Info to know: Atlanta United vs. New York Red Bulls

Atlanta United (8-14-10) will host the New York Red Bulls (11-7-14) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The game will be televised on AppleTV, and you can follow Doug Roberson’s coverage on X (formerly Twitter) @DougRobersonAJC.

Red Bulls manager: Sandro Schwarz

Red Bulls away record: 4-5-7

Red Bulls goals for/against: 52/45

Red Bulls expected goals for/against: 53.8/39.9

Red Bulls key players

Lewis Morgan: 13 goals, six assists

Elias Manoel: Eight goals, four assists

About Atlanta United

Manager: Rob Valentino (interim)

Atlanta United home record: 5-7-4

Atlanta United goals for/against: 42/47

Atlanta United expected goals for/against: 48.0/46.8

Atlanta United key players

Saba Lobjanidze: Eight goals, seven assists

Daniel Rios: Seven goals, two assists

Alexey Miranchuk: Two goals

Injury reports (as of Friday)

Atlanta United

Out: Brooks Lennon (yellow-card accumulation), Xande Silva (foot), Tristan Muyumba (knee) and Quentin Westberg (concussion protocol)

Red Bulls

Out: TBA.

What was said

“I‘m not good enough to flip a switch. And to be honest with you, I’m not sure if we have anybody in our locker room that’s good enough to flip a switch. I think there’s probably a handful of people in world football that are good enough to flip a switch. The preparation isn’t about when we get to the stadium. Whether it’s two days of training, whether it’s a walk-through, whether it’s a video session, whether it’s conversations, talking about with the manager and the coaching staff, on the whiteboard, that’s all preparation. And you’ve got to be mentally switched on during those moments so that when you get to the stadium and when the whistle blows for the game, that you’re ready to go.” – Brad Guzan

Officiating crew

Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Assistants: Andrew Bigelow and Peter Balciunas

Fourth official: Lukasz Szpala

VAR: Michael Radchuk

AVAR: Rene Parra

Atlanta United’s predicted 11

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan

Centerback Derrick Williams

Centerback Stian Gregersen

Right fullback Ronald Hernandez

Left fullback Pedro Amador

Midfielder Dax McCarty

Midfielder Alexey Miranchuk

Midfielder Tyler Wolff

Midfielder Bartosz Slisz

Midfielder Saba Lobjanidze

Striker Jamal Thiare

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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