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Atlanta United v Sporting KC : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 24th Aug, 00:00 BST, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

Monday morning sees Gerardo Daniel Martino’s Atlanta United and Raphaël Wicky’s Sporting KC go head to head in a Major League Soccer clash at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be viewed, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.

Best Tip: Atlanta to win

A Major League Soccer win on home turf for Gerardo Daniel Martino's Atlanta side win in the win / draw / win market is what we're predicting. Stats suggest they have what it takes, and they should be too strong for the opposition. The odds from the bookies are pointing in the same direction, and when that happens you've know you're not going against the market. A Atlanta win is our recommendation, but it could be a close one.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Atlanta are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.66.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Atlanta 61%	4/6	-
Draw 20%	29/10	-
Sporting KC 20%	7/2 4%	-
Atlanta 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 1-1 9%	7/1	-
Atlanta 2-0 8%	9/1 9%	-
Atlanta 1-0 7%	10/1	-
Atlanta 3-1 7%	11/1	-
Atlanta 3-0 6%	14/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	-
Sporting KC 2-1 5%	14/1	-
Atlanta 3-2 4%	18/1	-
Atlanta 4-1 4%	20/1	-
Sporting KC 1-0 4%	18/1	-
Atlanta 4-0 3%	25/1	-
Draw 0-0 3%	18/1	-
Atlanta 4-2 2%	33/1 17%	-
Sporting KC 2-0 2%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	1/2 1%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	6/4 4%	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	8/15 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	7/5 1%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	18/1	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/15 2%	-
BTTS - No 38%	11/8 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 34%	2/1 4%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	6/1 8%	-
Home/draw 80%	2/11 2%	-
Away/draw 39%	11/10	-
Home/away 80%	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 86%	1/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 14%	9/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 45%	6/5 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 55%	8/13 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 26%	11/4	-
Under 4.5 Goals 74%	1/4	-
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	6/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/10	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/50	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	18/1	-
Home DNB 74%	2/7 1%	-
Away DNB 33%	5/2 3%	-
Atlanta win to nil 27%	5/2 7%	-
Sporting KC win to nil 8%	9/1	-
Atlanta / Atlanta 32%	8/5	-
Atlanta / Sporting KC 3%	28/1	-
Atlanta / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Atlanta 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Sporting KC 8%	9/1	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	-
Sporting KC / Atlanta 4%	18/1	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 12%	6/1	-
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Sporting KC have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Atlanta	2 - 1	NY Red Bulls
Atlanta	1 - 2	LA Galaxy
Atlanta	3 - 1	Montreal
Atlanta	1 - 2	New England
Atlanta	0 - 2	Nashville
Atlanta	1 - 3	Columbus
Atlanta	0 - 0	DC United
Atlanta	3 - 1	Philadelphia
Atlanta	2 - 3	Salt Lake
Atlanta	1 - 1	DC United
Atlanta	1 - 1	San Diego
Atlanta	4 - 5	Columbus
Atlanta	0 - 0	Toronto
Atlanta	2 - 2	Seattle
Atlanta	2 - 3	Charlotte
Atlanta	2 - 2	Chicago
Atlanta	3 - 2	Orlando
Atlanta	4 - 2	Cincinnati
Atlanta	0 - 1	Philadelphia
Atlanta	1 - 1	Nashville

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Atlanta	2 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Atlanta	2 - 3	Philadelphia
A	Atlanta	1 - 4	New England
A	Atlanta	2 - 2	Charlotte
A	Atlanta	0 - 1	Nashville
A	Atlanta	0 - 2	Columbus
A	Atlanta	1 - 1	Orlando
H	Atlanta	1 - 2	LA Galaxy
H	Atlanta	3 - 1	Montreal
A	Atlanta	2 - 1	Toronto
H	Atlanta	1 - 2	New England
H	Atlanta	0 - 2	Nashville
A	Atlanta	0 - 1	Chicago
H	Atlanta	1 - 3	Columbus
H	Atlanta	0 - 0	DC United
H	Atlanta	3 - 1	Philadelphia
H	Atlanta	2 - 3	Salt Lake
A	Atlanta	0 - 2	San Jose
A	Atlanta	0 - 2	Cincinnati
H	Atlanta	1 - 1	DC United

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colorado	2 - 0	Sporting KC
LAFC	4 - 0	Sporting KC
Saint Louis City	3 - 2	Sporting KC
Austin	1 - 2	Sporting KC
Portland	6 - 0	Sporting KC
Chicago	5 - 0	Sporting KC
Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	3 - 1	Sporting KC
LA Galaxy	1 - 2	Sporting KC
San Jose	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Minnesota	3 - 0	Sporting KC
LA Galaxy	4 - 1	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	2 - 1	Sporting KC
Seattle	5 - 2	Sporting KC
Orlando	3 - 1	Sporting KC
Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Colorado	1 - 2	Sporting KC
LAFC	3 - 1	Sporting KC
Houston	1 - 3	Sporting KC
San Diego	0 - 0	Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Colorado
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 4	LAFC
H	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Saint Louis City
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Austin
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Sporting KC	0 - 6	Portland
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	0 - 5	Chicago
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
H	Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	San Jose
H	Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston

Goal Statistics

Sporting KC have been awful at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Major League Soccer games. This run could continue, with Atlanta United's PG an impressive 2.2.

	Atlanta 15th	Sporting KC 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.2 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 11% 1 24% 2 27% 3 20% 4+ 19% There is a 65% probability that Atlanta will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Sporting KC will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+2 Atlanta’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-21 Sporting KC have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.7 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	2.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

12%

better

ATL

SKC

view stats

Games scored	13		12
Failed to score	7		8
Scored first	6		4
Goals scored	23		19
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		14
Avg. XG for	1.4		0.9
KickOff rating		+12%

28%

better

ATL

SKC

view stats

Games conceded	19		20
Clean sheets	1		0
Conceded first	13		16
Goals conceded	35		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.8		2.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		5
Conversion rate against	18%		21%
Avg. XG against	1.6		2.1
KickOff rating		+28%

Atlanta v Sporting KC Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Atlanta Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	5	7	6
L Hoyos	A Miranchuk	A Miranchuk	T Jacob

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Hoyos GLK	20			3 -
T Muyumba MID	20	4		3 -
A Miranchuk MID	19	5	7	1 -
E Mihaj DEF	18			3 1
E. Báez Sotelo DEF	18	1	2	5 -
C. Sanchez MID	18		1	5 -
T Jacob DEF	17	2	1	6 -
S Gregersen DEF	14			3 -
M Almirón FWD	14	3	3	-
L Brennan MID	13			-
F Picault FWD	13	2	2	1 -
M Edwards DEF	12		1	2 -
A Fortune MID	10	2		-
S Alzate MID	9			1 -
W Reilly MID	8			3 -
C Togashi FWD	7			-
R Pimentel DEF	6			1 -
J Alonso DEF	5			1 -
S Santos FWD	4			-
A. Simons Gill MID	2			1 -
P Díaz DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	7	8
A Miranchuk	M Almirón	A Miranchuk	M Almirón

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Miranchuk MID	5	14	7	6
T Muyumba MID	4	5		2
M Almirón FWD	3	15	3	8
T Jacob DEF	2	2	1	2
F Picault FWD	2	3	2
A Fortune MID	2	5		1
E. Báez Sotelo DEF	1	6	2	1
L Hoyos GLK		1		1
E Mihaj DEF		4
C. Sanchez MID		2	1	3
S Gregersen DEF		1
L Brennan MID		2
M Edwards DEF			1	1
S Alzate MID		1		1
W Reilly MID				1
C Togashi FWD		1
S Santos FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1016	47	89
T Muyumba	T Muyumba	T Jacob

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Muyumba MID	1016	47	75
E Mihaj DEF	970	22	51
E. Báez Sotelo DEF	791	37	85
L Hoyos GLK	727	4	13
A Miranchuk MID	671	7	42
S Gregersen DEF	654	16	49
C. Sanchez MID	613	23	42
T Jacob DEF	606	39	89
M Almirón FWD	520	14	64
J Alonso DEF	342	5	16
W Reilly MID	287	8	14
S Alzate MID	237	12	25
A Fortune MID	221	7	19
M Edwards DEF	216	13	23
F Picault FWD	186	5	38
L Brennan MID	100	7	12
R Pimentel DEF	87	5	12
A. Simons Gill MID	87	2	6
C Togashi FWD	34	1	2
S Santos FWD	11	1	10
P Díaz DEF	1	1	1

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	8	3	4
D Joveljic	D Joveljic	C Harris	L Johnsen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Harris FWD	20	3	3	2 -
D Joveljic FWD	20	8	1	1 -
J Davis DEF	19		2	3 -
M Suleymanov FWD	17	1	1	2 -
W. Meyer DEF	16			1 -
L Johnsen MID	16	1		3 1
J. Bartlett MID	16	1		2 -
S Afrifa FWD	16	1	1	-
J Reid DEF	15			1 -
Capita FWD	13	2	1	4 -
I. James DEF	12			-
K. Agyabeng MID	12			1
T. Calheira FWD	12		1	1 -
S Cleveland GLK	11			-
Z Bassong MID	11			4 -
J. Miller DEF	10			3 -
J Pulskamp GLK	9			1 -
J Reynolds DEF	8		1	-
E Karic DEF	6			-
O Blorian DEF	5			-
M Mosquera DEF	3			1 1
D. Borges da Silva DEF	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	22	3	5
D Joveljic	D Joveljic	C Harris	D Joveljic

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Joveljic FWD	8	22	1	5
C Harris FWD	3	13	3	3
Capita FWD	2	6	1	2
M Suleymanov FWD	1	8	1	2
L Johnsen MID	1	3		3
J. Bartlett MID	1	1
S Afrifa FWD	1	4	1
J Davis DEF		1	2	3
J Reid DEF		4
I. James DEF		1
T. Calheira FWD		5	1	2
Z Bassong MID		2
J. Miller DEF		2
J Reynolds DEF		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
993	40	81
L Johnsen	J Davis	C Harris

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Johnsen MID	993	29	48
J Davis DEF	737	40	68
W. Meyer DEF	651	27	57
J. Bartlett MID	391	11	30
J Reid DEF	387	27	57
I. James DEF	384	19	29
D Joveljic FWD	377	8	44
Z Bassong MID	346	20	41
C Harris FWD	319	15	81
S Cleveland GLK	317		3
M Suleymanov FWD	316	9	41
J Pulskamp GLK	277		4
E Karic DEF	274	17	25
J. Miller DEF	263	7	27
K. Agyabeng MID	190	15	41
Capita FWD	165	23	64
J Reynolds DEF	163	12	24
O Blorian DEF	162	5	11
S Afrifa FWD	121	12	32
T. Calheira FWD	108	8	25
D. Borges da Silva DEF	105	2	6
M Mosquera DEF	74	5	10