Atlanta United vs New England Revolution Prediction: The odds really underrate New England Revolution.

Atlanta United are desperate not to see a repeat of the same result from match day 1. So they head into the second game of the season with caution and their only intention is to win. Fortunately for them, they have the support of the fans behind them as they take on the New England Revolution at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first time in the new season.

New England Revolution have lost their opening 2 games already. There's literally nothing that would give them comfort at the moment than a win. It's difficult beating a club like Atlanta United, and even more so, beating them on their own turf. But the New England Revolution are not having any of it. They need a win and they can't wait any longer.

Atlanta United

The fans hope to see significant changes to the team that lost the opening game. Maybe not tactical changes but a more passionate and hungry side in this upcoming game. 

Atlanta United are playing their very first home game of the season after losing away to Columbus Crew on the opening day. The defeat to Columbus Crew highlighted the disorganization within the Atlanta team, something that the fans don't hope to see a repeat in this game.

Atlanta United manager Gonzalo Pineda deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation against The Crew and his team just weren't decisive enough to win the game. Atlanta controlled around 53% of the possession, and they had 2 shots on target and 1 big chance created throughout the game. 

Ahead of the new game, Gonzalo Pineda will hope to get the team to play better than they did against Columbus Crew. He is most likely going to retain the shape and team sheet for this upcoming clash. Giorgos Giakoumakis had a tough day against The Crew. He had 1 shot on target and 3 shots off target and he also missed 1 big chance. He's an integral member to Atlanta United’s setup and his form in the upcoming games will determine the results the team will get at the end. 

New England Revolution

The New England Revolution fans can't quite figure out the situation of the team at the moment. They've been brilliant in the CONCACAF Champions League tournament so far, but terrible in the domestic league. Some might say it's down to the mentality of the team.

New England Revolution have had a rather worrying start to the league campaign with 2 defeats in their first 2 games. Most recently they lost to Toronto FC at home by a single goal. That was not the response the fans had hoped to see from the team and they are growing impatient ahead of the 3rd game of the season.

After the defeat to Toronto FC in the league, we saw a tactical change in the next game, which was the CONCACAF tournament. 

New England manager Caleb Porter switched from a 4-2-3-1 against Toronto to a flat 4-3-3 against Alajuelense in the last game. And the scoreline gives us a picture of the improvement that team experienced as a result. New England won the game by a 4-0 scoreline.

Ahead of the upcoming game, Caleb Porter is expected to stick to the 4-3-3 setup and he'll expect a similar performance from his side once again.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, Atlanta United and New England Revolution have played against each other in 13 matches. Atlanta United won 5 games, While New England won 4 matches and they drew 4 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

The game should be a closed one. Atlanta United are yet to prove their preparedness ahead of the new season. So we might see a totally different setup to the one that played the first game. And for New England, they seem to have found a playing style, whether it works in the games ahead is still a big doubt. But on the pitch, both clubs should be close irrespective of home advantage.

According to the h2h, New England Revolution have not lost the last 6 meetings, while Atlanta United have not kept a clean sheet in those 6 meetings. New England are also without a clean sheet in the last 4 and there's been more than 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 6 meetings. 

Both teams scored in 5 of the last 6 meetings and New England scored first in those 5 meetings. New England also won the first half in 4 of the last 5 meetings.

There were less than 4.5 cards in 4 of the last 5 meetings and more than 10.5 corners in 7 of the last 8 meetings.

• New England Revolution to play More than 3.5 Corners at 1.60 Odds
• New England Revolution to play More than 3.5 Corners at 1.60 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 2.50 Odds