Atlanta United FC vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Atlanta United FC

4 – 0

Full Time

Colorado Rapids SC

Wed 17 May 2023 · 23:30 UTC Mercedes-Benz Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Thiago Almada 29' 1–0

Luiz Araujo 80' 2–0

Tyler Wolff 87' 3–0

Giorgos Giakoumakis 90' 4–0

Y 23' Ralph Priso-Mbongue

Thiago Almada 31' Y

Y 53' Sam Nicholson

Overview

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Atlanta United FC vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta United FC 27 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 5 games · Avg 3.0 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-17 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 Atlanta United FC 2019-04-27 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 0–3 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–0	W
13 May	Charlotte FC	H	1–3	L
06 May	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
29 Apr	Nashville SC	A	1–3	L
23 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
15 Apr	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Atlanta United FC	A	0–4	L
14 May	Philadelphia Union	H	1–2	L
07 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–1	W
30 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–0	D
23 Apr	St. Louis City	H	1–1	D
15 Apr	Charlotte FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		Colorado Rapids SC
#14	Position	#22
27	Points	36
27	Played	27
7 / 6 / 14	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
32	Scored	38
45	Conceded	38
-13	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	1.33
26%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

2/5

46-60

3/6

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Atlanta United FC to score. At the same time, Colorado Rapids SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 283 games and scored 405 goals.
15' Danny Wilson, a Scotland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
23' Ralph Priso-Mbongue picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
28' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
29' What a moment for Thiago Almada! That strike on 29 puts his side firmly in control.
31' It’s a booking for Atlanta United FC player. Thiago Almada gets a Yellow card.
36' Atlanta United FC are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's 3-5-2 shape.
41' Derrick Etienne has been relatively quiet despite scoring 28 goals in his last 294 appearances.
46' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
51' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Atlanta United FC and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
53' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sam Nicholson on 53.
53' It is a substitution in Atlanta United FC team. Miguel Berry is replaced by Giorgos Giakoumakis on 53 minute.
58' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Atlanta United FC and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
63' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
64' Colorado Rapids SC ring the changes. Kevin Cabral has done his job and it is now time for Jonathan Lewis to step up.
69' Both keepers have barely been tested. Atlanta United FC and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
74' A change in the Atlanta United FC ranks — Santiago Sosa exits the field as Franco Ibarra enters on 74.
79' The Colorado Rapids SC manager makes a substitution. Ralph Priso-Mbongue departs to be replaced by Calvin Harris.
80' GOAL! Luiz Araujo fires home to make it 2-0!
84' The Atlanta United FC manager makes a substitution. Luiz Araujo departs to be replaced by Tyler Wolff.
87' What a moment for Tyler Wolff! That strike on 87 puts his side firmly in control.
88' The Colorado Rapids SC bench stirs into life. Danny Leyva is withdrawn and Yosuke Hanya gets his opportunity.
90' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Giorgos Giakoumakis makes it 4-0.
Full Time. Atlanta United FC beats Colorado Rapids SC

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Matheus Rossetto
10
Luiz Araujo ↓ Tyler Wolff 84'
31
Quentin Westberg
11
Brooks Lennon
18
Derrick Etienne ↓ Luis Abram 84'
5
Santiago Sosa ↓ Franco Ibarra 74'
12
Miles Robinson
23
Thiago Almada
2
Ronald Hernandez
19
Miguel Berry ↓ Giorgos Giakoumakis 53'
22
Juan Sanchez

Bench

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

20
Connor Ronan
91
Kevin Cabral ↓ Jonathan Lewis 64'
12
Michael Barrios
16
Alex Gersbach
4
Danny Wilson ↓ Sebastian Anderson 88'
28
Sam Nicholson
6
Lalas Abubakar ↓ Moise Bombito 64'
5
Andreas Maxso
15
Danny Leyva ↓ Yosuke Hanya 88'
22
William Yarbrough
97
Ralph Priso-Mbongue ↓ Calvin Harris 79'

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Miguel Almiron	2
Rafael Navarro	2
Miguel Almiron	2
Giorgos Giakoumakis	1
Thiago Almada	1
Hector Villalba	1
Tyler Wolff	1
Aleksei Miranchuk	1

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2023-05-17 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-05-13 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Charlotte FC L 2023-05-06 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Atlanta United FC L 2023-04-29 Nashville SC 3–1 Atlanta United FC L 2023-04-23 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-04-15 Toronto FC 2–2 Atlanta United FC D

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-05-17 Atlanta United FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-05-14 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Philadelphia Union L 2023-05-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-04-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2023-04-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2023-04-15 Charlotte FC 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.71 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.23 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Atlanta United FC50% Draw25% Colorado Rapids SC25%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.94

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

50%

Atlanta United FC or Colorado Rapids SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC34% Draw44% Colorado Rapids SC22%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

12%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

8.2%

2 – 0

7.6%

0 – 0

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 1

5.6%

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.