The New York City Football Club have a matchup against an old team legend as NYCFC travel down to Georgia to face Atlanta United and former head coach Ronny Deila. Deila, who famously coached the team to an MLS Cup title in 2021 (and more famously fulfilled a promise to do pushups in his underwear if the team every won the cup) took over reigns of the 5 Stripes club at the start of the season with some challenges as Atlanta is currently in 12th place in the East with 5 points in 5 matches, while NYCFC is in 8th with 8 in 5 themselves.
Injury Reports:
Atlanta United: Midfielder Tristan Muyumba is sidelined for at least three weeks due to a sprained right calf and LCL. Additionally, Jamal Thiare (quad) and Edwin Mosquera (ankle) are unavailable. The team anticipates the return of several players from international duty, including Miguel Almiron and Luis Abram.
NYCFC: The team will be without Jacob Arroyave (knee), Tayvon Gray (leg), Malachi Jones (leg), and Andrés Perea (hip) for this match.
3 STATS
1) NYCFC is 5 points better than they were at this point in the season last year when they were 1W-0L-4D.
2) In the past 4 matches on the road, NYCFC is 1W-0L-3D against Atlanta.
3) Last week was NYCFC’s first clean sheet since July.