Atlanta United v FC Dallas: Visitors aiming to build on MLS road form

Petar Musa is hoping his FC Dallas team-mates tin proceed their bully signifier connected the roadworthy erstwhile they question to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium to look Atlanta United this weekend.

Dallas helped caput manager Eric Quill gain his archetypal location triumph of the play with a 2-1 triumph implicit Sporting Kansas City past clip out, a effect that saw Peter Vermes sacked.

Los Toros presently beryllium seventh successful the Western Conference standings, and Musa believes that if they tin amended their location form, that thing is imaginable this campaign.

“We had 2 losses astatine home,” Musa said. “We person been bully connected the road, but we privation to instrumentality the archetypal 3 points astatine location tonight, and we did it.

“I’m truly arrogant of this team. We showed good, bully shot today. We created a batch of chances, and I deliberation successful the end, we deserved to win.”

There was besides past successful their triumph implicit Kansas for Luciano Acosta, with the 30-year-old becoming the seventh subordinate to registry 75 goals and assists successful the MLS.

“I americium precise happy,” Acosta said post-game astatine Toyota Stadium.

“The information is that astatine half-time I saw the stat. It’s an honour to proceed making history, and I americium blessed I got to this statistical landmark with Dallas.”

The extremity that sent Lucho into the past books

The 7th subordinate successful MLS past to grounds 75 goals and 75 assists. pic.twitter.com/4QFsCn0xhf

— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) March 30, 2025

Atlanta, meanwhile, edged a seven-goal thriller successful their past league fixture, coming from 2 goals down to bushed New York City FC 4-3.

There was besides a archetypal extremity for Miguel Almiron since returning to the club, though caput manager Ronny Deila was much focused connected his team’s second-half display.

“The mode we played the past fractional an hour, that’s what we privation to beryllium and that’s wherever we’re aiming for,” Deila said.

“I’m, again, backmost to the process successful the performance, and I’m precise blessed that we showed thing successful the 2nd half.”

Deila has endured an indifferent commencement to his tenure with the Five Stripes, but defender Stian Gregersen said that his caller brag and his ideas were getting done to the squad.

“We person to usage our 6s much alternatively of playing outside, due to the fact that that’s a trigger for the opponent,” Gregersen added. “When we play out, they volition travel and propulsion us.

“We’re moving a batch of successful the grooming contiguous [on positioning], and we’re going to bash it this week to beryllium capable to beryllium maximum prepared for the game.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Atlanta United – Emmanuel Latte Lath

Latte Lath recorded a extremity and an assistance connected Saturday and present has six extremity contributions (five goals, 1 assist) successful his archetypal six regular-season matches with Atlanta United.

He is the 3rd subordinate successful nine past to bash so, aft Saba Lobjanidze and Josef Martinez, with the Five Stripes hoping their caller guardant tin proceed firing this weekend.

FC Dallas – Lucho Acosta

Acosta has recorded 16 extremity contributions against Atlanta successful regular-season MLS play (nine goals, 7 assists).

Since Atlanta United joined MLS successful 2017, nary subordinate has had much extremity contributions against a azygous hostile than Acosta against the Five Stripes.

MATCH PREDICTION: ATLANTA UNITED WIN

The 5 all-time meetings betwixt Atlanta and Dallas person been divided with each broadside winning doubly (D1). This volition beryllium the 4th clip the sides conscionable successful Atlanta, with the Five Stripes signaling wins successful 2 of the archetypal 3 (L1).

Atlanta came from 3-1 down to bushed New York City FC, 4-3, connected Saturday, becoming the archetypal squad this MLS play to triumph a lucifer aft trailing by aggregate goals.

After emerging victorious successful 1 of their archetypal 4 matches this play (D1 L2), Dallas person since won 2 successful a row. They person not recorded 3 consecutive wins since betwixt October and November 2020.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Atlanta United – 49.2%

Draw – 25.6%

FC Dallas – 25.3%