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Atlanta United Routs Nashville SC in 4-0 Win

August 26, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Atlanta United FC News Release


Atlanta United's Xande Silva
Atlanta United's Xande Silva
(Atlanta United FC)

ATLANTA - Atlanta United defeated Nashville SC in an emphatic 4-0 win Saturday night in front of 67,514 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Four separate players scored as Xande Silva earned his first club goal in the first half before Thiago Almada, Miles Robinson and new signing Saba Lobjanidze each found the back of the net in the second half. Atlanta also kept its eighth clean sheet of the year and moved within two points of second place in the Eastern Conference.

Atlanta started fast and nearly took an early lead in the eighth minute when Almada delivered a perfectly weighted pass to Giorgos Giakoumakis in the center of the box. The striker took one touch to bring it down and attempted to chip goalkeeper Joe Willis, but the ball struck the left post and bounced safely back to Willis.

A counter attack in the 16th minute threatened to produce the game's first goal as Edwin Mosquera and Caleb Wiley combined down the right flank before the Homegrown squared a low pass for Almada charging into the box. The Argentine struck the ball first time, hit the right post and followed up the rebound, but missed his second attempt wide.

Atlanta finally broke through in the 26th minute. Almada sent a pin-point pass diagonally from the right side to Xande Silva inside the box. The Portuguese winger blasted a low shot first time into the bottom right corner for his first goal with the club. It was also Silva's first appearance in Atlanta.

Almada doubled Atlanta's lead less than a minute into the second half. Good counter pressure from Atlanta allowed Giakoumakis to intercept a backward Nashville pass and immediately send a ball out to the left side for Silva. He quickly played Almada into the box where the Argentine chipped his shot over Willis to the far corner as Jack Maher kicked it into the net while attempting to clear the ball off the line. Almada was credited with his ninth goal of the season.

Robinson made it three when he scored from a corner in the 57th minute. Almada delivered the ball from the left side and placed it right on the head of Robinson, who rose above the defense and nodded it into the right side of goal for just the second goal of his MLS career. It marked Almada's league-leading 13th assist of the season.

Lobjanidze entered the match for his club debut in the 61st minute and later scored in 87th minute. Almada started the play near the left sideline and dribbled by a trio of Nashville defenders before laying off a ball for Lobjanidze inside the penalty area. The Georgian international cleverly returned the ball with a one-time back heel to Almada, who again attempted to find Lobjanidze inside the six-yard box for a tap-in. Jack Maher got a touch to Almada's pass, but failed to clear it away from danger as Lobjanidze back-heeled the ball into the goal for the first of his Atlanta United career.

Atlanta United (11-7-8, 41 points) returns to Mercedes-Benz Stadium when it hosts FC Cincinnati Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m (MLS Season Pass, 92.9 The Game, La Mejor). All Atlanta United matches are available with an MLS Season Pass subscription, located on the Apple TV app.

Match Summary

Stats

Shots: 20-13 Atlanta

Shots on target: 11-1 Atlanta

Corner kicks: 6-5 Nashville

Fouls Committed: 11-3 Atlanta

xG: 3.88 - 1.17 Atlanta

Possession: 51-49 Atlanta

Passing accuracy: 86-83 Atlanta

Scoring

ATL - Xande Silva (Almada) 26'

ATL - Thiago Almada (Silva, Giakoumakis) 46'

ATL - Miles Robinson (Almada) 57'

ATL - Saba Lobjanidze 87'

Disciplinary

ATL - Tristan Muyumba 34'

ATL - Gonzalo Pineda 35'

ATL - Tyler Wolff 66'

Notes:

With his ninth goal and 12th and 13th assists tonight, Thiago Almada produced his 22nd goal contribution this season and became the second-fastest Atlanta United player to hit at least 20 goal contributions in a season

Miles Robinson scored the second goal of his MLS career

Xande Silva scored his first goal for Atlanta United

Saba Lobjanidze made his club debut and scored his first goal

Gonzalo Pineda will be suspended for Atlanta's next match due to yellow card accumulation

Attendance: 67,514

ATLANTA UNITED STARTING LINEUP

GK: Brad Guzan (c)

D: Brooks Lennon

D: Miles Robinson

D: Luis Abram

D: Caleb Wiley (Ronald Hernandez - 77')

M: Tristan Muyumba (Amar Sejdic - 85')

M: Matheus Rossetto

M: Thiago Almada

M: Xande Silva (Saba Lobjanidze - 61')

M: Edwin Mosquera (Tyler Wolff - 61')

F: Giorgos Giakoumakis (Juanjo Purata - 85')

Substitutes not used:

Quentin Westberg

Miguel Berry

Derrick Etienne Jr.

Santiago Sosa NASHVILLE SC STARTING LINEUP

GK: Joe Willis

D: Daniel Lovitz

D: Lukas MacNaughton

D: Jack Maher

D: Shaq Moore

M: Hany Mukhtar (c) (Ethan Zubak - 89')

M: Jacob Shaffelburg (Luke Haakenson - 68')

M: Alex Muyl (Brian Anunga - 68')

M:Anibal Godoy

M: Sean Davis (Randall Leal - 68')

F: Sam Surridge (Teal Bunbury - 68')

Substitutes not used:

Dax McCarty

Laurence Wyke

Josh Bauer

Elliot Panicco

OFFICIALS

Jon Freemon (referee), Jason White(assistant), Gianni Facchini (assistant), Joshua Encarnacion (fourth), Alejandro Mariscal (VAR), Jozef Batko (AVAR).

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Atlanta United's Xande Silva
Atlanta United's Xande Silva
   



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