Match Report
28 points separated the sides: New York City 5th on 56, Atlanta United 14th on 28. Atlanta United had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 14th in the table. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, New York City ran at 1.47 scored and 1.29 conceded, Atlanta United at 1.12 and 1.85.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 1 for New York City, 2 for Atlanta United and 3 drawn, at 2.83 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The venue was Yankee Stadium in New York City, with room for 47,309 spectators. On the scoreboard, New York City led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
New York City: Maxi Moralez (44'), Monsef Bakrar (55'), Hannes Wolf (57'), Hannes Wolf (59')