Atlanta United will look to get back to winning ways as they host New England Revolution in Sunday’s MLS schedule at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Showdown set for 15 May, 2022 at 22:30 EAT.
Atlanta United sit seventh in the MLS Eastern Conference table with 14 points from 10 matches. Of the matches played, four wins, two draws and four losses has been recorded.Gonzalo Pineda’s Atlanta United have hit the target 12 times in their preceding six outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those games amounts to 5.
Atlanta United will be wanting a better result here following the 3-2 Open Cup defeat last time out to Nashville. In that game, Atlanta United had 58% possession, 19 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by Ethan Zubak (93’), C.J. Sapong (90+2’) and Hany Mukhtar (50’P). Nashville got 14 shots with 4 of them on target and a goal scored by Thiago Almada (`13’) and Luiz Araujo (29’).
The visitors are currently languishing at 11th in the Eastern Conference tablewith 11 points from 10 matches played. They have lost four and drew one of five games across competitions. Bruce Arena’s men shipped at least three goals in each of the previous four away fixtures in all competitions. New Eng. Revolution have been effective going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 15 times in their previous 6 matches.
Bruce Arena’s men will hope for a similar result following a 5-1 Open Cup win with the eclipse of FC Cincinnati in their last fixture. In that game, New England got 58% possession, 12 shots with 7 of them on target and goals scored by Carles Gil (34’, P, 37’, 53’), Adam Buksa (47’, 57’). FC Cincinnati had 6 shots with 2 of them on target and a goal scored by Alvaro Barreal (12’).
Atlanta United vs New England head-to-head
These two teams have had 9 encounters since 2017; Atlanta has 5 wins while New England had 2 wins and 2 games ended all square.
- Atlanta 0-1 New England18/07/21
- New England 2-1 Atlanta02/05/21
- Atlanta 1-0 New England19/10/19
- Atlanta 3-1 New England06/10/19
- New England 0-2 Atlanta14/04/19
Home
- Nashville 3-2 Atlanta
- Atlanta 4-1 Chicago
- Montreal 2-1 Atlanta
- Miami 2-1 Atlanta
- Atlanta 6-0 Chattanooga
Away
- New England 5-1 Cincinnati
- New England 2-2 Columbus
- New England 2-0 Miami
- DC United 3-2 New England
- New England 2-1 Charlotte
Atlanta United team news
Gonzalo Pineda will miss the services of Miles Robinson, Osvaldo Alonso, Caleb Wiley, Machop Chol, Josef Martínez, Brad Guzanand Dylan Castanheira due to injuries.
New Eng. Revolution team news
Bruce Arena will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
- New England Revolution win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
