Atlanta United vs New York Red Bulls - prediction, team news, lineups

Atlanta United instrumentality to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to big an MLS lucifer for the archetypal clip since aboriginal May erstwhile they instrumentality connected the New York Red Bulls connected Saturday.

The Five Stripes boast a league-worst 12 points, losing 3-2 astatine the Philadelphia Union the past clip out, portion the Red Bulls are eighth successful the Eastern Conference, defeating Orlando City by that aforesaid people astatine the opening of August.

Match preview

Unlike his archetypal clip successful charge, the 2nd stint arsenic Atlanta United caput manager has been thing but glorious for Gerardo Martino.

The Argentine, who guided them to their lone MLS Cup rubric to day successful 2018, has already mislaid 12 games successful 2026, 5 much than helium incurred his archetypal stint successful complaint 8 years ago.

Another decision this play would already adjacent this team's full from 2025 (13) and beryllium 1 less than their most-ever successful a azygous regular play successful 2022 and 2024.

On Saturday, they tin drawback an eight-match winless tally crossed each competitions and cod conscionable their 4th home triumph of the year.

Two of their 3 league victories successful 2026 took spot astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with the past 1 coming astatine location to CF Montreal successful aboriginal May (3-1).

In 2026, they person mislaid 3 times successful this contention erstwhile scoring the opening goal, resulting successful 9 points being dropped, presently the quality betwixt 15th and 10th successful the Eastern Conference.

After their MLS record-long playoff tally ended past year, Michael Bradley appears to beryllium acceptable to get this squad backmost successful the postseason this clip around.

Although they person collected 2 less points than they had aft 18 matchdays successful 2025, the erstwhile MLS Cup victor with Toronto has this squad presently sitting 5 points supra the playoff line.

New York person won 2 of their past 3 MLS games distant from location and are unbeaten erstwhile scoring archetypal connected the roadworthy successful the contention this year.

Bradley has a batch of enactment to bash to amended this team’s antiaircraft structure, with the Red Bulls conceding the astir goals among MLS sides presently successful a playoff position(39).

They could leap up to 5th successful the East with a triumph and immoderate assistance this weekend, portion they would debar suffering successive home defeats for the 2nd clip successful 2026 should they cod maximum points.

At the aforesaid time, they tin extremity a three-match regular play winless tally connected the roadworthy against Atlanta connected Saturday, past beating the Five Stripes astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful August of 2022 (2-1).

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Team News

Due to a strain, Ajani Fortune is apt to miss this crippled for Atlanta, portion Sergio Santos is dealing with a calf strain, Steven Alzate has a sore groin and Enea Mihaj volition beryllium suspended.

Miguel Almiron and Tristan Muyumba gave them a 2-0 pb against the Union, but it was not capable to gain them immoderate points.

In New York, the Red Bulls' Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is doubtful due to the fact that of a genu problem, arsenic is AJ Marcucci, who continues to retrieve from a cruciate ligament tear.

Mijahir Jimenez made rather the interaction successful his archetypal vocation MLS start, netting a brace against Orlando City, with skipper Emil Forsberg besides scoring successful that outing.

Atlanta United imaginable starting lineup:

Hoyos; Edwards, Gregersen, Alonso, Baez; Reilly, Jacob, Muyumba; Miranchuk, Picault, Almiron

New York Red Bulls imaginable starting lineup:

Horvath; Nealis, Che, Bazan, Dos Santos; Berggren, Donkor, Forsberg; Cowell, Jimenez, Hall

We say: Atlanta United 2-2 New York Red Bulls

Neither broadside person the antiaircraft subject erstwhile needed to adjacent retired a game, which is wherefore we expect to spot an breathtaking gully this weekend.

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