ATLANTA. New York City bested Atlanta United to win 2-1. It was New York City to strike first with an early goal of G. Pereira at the 9′. Then Heber scored again for New York City in the 60′ minute. Eventually, A. Gutman reduced the distance for Atlanta United (67′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium stadium in Atlanta on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 43,312 spectators. The referee was Chris Penso with the support of Gianni Facchini and Walter Heatherly. The 4th official was Matthew Conger. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 4 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 120 Attack 99
- 47 Dangerous attack 45
- 82 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 3 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Atlanta United was in firm control of the ball 55% while New York City was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Atlanta United was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, New York City managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Atlanta United shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, New York City shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Atlanta United received 3 yellow cards (Luiz Araujo, T. Almada and J. Sanchez). Talking about the opposition, New York City received 4 yellow cards (A. Callens, S. Rodriguez, S. Johnson and A. Tinnerholm).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Atlanta United will stay with 40 points to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, New York City will have 55 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the New York City will host Inter Miami on the 17th of October with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of New York City (0 draws).
Atlanta United – Formation
Atlanta United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gonzalo Pineda Reyes decided to play with the following team: Raúl Gudiño
, Brooks Lennon , Juan Sánchez Purata , Alan Franco , Andrew Gutman , Amar Sejdic , Matheus Rossetto , Luiz Araújo , Thiago Almada , Edwin Mosquera and Dom Dwyer .The home team had on the bench: Ronaldo Cisneros Morell, Machop Chol, Josef Martínez
, Marcelino Moreno , Rocco Rios Novo , Ronald José Hernández Pimentel, Caleb Wiley, George Campbell and Franco Ibarra .Substitutions
Atlanta United made 5 changes: D. Dwyer for J. Martinez (46′), R. Gudino for R. Rios (46′), M. Rossetto for M. Moreno (46′), E. Mosquera for F. Ibarra (62′) and A. Sejdic for C. Wiley (86′).
Best player: Thiago Almada
The most impressive player for Atlanta United was Thiago Almada.
His rating is
with 53 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.New York City – Formation
Also New York City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nick Cushing played with: Sean Johnson
, Tayvon Gray , Thiago Martins , Maxime Chanot , Alexander Callens , Keaton Parks , Nicolás Acevedo , Gabriel Pereira , Maxi Moralez , Kevin O’Toole and Talles Magno .The following players were sitting on the bench: Malte Amundsen, Héber
, Justin Haak, Anton Tinnerholm , Alfredo Morales , Santiago Rodríguez , Matías Pellegrini, Thiago Andrade and Luis Barraza.Substitutions
New York City made 5 changes: T. Gray for A. Tinnerholm (18′), T. Magno for Heber (45′), A. Callens for A. Morales (65′), G. Pereira for S. Rodriguez (65′) and K. Parks for T. Andrade (65′).
Best player: Gabriel Pereira
The most impressive player for New York City was Gabriel Pereira.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Seattle Sounders – SJ Earthquakes – 2-2
- Real Salt Lake – Portland Timbers – 3-1
- Minnesota United – Vancouver Whitecaps – 2-0
- Los Angeles FC – Nashville SC – 0-1
- Houston Dynamo – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- Dallas – Sporting KC – 2-1
- Austin – Colorado Rapids – 1-1
- Philadelphia Union – Toronto – 4-0
- Orlando City – Columbus Crew – 2-1
- New York RB – Charlotte – 2-0
- Inter Miami – Montreal Impact – 1-3
- DC United – Cincinnati – 2-5
- Chicago Fire – New England – 1-1
- Atlanta United – New York City – 1-2