Major League Soccer: Philadelphia Union believed to win home match versus Atlanta United

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

Philadelphia Union look forward to meeting Atlanta United with hopes of winning all three points. Will they? Open our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have the most scored goals (57) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer

This pitch has the surface grass, unlike Atlanta United's home arena. The former 25 games by the visitors on grass have given 5 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia Union have performed here at Subaru Park this season with 9 wins from 14 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0. After failing to beat Cincinnati here at Subaru Park, Philadelphia Union has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andre Blake not having conceded a league goal in 236 minutes.

The Philadelphia Union regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Colorado Rapids and win 6-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Philadelphia played a great game against Colorado Rapids and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Gazdag was absolutely essential when Philadelphia Union beat Colorado Rapids 6-0, scoring three goals. Midfielder Gazdag was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.82 (out of ten) in that game. Gazdag scored three goals, hit five key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus DC United with a 6-0 scoreline.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.

The manager Curtin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to New York RB in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at Subaru Park in the league this season as Philadelphia has scored 36 goals here in 14 home games. Philadelphia Union have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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 1-5-7 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Atlanta United's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Atlanta had fun at their own home (Subaru Park) last time out, beating DC United 3-2. Purata, Franco and Martínez scored. That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Lennon was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Lennon served one assist, hit five key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Columbus Crew.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 16 of this team's 20 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atlanta United manager Reyes as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Portland Timbers.

Atlanta United have conceded 22 goals in these games. Atlanta has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Philadelphia Union have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Atlanta United.

One of the stars has been Martínez with 7 goals scored against Philadelphia Union in these 10 games.

Top Goalscorers

Philadelphia UnionD. Gazdag
D. Gazdag
16 goals
PhiladelphiaJ. Carranza
J. Carranza
13 goals
Philadelphia UnionM. Uhre
M. Uhre
9 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Philadelphia Union Atlanta United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 13 27
15 9 3 Won W 0 1 8
9 5 0 Drew D 1 5 9
4 0 0 Lost L 2 7 10
57 36 13 Scored S 4 13 39
20 7 1 Conceded C 6 22 42
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 85%
43% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 74%
25% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 33%
18% 29% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 70%
43% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 22%
 
5 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6 6.4
6 5.1 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.8 5.1
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.5 15.6 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 15 16
5.2 6.6 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 5.6
39% 39% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 21% 26%
 
13.2 11.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.8 12.1
3.7 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Philadelphia Union have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlanta United have scored away.
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most points (32) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most scored goals (36) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most scored goals (57) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the the best goal difference (+29) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the the best goal difference (+37) 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 28 15 9 4 57 20 14 9 5 0 36 7 14 6 4 4 21 13 37 54
2 Montreal Impact 27 15 4 8 49 41 13 7 2 4 24 16 14 8 2 4 25 25 8 49
3 New York City 27 13 6 8 49 32 13 8 3 2 31 15 14 5 3 6 18 17 17 45
4 New York RB 28 12 8 8 44 34 14 4 5 5 22 19 14 8 3 3 22 15 10 44
5 Orlando City 27 11 6 10 32 38 13 6 0 7 17 24 14 5 6 3 15 14 -6 39
6 Columbus Crew 26 8 12 6 36 31 13 5 4 4 18 13 13 3 8 2 18 18 5 36
7 Inter Miami 27 10 6 11 35 45 14 8 3 3 27 23 13 2 3 8 8 22 -10 36
8 Cincinnati 27 8 11 8 45 48 14 4 6 4 27 24 13 4 5 4 18 24 -3 35
9 New England 27 8 10 9 39 42 13 5 5 3 17 14 14 3 5 6 22 28 -3 34
10 Atlanta United 27 8 9 10 39 42 14 7 4 3 26 20 13 1 5 7 13 22 -3 33
11 Toronto 28 9 6 13 42 47 14 7 2 5 25 22 14 2 4 8 17 25 -5 33
12 Charlotte 28 10 2 16 34 44 14 8 0 6 21 14 14 2 2 10 13 30 -10 32
13 Chicago Fire 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 5 4 5 12 12 13 3 2 8 16 26 -10 30
14 DC United 27 6 4 17 30 58 14 4 3 7 18 26 13 2 1 10 12 32 -28 22

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