Atlanta United (4-7-4) will host Charlotte (6-6-4) at 4:45 p.m. Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The game will be televised on AppleTV and Fox, and you can follow Doug Roberson’s coverage on X (formerly Twitter) @DougRobersonAJC.
Charlotte manager: Dean Smith
Charlotte away record: 1-5-1
Atlanta United home record: 3-4-1
Charlotte goals for/against: 15/16
Charlotte expected goals for/against: 18.2/16.7
Atlanta United goals for/against: 20/18
Atlanta United expected goals for/against: 23.4/19.6
Charlotte key players
Patrick Agyemang: Three goals, two assists
Ashley Westwood: Two goals, one assist
Kerwin Vargas: Two goals
Atlanta United key players
Saba Lobjanidze: Four goals, three assists
Giorgos Giakoumakis: Five goals, two assists
Brooks Lennon: Five assists
Jamal Thiare: Four goals
Thiago Almada: Three goals, two assists
Injury reports (as of May 31)
Atlanta United
Out: Tyler Wolff (knee) and Bartosz Slisz (personal)
Charlotte
None reported
What was said?
“I hope I can find the right words, the right connection with them individually, collectively so we can make that big, big victory, turning point in the season and we can in three, four months, we can come back to remember Miami, ‘that was important, that’s where we came back to who we are.’ I hope that happens. But in order to do that, we have to be focused in the present, we have to be focused on today, their recovery.” – Gonzalo Pineda
“When you win a game, it’s always good. You can feel the feeling, you can feel the atmosphere in the facility, in the training ground, so but we have to stay a little bit down, not go too high because football it’s like this every three days you’ve got a game, in a few moments you can change your feeling and everything, but it’s always good to train after a win and to prepare for another game with confidence, with pleasure and patience, and we have the good feeling for the next game, and we hope it will be good. – Tristan Muyumba
Officiating crew
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistants: Matthew Nelson AR2: Andrew Bigelow
Fourth: Sergii Demianchuk
VAR: Timothy Ford
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
Atlanta United’s predicted 11
Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Centerback Luis Abram
Centerback Stian Gregersen
Centerback Derrick Williams
Right fullback Brooks Lennon
Left fullback Caleb Wiley
Midfielder Dax McCarty
Midfielder Tristan Muyumba
Midfielder Thiago Almada
Midfielder Saba Lobjanidze
Striker Giorgos Giakoumakis
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Atlanta United’s 2024 schedule
Feb. 24 Columbus 1, Atlanta United 0
March 9 Atlanta United 4, New England 1
March 17 Atlanta United 2, Orlando 0
March 23 Toronto 2, Atlanta United 0
March 31 Atlanta United 3, Chicago 0
April 6 Atlanta United 1, NYCFC 1
April 14 Atlanta United 2, Philadelphia 2
April 20 Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 1
April 27 Atlanta United 1, Chicago 1
May 4 Minnesota 2, Atlanta United 1
May 7 Atlanta United 3, Charlotte Independence 0 in U.S. Open Cup
May 11 D.C. United 3, Atlanta United 2
May 15 Cincinnati 1, Atlanta United 0
May 18 Atlanta United 1, Nashville 1
May 21 Atlanta United 0 (5), Charleston 0 (4) in U.S. Open Cup
May 25 LAFC 1, Atlanta United 0
May 29 Atlanta United 3, Miami 1
June 2 vs Charlotte, 4:30 p.m., FOX
June 15 vs. Houston, 7:30 p.m.
June 19 at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
June 22 at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
June 29 vs. Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
July 3 at New England, 7:30 p.m.
July 6 at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
July 13 at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
July 17 vs. NYCFC, 7:30 p.m.
July 20 vs. Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
July 26 vs. D.C. United in Leagues Cup, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 4 vs. Santos Laguna in Leagues Cup, 4 p.m.
Aug. 24 at L.A. Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Aug. 31 at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 14 vs. Nashville, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 21 at Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 vs. Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 5 vs. Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 at Orlando, 6 p.m.
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