📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 MLS stalemate against Inter Miami.

In that match, New York City FC managed 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for New York City FC was Alonso Martínez (34'). For their opponents, Inter Miami had 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Luis Suárez (15') was the scorer for Inter Miami.

It’s been seldom in recent games where New York City FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that New York City FC have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 8 goals along the way.

Atlanta United

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Atlanta United head into the game after a 3-0 MLS win against Chicago Fire in their last fixture.

In that match, Atlanta United managed 51% possession and 21 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Atlanta United, the goalscorers were Giorgos Giakoumakis (45') and Jamal Thiaré (64', 95'). For their opponents, Chicago Fire had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Gonzalo Pineda's Atlanta United have converted a total of 11 times throughout their latest six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that same period comes to 8.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/10/2021 shows us that New York City FC have won 2 of them & Atlanta United 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 4.

In all, 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 from The Pigeons and 7 coming from The Five Stripes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was MLS match day 26 on 21/06/2023 when it finished Atlanta United 2-2 New York City FC.

On that day, Atlanta United managed 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Tyler Wolff (11') and Nicolas Firmino (95').

New York City FC had 3 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Gabriel Pereira (1', 56') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jon Freemon.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

Talles Magno (Knee injury) and Maxi Moralez (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for New York City FC gaffer Nick Cushing.

In all likelihood, The Pigeons will possibly go for a 3-4-2-1 system this time, handing starts to Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Thiago Martins, S. Tanasijevic, Mitja Ilenic, Keaton Parks, James Sands, Hannes Wolf, Santiago Rodríguez, Alonso Martínez and Monsef Bakrar.

ℹ️ Team News: Atlanta United

Out of a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only a single fitness worry for the Atlanta United boss Gonzalo Pineda to be concerned with. Stian Gregersen (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that The Five Stripes seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Brad Guzan, Brooks Lennon, Noah Cobb, Derrick Williams, Caleb Wiley, Bartosz Slisz, Dax McCarty, Saba Lobzhanidze, Thiago Almada, Edwin Mosquera and Jamal Thiare.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Atlanta United are capable enough to put a goal past this New York City FC lineup, but that may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a narrow 2-1 win for New York City FC when the full-time whistle blows. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 23:23 06/04/2024