Atlanta United hosts Toronto FC on Wednesday in a MLS Eastern Conference fixture. Atlanta is 9th in the conference table at 4-9-6 on 21 points with a goal difference -3. Atlanta is coming off a 1-0 victory at home over LAFC on Sunday. Josef Martinez scored the only goal of the match and has scored three goals in the last three matches.
Atlanta has won two straight matches for the first time since the opening two matches of last season. Atlanta’s victory over LAFC was its first at home since May 15. Marcelino Moreno is the leading goal scorer for Atlanta with six, while Yosef Martinez has scored five. Brooks Lennon is tied with three others for the leader in assists with two each.
Toronto is last in the conference table at 3-6-10 on 15 points with a goal difference of -16. Toronto is coming off a 2-1 loss at home to the New England Revolution on Saturday. Toronto was tied with New England late in the match but committed a penalty in the box with only seven minutes remaining and the Revolution converted to take the victory.
Toronto FC has lost 10 times this season and has lost more than 10 matches just once in it's five previous MLS seasons, when losing 18 during the 2018 regular season. Jonathan Osorio is the leading goal scorer for Toronto with four. Alejandro Pozuelo is the leader in assists with four, while Patrick Mullins has three.
