
3 New York City 25 12 6 7 46 30 13 8 3 2 31 15 12 4 3 5 15 15 16 42
4 New York RB 26 11 7 8 40 32 12 3 4 5 18 17 14 8 3 3 22 15 8 40
5 Columbus Crew 24 8 10 6 32 27 12 5 3 4 16 11 12 3 7 2 16 16 5 34
6 New England 25 8 10 7 38 36 12 5 5 2 16 12 13 3 5 5 22 24 2 34
7 Cincinnati 25 8 9 8 42 45 13 4 5 4 25 22 12 4 4 4 17 23 -3 33
8 Orlando City 25 9 6 10 28 36 12 5 0 7 15 23 13 4 6 3 13 13 -8 33
9 Inter Miami 25 9 6 10 32 41 13 7 3 3 25 22 12 2 3 7 7 19 -9 33
10 Charlotte 26 10 2 14 33 40 12 8 0 4 20 10 14 2 2 10 13 30 -7 32
11 Toronto 26 8 6 12 39 45 14 7 2 5 25 22 12 1 4 7 14 23 -6 30
12 Chicago Fire 25 8 6 11 28 34 12 5 4 3 12 8 13 3 2 8 16 26 -6 30
13 Atlanta United 25 7 8 10 34 38 13 6 4 3 23 18 12 1 4 7 11 20 -4 29
14 DC United 25 6 4 15 28 49 13 4 3 6 18 20 12 2 1 9 10 29 -21 22

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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.