Atlanta United vs Austin Prediction: Don't underrate the visitors

The 2nd placed Austin will travel to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face Atlanta United in another MLS clash. Austin come in here better on form and records here. After securing 3 wins in their last 4 games, they will hope to pick up an extra win against a struggling Atlanta United.

Atlanta United (DLLWW)

Atlanta United have struggled for a breakthrough in recent times. After suffering two straight defeats against Toronto and New York Red Bulls, they still managed to earn a draw against New York FC. They turn to this match trying to end the poor results. In their draw against NYCFC, Atlanta put up a top drawer display after getting 50% of the possession and 8 shots on target.

Austin (WWDWL)

Austin are in better form than the opposition coming into this clash and they sit at 2nd place on the log. Austin are on a 2 match winning run and look set to extend it. In their last 5 games, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. On the goal scoring front, Austin have scored 8 goals in their last 5 games and conceded 10 in the same amount of games.

Head to Head

These two clubs have no head to head record between them.

Injuries and Suspensions

• Atlanta United: Brooks Lennon(Injury), Andrew Gutman(Injury), Ronald Hernández(Injury), Miles Robinson(Injury), Brad Guzan(Injury), Dylan Castanheira(Injury), Osvaldo Alonso (Injury)
• Austin: Kipp Keller(Suspension), Jhohan Romaña(Injury), Julio Cascante(Injury), Jhojan Valencia(Injury), Freddy Kleemann(Injury)

Expert Betting Tips

Atlanta doesn't look like an outright winner against Austin as the bookmakers believe, but playing at home will give them some level of confidence to go out and get one or two goals. You can expect Austin to score a few themselves.

• Back Over 2.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Back Both Teams to Score at 1.63 Odds
• Back 2-1 Correct Score at 8 Odds