Atlanta United have had two weeks to think about their 2-0 final-round home loss to Nashville. They are definitely not pleasing in their stadium and urgently need to improve in this aspect in order to climb the leaderboard. The team is one of the worst in the group at home, registering only 4 wins 3 draws, and 3 losses and because of that they remain in 9th place with 27 points, 3 less than DC United last placed to go to the Playoffs.

Pineda's job will not get any easier this Friday, with a series of international absences causing him a national team headache. Miles Robinson, George Bello, Ronald Hernandez, and Josef Martinez will likely not be available since they are playing with their national teams.

Mohammed Adams and Emerson Hyndman with long-term injuries are still unavailable. Jake Mulraney and Franco Ibarra are also out.

None of Atlanta's last three coaches (Stephen Glass, Gabriel Heinze, and Rob Valentino) managed to beat the Purple Lions.

Orlando City has been showing good football at the moment, they are on an unbeaten streak of 7 games with 2 wins and 5 draws. In addition, they are the current vice-leader in the Eastern Conference with 38 points in 22 rounds, 10 wins, 8 draws, and 4 losses. The importance of victory today is clear since third-placed Nashville records the same number of points and rivals below are also very close, a defeat means the team could lose positions or find themselves in an unpleasant situation. The good thing is that away from home they are one of the best teams and know how to extract points like few other teams. They have 3 wins 4 draws and 3 losses in 10 away games.

The coach has no concerns about the team since the only absent ones today are Jhegson Mendez and Alexandre Pato. The core team must not be altered.

In direct confrontation, the record is frankly positive for Orlando City, who have already had six straight games without losing, three wins and three draws

Two weeks dedicated to training should only lead the hosts to improve their performance, however it is still doubtful how much they will improve as they have many players absent and their performance at home is not at all interesting. Orlando has a solid game and a very tactically organized team. It will be difficult for the visitors however a draw here seems perfectly ok for them.

My probable scores is 1-1, 1-2.

Marco Antonio,

GL!

亚特兰大联队有两个星期的时间来考虑他们在最后一轮主场0 - 2输给纳什维尔的比赛。他们在球场上的表现肯定不尽如人意，为了登上排行榜，他们迫切需要在这方面进行改进。这支球队是主场小组中最差的球队之一，只赢了4场，平了3场，输了3场。正因为如此，他们以27分排名第九，比最后进入季后赛的DC联队少了3分。

皮内达的工作在这个星期五不会变得轻松，一系列的国家队缺阵让他头疼。迈尔斯·罗宾逊、乔治·贝罗、罗纳德·埃尔南德斯和约瑟夫·马丁内斯可能不会上场，因为他们都是国家队的球员。

默罕默德·亚当斯和埃默森·海因德曼长期受伤，目前仍无法找到。杰克·穆兰尼和弗朗哥·伊巴拉也被淘汰了。

亚特兰大过去的三任教练(斯蒂芬·格拉斯、加布里埃尔·海因策和罗伯·瓦伦蒂诺)都没能击败紫狮队。

奥兰多城目前表现不错，他们连续7场比赛2胜5平。此外，他们在22轮比赛中获得38分，10胜8平4负，目前是东部副队长。今天胜利的重要性是显而易见的，因为排名第三的纳什维尔也有同样的积分，排名低于纳什维尔的对手也非常接近，一场失利意味着球队可能会失去位置或陷入不愉快的境地。值得庆幸的是，在客场他们是最好的球队之一，并且知道如何像其他球队一样获得积分。他们在10场客场比赛中3胜4平3负。

教练并不担心球队，因为今天缺席的只有门德斯和帕托。核心团队不能改变。

在直接对抗中，奥兰多的记录是积极的，他们已经连续六场比赛没有输，三胜三平

两周的训练只会让东道主提高他们的表现，但是他们能提高多少仍然是一个疑问，因为他们有很多球员缺席，他们在家里的表现一点都不有趣。奥兰多有一场稳固的比赛和一支非常有战术组织的球队。这对客队来说很困难，但是平局对他们来说似乎很好。

我的预测比分是1-1、1-2。