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

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Atlanta United FC

Wed 23 Jun 2021 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 12' Santiago Sosa

Y 45' Ezequiel Barco

Y 55' Erik Lopez

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Atlanta United FC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 18 games · 12 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2018-11-05 New York City FC 0–1 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jun	Atlanta United FC	H	1–0	W
19 Jun	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
29 May	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
22 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
15 May	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D
08 May	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jun	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
20 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	2–2	D
29 May	Nashville SC	H	2–2	D
23 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L
15 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
09 May	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Atlanta United FC
#5	Position	#15
26	Points	12
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 12
31	Scored	19
24	Conceded	33
+7	GD	-14
1.44	PPG	0.67
39%	Win %	17%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Atlanta United FC are 15th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Atlanta United FC

0-15

–/4

16-30

1/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/3

61-75

3/6

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

5 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Red Bull Arena will turn into a battlefield for New York City FC and Atlanta United FC.
5' Sean Johnson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Jake Mulraney needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
12' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Santiago Sosa.
17' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
22' USA international Brooks Lennon has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
27' Over 27 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
32' Atlanta United FC have won 433 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
42' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' That is a Yellow card for Atlanta United FC. Ezequiel Barco will be fuming at that decision.
50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
55' The referee calls foul for Erik Lopez. He receives a Yellow card.
58' Maxi Moralez is replacing Andres Jasson for the New York City FC side.
59' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Tayvon Gray is replaced by Anton Tinnerholm on 59 minute.
62' The supporters are chanting for Erick Torres. He replaces Erik Lopez on 62 minute.
67' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
69' Brilliant from the ! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 69.
74' Atlanta United FC is showing some good football. However, Atlanta United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
79' Jesus Medina is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Atlanta United FC tonight.
81' Atlanta United FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jurgen Damm is hanging Jake Mulraney on the field on 81 minute.
86' The travelling Atlanta United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
87' Alfredo Morales is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi at the 87 minute mark.
88' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alfredo Morales is hanging Ismael Tajouri-Shradi on the field on 88 minute.
90' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Sebastien Ibeagha comes on to replace Valentin Castellanos.
With this win, New York City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 90'
4
Maxime Chanot
19
Jesus Medina
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks
24
Tayvon Gray ↓ Anton Tinnerholm 59'
26
Nicolas Acevedo
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 88'
21
Andres Jasson ↓ Maxi Moralez 59'
17
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi ↓ Alfredo Morales 88'

Bench

7
Alfredo Morales ↑ 88'
12
Malte Amundsen ↑ 88'
3
Anton Tinnerholm ↑ 59'
10
Maxi Moralez ↑ 59'
5
Sebastien Ibeagha ↑ 90'
15
Tony Rocha
13
Luis Barraza
43
Talles Magno
8
Thiago

Coach Ronny Deila

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gabriel Heinze

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-06-23 New York City FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2021-06-19 New York City FC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-05-29 Los Angeles FC 1–2 New York City FC W 2021-05-22 New York City FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-05-15 New York City FC 1–1 Toronto FC D 2021-05-08 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D

Atlanta United FC Form

2021-06-23 New York City FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2021-06-20 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2021-05-29 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Nashville SC D 2021-05-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2021-05-15 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-05-09 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 Atlanta United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.74 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC55% Draw25% Atlanta United FC20%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

45%

New York City FC or Atlanta United FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC39% Draw46% Atlanta United FC15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

10.6%

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

3 – 0

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.5%

1 – 2

4.8%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 2

2.8%

4 – 0

2.6%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	24%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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