There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Orlando City leading Atlanta United by 11 points.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.
Orlando 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Atlanta United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-5-17 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.
Orlando City form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Major League Soccer games here at Exploria Stadium for Orlando City. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Orlando faced defeat in their previous match, away at New York City (0-5). Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.65 out of ten. Gallese stopped the opponent with nine saves. Orlando were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Orlando City's goalkeeper Pedro Gallese was extremely busy against New York City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Philadelphia Union in a game that was won 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Orlando have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.
The Orlando fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Orlando City have conceded only 4 goals.
Atlanta United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlanta United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-3 (win-draw-lose). Atlanta are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Montreal Impact fixture.
Atlanta's previous game was their home loss versus Columbus Crew (0-1). Marcelino Moreno got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Moreno hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).
Before that, Atlanta travelled to Cincinnati and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Atlanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Atlanta have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Orlando City - Atlanta United 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Orlando City wins - draws - Atlanta United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Almeida da Cunha 6 goals |  T. Akindele 3 goals |  B. Michel 3 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Orlando City | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 40% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 27% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 33% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.7 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 22% | 22% |
- Atlanta United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlanta United have scored away.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | New York City | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | DC United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | New York RB | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Toronto | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 9 |