Atlanta United who sit 5^th in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference welcome one of the worst of the West, LA Galaxy, to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday looking to close the gap on the two automatic Final Series spots at the top of the division. Today’s Atlanta United vs LA Galaxy preview takes a look at a duo of clubs who have defied pre-season expectations for very different reasons. The football odds for this one are in no doubt as to who is favourite to win on Thursday, with the home side heavily tipped to triumph.

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Match Preview

The home team have lost just once in ten coming into our Atlanta United vs LA Galaxy betting tips, their one loss coming away to DC United in late August. The Five Stripes play their fourth home fixture in a row on Thursday – they have found the net an incredible thirteen times on their way to seven points from a possible nine in their trio of home contests.

The away players are finding life very tough in the 2017 season. Before we make our Atlanta United vs LA Galaxy predictions, we can see LA floundering second from bottom in the MLS Western Conference just ahead of bottom side the Colorado Rapids. The Californians have only kept one clean sheet in their last seven.

Thursday’s match-up is the first ever meeting between these sides. ATL Utd are competing in their first MLS season having entered the competition this year. The attendance for their last home match was over 70,000 and the same number again is expected to witness their battle against LA.

Atlanta United vs LA Galaxy Prediction and Betting Advice

The home team are riding the crest of a wave coming into our free Atlanta United vs LA Galaxy picks. With the backing of their amazing supporters, they go into any match at the Mercedez-Benz Stadium as clear favourites. Although the stadium is very new, their home form has been consistently good for a while – they haven’t lost in ten home games in front of their own fans. LA actually have the fourth best away record across both MLS conferences – a remarkable stat given their overall position. However, more recently they haven’t won in six on the road. Defensively they have been a shambles this season, conceding fifty-two times in twenty-eight fixtures – only Minnesota have let in more goals in the MLS in 2017. Our analysis tells us that ATL should win this won comfortably. Bet-at-home have a range of excellent ways to make money with great value odds for this game.

Next up in our free MLS football tips today is a selection from the very lucrative goal markets. In all four of the home team’s last four games, there have been over 2.5 goals, while three of the away side’s last four have also passed the 2.5 goals threshold. Utd are the second top scorers overall when combining both MLS conferences – they have only failed to find the back of the net once in fifteen attempts. With Galaxy’s porous defence and United’s devastating attack, powered by Josef Martinez and Hector Villalba, it looks as though we could be in for a large amount of goalmouth action on Thursday.