Here's every single thing you need to know, and a little bit more, going into the New England - Atlanta United game!
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atlanta United, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
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.
New England form and stats
New England have played 16 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). New England has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Arena and the players.
The England crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Montreal Impact here at Gillette Stadium.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Houston Dynamo.This is expected to be a close game, with New England perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with New England as a small favourite), we find 4 games. New England has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.
England has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. New England are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gillette Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches. 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
Atlanta United have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-5-9 (16 played).
The Atlanta United goalkeeper Raul Manolo Gudino Vega is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 203 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Atlanta United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Philadelphia Union (placed 1st) in their previous fixture. Midfielder Almada was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Almada hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Orlando City at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Atlanta United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Atlanta, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlanta United have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also faced each other before this season: Atlanta United - England 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): New England two wins, three draws and Atlanta United five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Martínez 8 goals |   C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 7 goals |  G. Bou 7 goals |
New England missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| New England | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 44 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 46 |
| 48 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 28 | 50 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 91% |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 75% | 81% |
| 66% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 69% | 72% |
| 41% | 19% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 16% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 16% |
| 62% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 69% |
| 28% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 19% | 19% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 14.4 | 16 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| 31% | 28% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 27% |
| 13.9 | 11.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (29) 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 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 46 | 64 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 59 |
| 3 | New York RB | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 50 |
| 4 | New York City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 45 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 45 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 31 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 42 |
| 8 | Inter Miami | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | New England | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 33 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 31 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 34 | -10 | 38 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -10 | 35 |
| 13 | Toronto | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 61 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | DC United | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 65 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -31 | 27 |
