Classic home win, the away team steals the points or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Dallas and Atlanta United battle at Toyota Stadium.
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
4 - 6 - 14 with 19-44. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Atlanta United when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Atlanta United play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Atlanta United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Dallas nor Atlanta United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dallas form and stats
Dallas have played 12 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The followers are hoping that Dallas will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against St. Louis City (placed 1st). Midfielder Lletget was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Lletget hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Dallas won a home game hosting Austin (1-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Dallas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dallas as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Dallas has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Dallas has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Dallas have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Atlanta United form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Atlanta United have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far.
Atlanta United's previous game was their home loss versus Cincinnati (1-2). Mosquera got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Mosquera scored one goal.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Nashville SC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Atlanta United in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Atlanta United, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 15 of this side's 20 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Atlanta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Atlanta United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Dallas victories, zero draws and two Atlanta United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 12 goals |   J. Ferreira 10 goals |  T. Almada 9 goals |
Dallas missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Dallas | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 49 |
| 28 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 24 | 41 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 85% | 89% |
| 44% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 70% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 60% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 67% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 20% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 13.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 31% | 44% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 37% |
| 12.8 | 10.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.5 | 11.6 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (11) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Dallas | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Austin | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -21 | 19 |
