Atlanta United FC at New York City FC 11/21/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

By: Paul |

Last Updated: 11/17/2021 at 11:36 AM ET

New York City and Atlanta United finished with the exact same points in the regular season, and they are now up against one another in the first round of playoffs. Both teams were in pretty solid form in the end of the regular season, and they will now have to fight it off for a place in the next round.

New York City played for a 1-1 draw at home against Philadelphia Union in the last match of the regular season, in a match where they saw an early red card but did come back from one goal behind. They are now unbeaten in their last 5 (3-0-2), scoring 12 goals and conceding just 3 in the process. New York City finished at the 4th spot of the Eastern Conference with a 14-11-9 record, 51 points, and scoring 56 goals while conceding 36 in the process. Over/Under was split 17-17 in their matches this season, with an average of 2.7 goals per match. New York City were really good at home this season (10-3-4), scoring 37 goals and conceding 13 in the process. A bad run in their last 6 (2-1-3) prevented them from having an even better home record. 8 of their 17 home matches had Over 2.5 Goals with an average of 2.9 goals per match.

Atlanta United almost suffered an upset in their away match against Cincinnati, as they conceded an early goal but did manage to score twice in the end of the match to win by 2-1. They are now unbeaten in their last 6 matches (3-0-3), keeping just 2 clean sheets in the process. Atlanta United finished at the 5th spot of the Eastern Conference with 51 points (13-9-12), scoring 45 and conceding 37 in the process. 16 of their 34 matches had Over 2.5 Goals, with an average of 2.4 Goals per match. Atlanta United were mediocre on the road this season (4-6-7), scoring 20 and conceding 23 goals in the process. 9 of their 17 away matches had Over 2.5 Goals, with an average of exactly 2.5 goals per match.

New York City remained unbeaten in two matches against Atlanta United in the regular season, beating them by 1-0 in this venue before a 1-1 draw in Atlanta. However, Atlanta United have the upper hand in this H2H (4-3-4). 8 of their 10 matches over the years had BTTS, and 6 of those had Over 2.5 Goals. New York City have been better as hosts (3-1-1) and this season they were in top form at home. Siding with the home team here.

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