Philadelphia Union vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Philadelphia Union

3 – 1

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Atlanta United FC

Sat 31 Aug 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'

Y 12' Eric Remedi

Marco Fabian 78' Y

Sergio Santos 89' Y

Y 90' Leandro Gonzalez Pirez

Overview

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Philadelphia Union vs Atlanta United FC — MLS .

Philadelphia Union 27 games · 39 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 27 games · 27 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Kevin Klinger
Referee Jorge Gonzalez
Referee

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

Philadelphia Union 17 games · Avg 2.9 goals Atlanta United FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Atlanta United FC 2019-03-17 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union 2018-07-07 Philadelphia Union 0–2 Atlanta United FC 2018-06-02 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	3–1	W
18 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
11 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	A	5–1	W
28 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–4	L

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
24 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–0	W
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	2–0	W
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

Season Stats

Philadelphia Union		Atlanta United FC
#6	Position	#14
39	Points	27
27	Played	27
11 / 6 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 6 / 14
54	Scored	32
44	Conceded	45
+10	GD	-13
1.44	PPG	1.00
41%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

6/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

6/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	16 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	8 G	1 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Philadelphia Union and Atlanta United FC.
5' Philadelphia Union is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' Philadelphia Union seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
12' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Eric Remedi.
17' Argentina international Franco Escobar has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
22' Over 22 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
27' It looks surprising Atlanta United FC does not make any changes. Brenden Aaronson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
32' The energy levels are beginning to show. Frank de Boer might look to freshen things up shortly.
37' Atlanta United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
42' Julian Gressel has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
46' Fresh legs for Atlanta United FC! Justin Meram comes on to replace Dion Pereira.
47' Josef Martinez adds to his 0 season tally! Atlanta United FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
52' 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.
57' Franco Escobar gets the nod from Atlanta United FC. He replaces Julian Gressel and will look to change the dynamic.
58' The supporters are chanting for Ilsinho. He replaces Fafa Picault on 58 minute.
61' Against the run of play, Brenden Aaronson has scored! This game has turned on its head.
66' It is a cagey affair so far. Philadelphia Union in their trying to find a way past Atlanta United FC's compact .
71' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
76' Hector Villalba has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
77' It is a substitution in Philadelphia Union team. Brenden Aaronson is replaced by Sergio Santos on 77 minute.
78' It’s a booking for Philadelphia Union player. Marco Fabian gets a Yellow card.
83' 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.
84' The crowd applauds Gonzalo Martinez as he leaves the pitch. Hector Villalba steps in for Atlanta United FC.
85' Fresh legs for Philadelphia Union! Anthony Fontana comes on to replace Marco Fabian.
86' Kacper Przybylko makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Philadelphia Union are in front.
88' Sergio Santos is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
89' Sergio Santos is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
90' Leandro Gonzalez Pirez is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
The final score is 3-1.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Andrew Wooten
78
Aurelien Collin
21
Anthony Fontana ↑ 85'
25
Ilsinho ↑ 58'
12
Joe Bendik
16
RJ Allen
17
Sergio Santos ↑ 77'

Coach Jim Curtin

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Gonzalo Martinez ↓ Hector Villalba 84'
16
Emerson Hyndman
11
Eric Remedi
1
Brad Guzan
7
Josef Martinez
18
Jeff Larentowicz C
5
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
24
Julian Gressel ↓ Franco Escobar 57'
12
Miles Robinson
6
Darlington Nagbe
28
Dion Pereira ↓ Justin Meram 46'

Bench

Coach Frank de Boer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josef Martinez	6
Josef Martinez	4
Thiago Almada	2
Andrew Gutman	2
Julian Carranza	2
Mikkel Uhre	2
Daniel Gazdag	2
Brenden Aaronson	2

Head to Head

Philadelphia Union Form

2019-08-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-08-24 Philadelphia Union 3–1 D.C. United SC W 2019-08-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2019-08-11 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-04 D.C. United SC 1–5 Philadelphia Union W 2019-07-28 Montreal Impact FC 4–0 Philadelphia Union L

Atlanta United FC Form

2019-08-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Atlanta United FC L 2019-08-24 Orlando City SC 0–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-08-19 Portland Timbers 0–2 Atlanta United FC W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.13 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union53% Draw23% Atlanta United FC24%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.46

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw

76%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

47%

Philadelphia Union or Atlanta United FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Philadelphia Union40% Draw40% Atlanta United FC20%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

1 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

4.9%

0 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

3.5%

4 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	21%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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