It's game one of two in the CONCACAF Champions League as Atlanta United host Philadelphia Union. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
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.
Atlanta's stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Philadelphia Union have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Philadelphia Union when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 11.
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.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CONCACAF Champions League.The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Atlanta United at their home stadium (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Atlanta after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Atlanta's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Chicago Fire. The home side are looking to build on that result. 0-0 away at Orlando City before that.
Atlanta are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at New England awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Atlanta United at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
Playing away, Philadelphia Union have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Philadelphia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Inter Miami proved too strong as Philadelphia Union slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Talen Energy Stadium. A 0-0 draw at Columbus Crew's stadium before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York City in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Philadelphia Union has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Atlanta four wins, two draws and Philadelphia Union one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Barco 1 goals |  E. Hyndman 1 goals |   J. Monteiro Alvarenga 1 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Atlanta United | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Atlanta United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | New England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | New York City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Inter Miami | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | New York RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |