Atlanta United (9-5-8) will play at New England (10-4-7) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The game will be televised on Apple TV. You can sync the radio broadcast from 92.9 FM through the app.
Here is a scouting report for the game:
New England manager: Bruce Arena
New England at home: 7-0-3
Atlanta United on road: 2-4-5
New England goals for/against: 36/27
New England expected goals for/against: 29/28
New England past five matches: W-W-W-D-L
Atlanta United goals for/against: 40/35
Atlanta United expected goals for/against: 30.1/26.1
Atlanta United past five matches: W-D-L-W-W
New England key players
Bobby Wood: Seven goals, four assists
Carles Gil: Seven goals, three assists
Gustavo Bou: Four goals, three assists
Atlanta United key players
Thiago Almada: Eight goals, 10 assists
Tyler Wolff: Four goals
Brooks Lennon: Three goals, seven assists
Talking points
1. Fresh legs. The team played at Montreal on Saturday and will host Orlando on Saturday. Pineda will have to juggle some parts of the lineup. Almada, Wolff, Lennon and Caleb Wiley ran and ran against Montreal. Will Pineda sub in fresh legs or go with what has been working?
2. Up top. Giorgos Giakoumakis didn’t make the trip to Montreal. He trained by himself Monday. If he’s available, it will be as a bench player. Miguel Berry started against Montreal. If he doesn’t start, Erik Lopez or Machop Chol may get the nod.
3. History. Atlanta United has won once at Gillette Stadium. That happened in 2019. Atlanta United just earned its second-ever win at Montreal. Perhaps it will go 2-for-2.
Injury reports
Atlanta United
Questionable: Giorgos Giakoumakis (hamstring).
Out: Miles Robinson (international duty) and Franco Ibarra (loan).
New England
Out: Dylan Borrero (left knee), Carles Gil (right leg), Henry Kessler (right hamstring), Maciel (left achilles), Tommy McNamara (left leg), DeJuan Jones (international duty) and Latif Blessing (red card).
Officiating crew
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Jason White
Fourth official: Adam Kilpatrick
VAR: Sorin Stoica
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
Atlanta United’s predicted 11
Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Centerback Luis Abram
Centerback JuanJo Purata
Centerback Ronald Hernandez
Right fullback Brooks Lennon
Left fullback Edwin Mosquera
Defensive midfielder Santiago Sosa
Midfielder Matheus Rossetto
Attacking midfielder Thiago Almada
Attacking midfielder Machop Chol
Striker Miguel Berry
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Atlanta United’s 2023 MLS schedule
Feb. 25 Atlanta United 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1
March 4 Atlanta United 1, Toronto FC 1
March 11 Atlanta United 3, Charlotte FC 0
March 18 Atlanta United 5, Portland 1
March 25 Columbus 6, Atlanta United 1
April 1 Atlanta United 1, New York Red Bulls 0
April 8 Atlanta United 1, New York City FC 1
April 15 Atlanta United 2, Toronto FC 2
April 23 Atlanta United 2, Chicago 1
April 29 Nashville SC 3, Atlanta United 1
May 6 Inter Miami CF 2, Atlanta United 1
May 13 Charlotte 3, Atlanta United 1
May 17 Atlanta United 4, Colorado 0
May 20 Atlanta United 3, Chicago 3
May 27 Atlanta United 1, Orlando 1
May 31 Atlanta United 3, New England 3
June 7 Atlanta United 0, LAFC 0
June 10 Atlanta United 3, D.C. United 1
June 21 Atlanta United 2, New York City 2
June 24 New York Red Bulls 4, Atlanta United 0
July 2 Atlanta United 2, Philadelphia 0
July 8 Atlanta United 1, Montreal 0
July 12 at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
July 15 vs. Orlando City SC, 7:30 p.m., FS1
July 25 at Miami in Leagues Cup, 7:30 p.m.
July 29 vs. Cruz Azul in Leagues Cup, 8 p.m.
Aug. 20 at Seattle Sounders, 10:30 p.m.
Aug. 26 vs. Nashville SC, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 vs. FC Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 vs. Inter Miami CF, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 vs. CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Philadelphia Union, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 vs. Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 at FC Cincinnati, TBA
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