Atlanta United FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Wed 20 Oct 2021 · 23:30 UTC Mercedes-Benz Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 24' Maxi Moralez

Alan Franco 60' Y

Miles Robinson 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Atlanta United FC vs New York City FC — MLS at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta United FC 34 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 18 games · Avg 3.3 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC 2021-06-23 New York City FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC 2019-09-25 New York City FC 4–1 Atlanta United FC 2019-08-11 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York City FC 2018-11-11 Atlanta United FC 3–1 New York City FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Oct	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
16 Oct	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W
02 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
29 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–0	W
25 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
18 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	3–2	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
17 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
03 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
30 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
26 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
23 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		New York City FC
#13	Position	#10
33	Points	42
34	Played	34
9 / 6 / 19	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
43	Scored	49
60	Conceded	45
-17	GD	+4
0.97	PPG	1.24
26%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Atlanta United FC are 13th (33 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

5/6

31-45

4/7

46-60

5/12

61-75

6/8

76+

7/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Atlanta United FC and New York City FC.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' 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.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
17' Marcelino Moreno adds to his 0 season tally! Atlanta United FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
22' Atlanta United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
24' The referee calls foul for Maxi Moralez. He receives a Yellow card.
29' Atlanta United FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
34' It looks like no one’s ball. Atlanta United FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
39' Anton Walkes is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
44' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
49' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
54' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
59' A tactical swap from Atlanta United FC — Josef Martinez on, Erick Torres off on 59 minutes.
60' Alan Franco was booked on 60.
61' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Malte Amundsen is replaced by Gudmundur Thorarinsson.
62' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Santiago Rodriguez comes on to replace Jesus Medina.
67' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
69' Franco Ibarra gets the nod from Atlanta United FC. He replaces Santiago Sosa and will look to change the dynamic.
74' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Alfredo Morales is withdrawn and Gedion Zelalem gets his opportunity.
79' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Atlanta United FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
81' Atlanta United FC ring the changes. Luiz Araujo has done his job and it is now time for Amar Sejdic to step up.
85' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Miles Robinson.
86' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Keaton Parks departs to be replaced by Heber.
90' Gudmundur Thorarinsson doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gonzalo Pineda

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales ↓ Gedion Zelalem 74'
12
Malte Amundsen ↓ Gudmundur Thorarinsson 61'
11
Valentin Castellanos
10
Maxi Moralez
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 62'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Heber 86'
24
Tayvon Gray
8
Thiago ↓ Talles Magno 74'

Bench

15
Tony Rocha
9
Heber ↑ 86'
13
Luis Barraza
23
Gedion Zelalem ↑ 74'
43
Talles Magno ↑ 74'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↑ 61'
32
Vuk Latinovich
21
Andres Jasson
42
Santiago Rodriguez ↑ 62'

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-10-16 Toronto FC 0–2 Atlanta United FC W 2021-10-02 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Atlanta United FC L 2021-09-29 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2021-09-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2021-09-18 Atlanta United FC 3–2 D.C. United SC W

New York City FC Form

2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-10-17 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L 2021-10-03 New York City FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2021-09-26 New York City FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-09-23 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.3 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Atlanta United FC or New York City FC 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC40% Draw28% New York City FC32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

68%

Draw or New York City FC

60%

Atlanta United FC or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC26% Draw48% New York City FC26%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

9.5%

1 – 0

8.6%

0 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 0

6.1%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

3.4%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	19%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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