Atlanta United has never lost a regular season home match against Toronto FC (W2 D3). Toronto won the lone playoff meeting between the sides at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, however, a 2-1 win in the 2019 Eastern Conference Final against the then-defending MLS Cup Champions.
Atlanta United has lost consecutive matches for the first time since late June after defeats at Philadelphia and Portland. The Five Stripes haven’t suffered a three-match losing streak in nearly two years, since October 2020, a run that featured a defeat to Toronto.
Toronto FC scored twice in the opening seven minutes of its 4-3 defeat to CF Montreal on Sunday, the fastest two goals the Reds have ever scored from kickoff. It marked the 27th time in MLS history a team has scored twice in the first seven minutes, but just the fourth time that team went on to lose.
Josef Martinez will not be available for Atlanta’s match against Toronto. In the 12 games in which he’s started, Atlanta averages 1.44 points per match (W5 D3 L2) this season compared to just 0.88 points per match in games in which he doesn’t start (W3 D6 L8).
Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne both scored for Toronto on Sunday against Montreal, the fourth time both have scored in the same MLS match. David Gazdag and a trio of Union teammates (C. Burke, J. Carranza, M. Uhre) have each scored in more games than Bernardeschi and Insigne.
