Info to know: Atlanta United at Philadelphia on Wednesday in MLS match

Atlanta United (8-10-9) will play at Philadelphia (15-4-9) in an MLS game Wednesday. Kickoff is set for 7:08 p.m. The game will be televised on FS1.

You can follow Doug Roberson’s live coverage on Twitter (@DougRobersonAJC). He will post a game story at AJC.com at the final whistle.

Managers: Atlanta United’s Gonzalo Pineda vs. Philadelphia’s Jim Curtin

Site: Subaru Park

Home/road records: Atlanta United on road 1-7-5; Philadelphia at home 9-0-5

Goals for/against: Atlanta United 39/42; Philadelphia 57/20

Expected goals for/against: Atlanta United 40.3/37.3; Philadelphia 51.6/31.9

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Atlanta United

Josef Martinez: Seven goals, four assists

Ronaldo Cisneros: Seven goals, one assist

Thiago Almada: Four goals, 10 assists

Luiz Araujo: Four goals, five assists

Dom Dwyer: Four goals

Marcelino Moreno: Two goals, six assists

Philadelphia

Daniel Gazdag: 16 goals, eight assists

Julian Carranza: 13 goals, seven assists

Mikael Uhre: Nine goals, five assists

Cory Burke: Seven goals, four assists

Alejandro Bedoya: Five goals, five assists

OFFICIATING CREW

Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Assistants: Jason White, Kevin Klinger

Fourth official: Joshua Encarnacion

VAR: Rosendo Mendoza

AVAR: Tom Supple

INJURY REPORTS

For Atlanta United

Questionable: Matheus Rossetto (ankle)

Out: Ozzie Alonso (torn ACL), Dylan Castanheira (Achilles), Brad Guzan (Achilles), Miles Robinson (Achilles) and Emerson Hyndman (quad).

For Philadelphia

No players listed

WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE GAME

“Trying to just be solid defensively. Again, a big part of who we are, is being good in possession. And that’s how we defend. And, obviously, that can turn into certain moments, we are a bit more exposed, and we have just to manage the ball in a very good way, trying to control the tempo, control the game, and we will try to go that way. I always feel like the best way to defend is to attack and try to attack.” − Pineda

“I think their attack is very dynamic; they have a lot of good players. They’ve been playing together for a while now. So they have good cohesion within the group. But for us, we scout them, we look at how they play, but it’s really not about them. It’s about us. And, you know, us going there and getting three points and imposing our game plan and our style on them.” − Andrew Gutman

ATLANTA UNITED’S PREDICTED 11

Goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo

Right wingback Brooks Lennon

Centerback Juan Jose Purata

Centerback Alan Franco

Centerback Andrew Gutman

Left wingback Caleb Wiley

Midfielder Santiago Sosa

Attacking midfielder Thiago Almada

Left wing Luiz Araujo

Right wing Ronaldo Cisneros

Striker Josef Martinez

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Atlanta United’s 2022 MLS schedule

Feb. 27 Atlanta United 3, Sporting KC 1

March 5 Colorado 3, Atlanta United 0

March 13 Atlanta United 2, Charlotte 1

March 19 Atlanta United 3, Montreal 3

April 2 Atlanta United 1, D.C. United 0

April 10 Charlotte 1, Atlanta United 0

April 16 Atlanta United 0, Cincinnati 0

April 24 Miami 2, Atlanta United 1

April 30 Montreal 2, Atlanta United 1

May 7 Atlanta United 4, Chicago 1

May 15 Atlanta United 2, New England 2