New York City vs Atlanta United preview: Guests in for a difficult task at Yankee Stadium

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (47309 seats)

New York City are located at 4th, while Atlanta United are lingering 0 points behind in the table. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • New York City have the most scored goals (37) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer

New York City and Atlanta United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

9 - 7 - 15 with 41-50. 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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New York City form and stats

New York City are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Yankee Stadium. 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for York, who played 1-1 against Philadelphia Union. That match was also played at this venue (Yankee Stadium). Midfield player Maxi Moralez got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Moralez served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Inter Miami with a 3-1 scoreline.

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 York's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won two matches, drawn two and lost three.

York can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 37 times. From these home matches, York have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Atlanta United form and stats

4 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Atlanta United playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.

Two travels in a row for Atlanta, whose manager G. Pineda Reyes could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Cincinnati. Ezequiel Barco, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.25. Barco served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to New York RB.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlanta when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The visiting Atlanta have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. As opposed to that, Atlanta United have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Atlanta United - New York City 1-1. Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for York, three draws and four wins for Atlanta United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

New York CityV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
19 goals
Atlanta UnitedJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
12 goals
New York CityJ. Medina Maldonado
J. Medina Maldonado
9 goals

New York City missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
New York City Atlanta United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 3 17 34
14 10 4 Won W 0 4 13
9 4 0 Drew D 1 7 12
11 3 2 Lost L 2 6 9
56 37 18 Scored S 3 20 45
36 13 5 Conceded C 5 23 37
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
76% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 68%
50% 47% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 47%
26% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 24% 26%
18% 35% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
56% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 53%
32% 53% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 29%
18% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 26%
 
4.6 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.9
4.3 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.9 4.6
2.2 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.9
8 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
14.7 16.1 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 11.4 13.6
5.1 5.9 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.8 4.9
32% 37% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 31% 27%
 
9.9 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 14.4 13.2
3.8 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.3 5.6 4.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlanta United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • New York City have the most scored goals (37) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the the best goal difference (+24) at home 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 New England 34 22 7 5 65 41 17 12 3 2 31 18 17 10 4 3 34 23 24 73
2 Philadelphia Union 34 14 12 8 48 35 17 11 3 3 25 10 17 3 9 5 23 25 13 54
3 Nashville SC 34 12 18 4 55 33 17 8 9 0 35 18 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 54
4 New York City 34 14 9 11 56 36 17 10 4 3 37 13 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 51
5 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 45 37 17 9 5 3 25 14 17 4 7 6 20 23 8 51
6 Orlando City 34 13 12 9 50 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 17 5 5 7 21 30 2 51
7 New York RB 34 13 9 12 39 33 17 8 6 3 19 11 17 5 3 9 20 22 6 48
8 DC United 34 14 5 15 56 54 17 11 1 5 32 17 17 3 4 10 24 37 2 47
9 Columbus Crew 34 13 8 13 46 45 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 1 47
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 10 12 46 44 17 9 4 4 29 23 17 3 6 8 17 21 2 46
11 Inter Miami 34 12 5 17 36 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 17 5 3 9 10 18 -17 41
12 Chicago Fire 34 9 7 18 36 54 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 2 13 13 36 -18 34
13 Toronto 34 6 10 18 39 66 17 4 7 6 24 27 17 2 3 12 15 39 -27 28
14 Cincinnati 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 1 5 11 17 29 17 3 3 11 20 45 -37 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 New England 34 22 7 5 65 41 17 12 3 2 31 18 17 10 4 3 34 23 24 73
2 Philadelphia Union 34 14 12 8 48 35 17 11 3 3 25 10 17 3 9 5 23 25 13 54
3 Nashville SC 34 12 18 4 55 33 17 8 9 0 35 18 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 54
4 New York City 34 14 9 11 56 36 17 10 4 3 37 13 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 51
5 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 45 37 17 9 5 3 25 14 17 4 7 6 20 23 8 51
6 Orlando City 34 13 12 9 50 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 17 5 5 7 21 30 2 51
7 New York RB 34 13 9 12 39 33 17 8 6 3 19 11 17 5 3 9 20 22 6 48
8 DC United 34 14 5 15 56 54 17 11 1 5 32 17 17 3 4 10 24 37 2 47
9 Columbus Crew 34 13 8 13 46 45 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 1 47
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 10 12 46 44 17 9 4 4 29 23 17 3 6 8 17 21 2 46
11 Inter Miami 34 12 5 17 36 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 17 5 3 9 10 18 -17 41
12 Chicago Fire 34 9 7 18 36 54 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 2 13 13 36 -18 34
13 Toronto 34 6 10 18 39 66 17 4 7 6 24 27 17 2 3 12 15 39 -27 28
14 Cincinnati 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 1 5 11 17 29 17 3 3 11 20 45 -37 20

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