Atlanta United vs Orlando City SC Prediction: Atlanta won't throw away this opportunity.

Atlanta United play take on Orlando City SC in the 4th game of the season. The game will be playedd at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium at 02:00 GMT.

Atlanta United are 11th on the Eastern Conference table with 3 points from 2 matches. And Orlando City are 14th with 1 point from 3 games.

Atlanta United

Atlanta United have played only 2 games so far this season. They lost the first game against Columbus Crew by a 1-0 scoreline. And then they defeated New England Revolution in the second game, and the scoreline was 4-1.

Atlanta United were in very fine form in the win over New England Revolution last week. Thiago Almada scored the opening goal from the spot in the first half and in the second half Giorgos Giakoumakis scored a hat-trick. According to the stats of the game, Atlanta United had just 44% possession, they also had 9 shots on target and 3 corner kicks. They had 3 big chances and 4 counter attacks.

Atlanta United will hope to build on the win over New England Revolution. Gonzalo Pineda will setup the team in the same 4-2-3-1 formation once again in the upcoming game.

Orlando City

Orlando City are going through crisis at the moment. They have failed to win all 3 games of the season, as they had 1 draw and 2 defeats in all 3. They were also knocked out of the CONCACAF Champions League tournament by UANL a few days ago. 

Orlando's last league game against Minnesota United ended in a 3-2 defeat. After Duncan McGuire put them ahead in the 1st minute, they were behind by 2 goals by the 38th minute. Then in the 83rd minute Duncan McGuire equalized but Minnesota snatched the win in the 95th minute. Despite the defeat, Orlando had better stats during the game. They had 59% possession, 6 shots on target, 8 corner kicks and 9 big chances. 

Orlando City are desperate for their first win and Oscar Pareja is under a lot of pressure to deliver for the team. He will be making a lot of changes in the coming game. 

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between both clubs, Atlanta won 9 games, while Orlando City won 4 games and they played a draw in 7 games.

Analysis and Predictions

The mentality of both clubs will be a huge factor ahead of this meeting. Atlanta United are in a good mood after a big win and Orlando City are feeling defeated after such a difficult start to the season.

According to the h2h, Orlando City have not kept a clean sheet in the last 6 meetings. 7 of the last 9 meetings ended with less than 4.5 cards and 5 of the last 7 matches ended with less than 10.5 corners. 

• Orlando City to Play More than 3.5 Corners at 1.64 Odds
• Orlando City to Play More than 3.5 Corners at 1.64 Odds
• Atlanta United to Win 2-1 at 8.50 Odds