Atlanta United widely expected to beat DC United

Atlanta United host DC United this Saturday at the for a match of the Grp.East of the MLS.

Atlanta United enter the contest on the back of a 0x0 draw against Los Angeles FC (Major League Soccer 2023), whilst the visitors edged past Inter Miami CF with a 1x2 win (Major League Soccer 2023). Going into the encounter, Gonzalo Pineda's team is on a sequence of 4 games without a win in the MLS 2023. On the other hand, DC United are on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 4 matches in the MLS 2023.

In the MLS, fourteen games were played between the two teams, with 8 wins for Atlanta United, 0 draws and 6 wins for DC United.

Considering the MLS 2023, from Atlanta United's most influential players, Juan José Purata is the most used player in a total of 17 games (1492 min). Giorgos Giakoumakis is their current best scorer with 9 goals. As for DC United, Tyler Miller is the most used player in a total of 17 games (1530 min). Christian Benteke has scored 8 goals, the most across DC United's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Atlanta United winning 3x2. Gonzalo Pineda's team is given the favouritism to win this match.