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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 21

Atlanta United

ATL

2–1Full time

Sporting Kansas City

SPO

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

50%Possession47%
38%Territory34%
9%From set plays18%
0.15Chance quality0.10
6.2%Directness4.7%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Atlanta United, 3 for Sporting KC. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.