Major League Soccer news and preview: New York RB small favoured to get the better of Atlanta United

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 24.June
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison (26765 seats)

The guesting Atlanta United team are thought to be odds-on at New York RB, as the away side have a 9 point edge from their 19 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals (13) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals (37) in Major League Soccer

It should be mentioned that Atlanta United play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Atlanta United on grass are 4 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-43. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither New York RB 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.

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New York RB form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what New York RB have to build on here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison in the Major League Soccer.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for New York RB, who played 2-2 against Charlotte. That match was also played at this venue (Red Bull Arena, Harrison). New York RB salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Charlotte, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Harper equalizing. Midfield player Cásseres Jr. got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Jr. hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 55 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Orlando City that was lost 0-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does York handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 14 league matches, 11 have had zero, one or two goals.

10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Atlanta United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlanta United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose). One point away has become something of a habit for Atlanta United who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Atlanta played 2-2 against New York City in their previous match. The draw against New York City came from a losing position. The Atlanta United manager Reyes brought on Firmino as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Wolff was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Wolff scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against DC United.

We have checked recent matches where Atlanta United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 3 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlanta have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away.

Head 2 Head

Atlanta United - New York RB 1-0 was the story when these two participants formerly played each other, some time ago this season. New York RB-Atlanta United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New York RB six wins, Atlanta United one win, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Atlanta UnitedG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
10 goals
Atlanta UnitedT. Almada
T. Almada
7 goals
Atlanta UnitedT. Wolff
T. Wolff
4 goals

New York RB missing players

Atlanta United missing players

New York RB Atlanta United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 7
8 4 1 Drew D 3 5 8
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
13 9 0 Scored S 7 13 37
18 10 1 Conceded C 8 18 31
89% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
56% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
22% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 74%
6% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 53%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 21%
44% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 79%
22% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
44% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 5%
 
4.6 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 4.9
3.3 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 4.1
2.9 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
13.8 14.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.9 13.2
4.4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4.5
16% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 42% 43%
 
6.9 5.7 4 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.1 10.6
2.6 2.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have scored more than double the goals of New York RB.
  • Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals (37) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York RB have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals (13) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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 Cincinnati 18 13 4 1 30 16 10 10 0 0 19 5 8 3 4 1 11 11 14 43
2 Nashville SC 19 10 5 4 28 14 10 7 2 1 19 6 9 3 3 3 9 8 14 35
3 New England 18 9 6 3 31 22 9 6 3 0 21 8 9 3 3 3 10 14 9 33
4 Philadelphia Union 18 9 4 5 30 19 9 6 2 1 17 5 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 31
5 Atlanta United 19 7 8 4 37 31 10 6 3 1 24 13 9 1 5 3 13 18 6 29
6 Columbus Crew 18 8 4 6 36 26 9 6 2 1 25 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 10 28
7 Orlando City 18 7 6 5 25 22 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 27
8 Montreal Impact 18 8 1 9 20 27 8 7 0 1 15 3 10 1 1 8 5 24 -7 25
9 DC United 19 6 5 8 26 26 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 11 14 0 23
10 Charlotte 19 6 5 8 27 35 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 3 2 5 14 20 -8 23
11 New York City 19 4 8 7 20 25 9 4 3 2 13 12 10 0 5 5 7 13 -5 20
12 New York RB 18 4 8 6 13 18 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 4 4 4 8 -5 20
13 Toronto 19 3 10 6 17 24 10 3 6 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 19
14 Chicago Fire 17 3 8 6 22 27 9 2 6 1 14 13 8 1 2 5 8 14 -5 17
15 Inter Miami 17 5 0 12 16 24 9 4 0 5 12 12 8 1 0 7 4 12 -8 15

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