Atlanta United FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Atlanta United FC

2 – 1

Full Time

New York City FC

Sun 11 Aug 2019 · 19:55 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+3'

Leandro Gonzalez Pirez 20' Y

Y 27' James Sands

Y 37' Ronald Matarrita

Gonzalo Martinez 59' Y

Julian Gressel 69' Y

Y 74' Maxime Chanot

Overview

Match Preview

Atlanta United FC vs New York City FC — MLS .

Atlanta United FC 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Ian Anderson
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Jose Da Silva
Referee

4 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 1.8 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-11 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York City FC 2018-11-11 Atlanta United FC 3–1 New York City FC 2018-11-05 New York City FC 0–1 Atlanta United FC 2018-06-09 New York City FC 1–1 Atlanta United FC 2018-04-15 Atlanta United FC 2–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Aug	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
03 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
27 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	3–4	L
21 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–0	W
17 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	5–0	W
14 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
04 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
21 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–1	W
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		New York City FC
#14	Position	#8
11	Points	19
14	Played	15
3 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	5 / 4 / 6
14	Scored	25
23	Conceded	21
-9	GD	+4
0.79	PPG	1.27
21%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Atlanta United FC are 14th (11 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

1/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Atlanta United FC get us underway at .
5' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' Brad Guzan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
20' The referee shows Atlanta United FC player a Yellow card on 20.
25' Atlanta United FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
27' James Sands catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 27.
32' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
33' Assisted by Gonzalo Martinez with the perfectly-timed delivery and Miles Robinson makes no mistake. 1-0!
37' Ronald Matarrita picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
42' What a strike from Josef Martinez! The score is 2-0.
47' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
52' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
57' Alexandru Mitrita is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Atlanta United FC so far.
59' A moment of madness from Gonzalo Martinez on 59 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Atlanta United FC will be frustrated.
63' What a moment for Josef Martinez! That strike on 63 puts his side firmly in control.
66' Time for substitution for New York City FC. James Sands is replaced by Heber.
69' That is a Yellow card for Atlanta United FC. Julian Gressel will be fuming at that decision.
70' The whistle greets Ebenezer Ofori as he departs to be replaced by Keaton Parks.
74' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
75' Gary Mackay-Steven is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alexandru Mitrita at the 75 minute mark.
78' It is a substitution in Atlanta United FC team. Eric Remedi is replaced by Jeff Larentowicz on 78 minute.
81' What a strike from Heber! The score is 3-1.
86' Both keepers have barely been tested. Atlanta United FC and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
With this win, Atlanta United FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank de Boer

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Ebenezer Ofori ↓ Keaton Parks 70'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
22
Ronald Matarrita
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands ↓ Heber 66'
28
Alexandru Mitrita ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 75'

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josef Martinez	7
Hannes Wolf	4
Gabriel Pereira	4
Alexandru Mitrita	3
Valentin Castellanos	3
Heber	3
Monsef Bakrar	2
Miguel Almiron	2

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2019-08-11 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York City FC W 2019-08-03 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-07-27 Los Angeles FC 4–3 Atlanta United FC L 2019-07-21 Atlanta United FC 2–0 D.C. United SC W 2019-07-17 Atlanta United FC 5–0 Houston Dynamo W 2019-07-14 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Atlanta United FC L

New York City FC Form

2019-08-11 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2019-08-08 New York City FC 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York City FC L 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2019-07-14 New York Red Bulls 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.63 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.24 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Atlanta United FC49% Draw25% New York City FC26%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

75%

Draw or New York City FC

51%

Atlanta United FC or New York City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC33% Draw45% New York City FC22%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.4%

0 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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