Atlanta United vs New York City FC Prediction: A low scoring affair certainly

Atlanta United is back playing at home after playing 3 straight league games away from home. All 3 games ended in a poor result and Atlanta United hope to prove they can do better at home. Atlanta will host New York City at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and they hope to win. For New York City, they are hardly interesting to watch, which makes it difficult to see them walking out of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium with a win. Even if they did, it would be down to luck, because their stats are also poor. New York City managed a goalless draw in their last game and a defeat before that, clearly they need a win in this game against Atlanta United.

The latest eastern conference table shows New York City is 5th with 36 points, while Atlanta United is 11th with 24 points.

Atlanta’s current situation needs no further explanation and they have to be coming into this upcoming game to win, as anything less of that would be a disappointment. Atlanta United lost their last 3 games in a row and they have been hardly consistent since the start of the season. They turn their attention to New York City, who will be visiting the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and they hope they can break the losing streak in this match.

Atlanta’s form in the last 5 league matches were 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats (DWLLL), and at home they had similar results (LLLDW). Also, across 10 league matches they recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats (LWLDWDWLLL).

Atlanta United played against CF Montreal earlier this week and they lost 1-0. The winning goal came in the 51st minute and 4 minutes later Atlanta’s Stian Gregersen was sent off for a foul and the game was pretty much over for Atlanta United after that. According to statistics, Atlanta United had 36% possession, 0 big chances, 6 goalkeeper saves, 7 corner kicks and 0 shots on target.

There isn’t any interesting record for New York City except the obvious fact that they haven’t lost as much as Atlanta United. They have been inconsistent this season and they confirmed that in their last 2 matches. After recording back-to-back wins against Orlando City and CF Montreal earlier this month, New York City fell back to a defeat last week and then drew their last match against Chicago Fire earlier this week.

In New York City’s last 5 matches, they recorded 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (LWWLD), and away from home, their record was 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats (WLLLD). Also across 10 league matches, they recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats (WWWLLLWWLD).

New York City played a goalless draw against Chicago Fire at the Soldier Field earlier this week. According to stats reports at the end of the game, New York City had 49% possession, 1 big chance, 1 goalkeeper saves, 4 corner kicks and 1 shot on target.

Both clubs played 16 matches against each other, New York City won 5 matches, Atlanta United won 4 matches and 7 matches ended in a draw.

H2H Streaks

Atlanta United is unbeaten in the last 3 matches

New York City is unbeaten in the last 9 matches

Atlanta United is without a clean sheet in the last 11 matches

New York City is without a clean sheet in the last 5 matches

Both teams scored in 5/5 matches

New York City scored first in 5/6 matches

4/5 matches ended with less than 4.5 cards

4/5 matches ended with less than 10.5 corners

Atlanta United and New York City have to be among the poorest attacking teams at the moment and it’s clearly reflecting on the teams stats in recent games. Atlanta United are on a horrible run, which almost makes them look like losers in the upcoming game even before the game even started. However, New York City are not doing a good job in attacking areas either which makes them as dull as the Atlanta United team. I think both goalkeepers will manage to keep both teams quiet by not conceding multiple goals or any for that matter.

• 3 Way Total Under 3 Goals at 2.29 Odds
• Draw Full Time at 3.60 Odds
• Under 11 Corners at 1.6 Odds