📏 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC will play in this match following on from a 2-2 MLS drawn match against Nashville.

In that match, New York City FC managed 49% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for New York City FC was Hannes Wolf (54', 87'). At the other end, Nashville got 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Sam Surridge (27', 41') was the scorer for Nashville.

Over their prior 6 fixtures, Pascal Jansen's New York City FC have scored a total of 7 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

Atlanta United

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After a losing effort in their last game against New York Red Bulls in MLS action, Atlanta United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Atlanta United managed 45% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. New York Red Bulls got 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Cameron Harper (3') and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (29') scored for New York Red Bulls.

The stats don’t lie, and Atlanta United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals overall. Defensively, Atlanta United just haven’t been too solid at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 09/10/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with New York City FC winning 1 of those games, Atlanta United 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league contest between these clubs was MLS match day 8 on 29/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Atlanta United 4-3 New York City FC.

In that game, Atlanta United managed 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Aleksei Miranchuk (42'), Miguel Almirón (75') and Emmanuel Latte Lath (84').

On the other side, New York City FC got 9 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Hannes Wolf (15', 51'), Alonso Martínez (48') and Keaton Parks (62' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

Malachi Jones (Broken leg), Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury) and Kevin O'Toole (Leg injury) won’t be playing for New York City FC boss Pascal Jansen.

We think that The Pigeons may well employ a 4-3-3 formation in the match featuring Tomas Romero, S. Tanasijevic, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Julian Fernandez, Andres Perea, Maxi Moralez, Agustin Ojeda, Monsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf.

ℹ️ Team News: Atlanta United

Atlanta United manager Ronny Deila has a number of players out of action. Josh Cohen (Groin injury), Tristan Muyumba (Muscle injury) and Stian Gregersen (Hamstring injury) are not ready for selection.

We’re of the thinking that The Five Stripes will likely elect for a 3-5-2 lineup, giving starts to Brad Guzan, Matthew Edwards, Derrick Williams, Luis Abram, Saba Lobzhanidze, Alexey Miranchuk, Bartosz Slisz, Ajani Fortune, Pedro Amador, Miguel Almirón and Emmanuel Latte Lath.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Atlanta United are dangerous enough to break down this New York City FC outfit, however it may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for New York City FC after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.

Renata Leite, 23:09 12/06/2025