“Well, the Devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin’ for a [game] to steal.”
Big FC Dallas Fan Charlie Daniels, probably.
7th in the West FC Dallas (10 points, 3-2-1) travels to Georgia to take on 11th in the East Atlanta United (8 points, 2-2-2) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, kickoff at 6:30 pm CT.
The two teams are separated by very little in the table, just two points – one win converted to a tie. Atlanta’s defense is two goals worse than Dallas’ and its offense is one goal better.
Could be a fun matchup.
Broadcast Info
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV
– Apple TV English: M. Bretos (PxP), B. Dunseth (Analyst)
– Apple TV Spanish: P. Ramirez (PxP), J. Bracamontes (Analyst)
– Dallas Audio: Ryan Figert and Steve Davis.
MLS Injury/Player Availability Report
FC Dallas
Out: Geovane Jesus – knee
Out: Paxton Pomykal – knee
Out: Marco Farfan – Legs
Atlanta United
Out: Pedro Amador – Quadriceps
Out: Edwin Mosquera – Ankle
Out: Derrick Williams – Hamstring
Questionable: Alexey Miranchuk – Adductor
FCD Lineup Prediction
With Marco Farfan out for a couple of months, left back belongs to Nolan Norris for a bit.
With two straight wins, there might not be any changes. Anderson Julio got back late last week with his green card, and given Leo Chu‘s somewhat mediocre play, despite the goal, I’ll predict Julio back in.
And as much as I want to see Show Cafumana, I’m beginning to think he must not yet be fit enough to start. Hopefully he can get some bench PT soon.
Bench Prediction
Michael Collodi
Lalas Abubakar
Kaick
Pedrinho
Tsiki Ntsabeleng
Logan Farrington
Show Cafumana
Léo Chú
Bernie Kamungo
MLS Kit Assignments
Officials
REF: Ricardo Fierro
AR1: Ryan Graves
AR2: Kevin Klinger
4TH: Benjamin Meyer
VAR: Armando Villarreal
AVAR: Jeff Muschik
More Game Info
- FCD vs. ATL all-time: 2-2-1 (7 goals scored, 9 goals conceded)
- FCD vs. ATL home: 1-2-0 (2 goals scored, 5 goals conceded)
Dallas is 2-1-1 when conceding first and has won seven points from losing positions in MLS.
Latte Lath (ATL) is T-2nd in MLS with 5 goals.
Dallas is unbeaten in the last 23 MLS matches when leading at halftime (W17, D6) since May 19, 2022.
Dallas ranks sixth in aerial challenges won with 82. The team ranks second in MLS in clearances with 65. (Lots of sitting deep and clearing.)
Miguel Almiron‘s 13 successful dribbles rank T-4th in MLS through the first six weeks.
Dallas ranks 15th in xG across MLS with 9.71 xG.
Léo Chú has the fastest speed recorded for FC Dallas this season at 35.31 km/h (21.94 miles per hour). He ranks 7th across MLS.
Lucho Acosta leads FCD with 12 key passes, which ranks 14th in MLS.
Latte Lath leads Atlanta with 19 won aerial duels this season (3rd-most in MLS).
Osaze Urhoghide is tied for seventh across MLS in aerial challenges won with 17.
Sebastien Ibeagha ranks 10th in MLS in clearances with 12.
Saba Lobjanidze leads the league in touches in the attacking penalty area with 49 coming into this weekend.
Shaq Moore ranks 46th across MLS in total distance covered with 63.69 km (39.57 miles).
Shaq Moore is tied for third in MLS for successful crosses from open play with five.
Open to tv?
AppleTV