Atlanta United host the Montreal Impact on Saturday afternoon, looking to extend their six-match unbeaten streak. Here is the full preview, with everything you need to know about both teams.

Atlanta United has not lost since opening day, while the Montreal Impact has lost their last three, with their two wins on the season coming against makeshift CCL teams. Playing Atlanta in Mercedes-Benz Stadium has proven difficult for other top teams in MLS. Can Montreal charge into Georgia and steal some points or will they be playing just to keep Atlanta from battering their pride?

Nothing could be more opposite than the results and momentum of these two teams. Atlanta have two clean sheets in the last three games and is averaging more than two goals per game. It has not beat up on the patsies of MLS either, with only NYCFC able to take a point away from Atlanta.

Meanwhile, the Impact have wasted more goals in losses than any other team in the league. As Tata Martino recognizes, Ignacio Piatti is their lone standout, and even his All-Star efforts have mostly been for naught. In seven games, Piatti and Jeisson Vargas are the only multiple -goal goalscorers on the Impact roster. Matteo Mancosu and Raheem Edwards each have a single goal to round out the scoring list, and not many expect more than a couple goals per season from either player.

This seems, then, to be a foregone conclusion. But this is MLS and stranger things have happened. Here’s everything you need to know.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta

April 28 – 1 pm ET

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Atlanta United

Ezequiel Barco is back but Tata Martino has to consider this team’s new-found balance. Julian Gressel has a case to be the third name on the team sheet behind Miguel Almiron and Josef Martinez, and Darlington Nagbe looks settled into his shuttling role and fully understands his responsibilities. With the added impetus that Gressel provides, this midfield can beat down opposing attackers. Second in goals-scored as a team, Atlanta still seems to lack sharpness in several situations a game. The defense kept Zlatan Ibrahimovic in check all game. If they do not have to win shootouts, they will win trophies.

FORM: W-W-W-W-D-W

RECORD: 5-1-1

LAST GAME: 2-0 Win @ LA Galaxy

PLAYER TO WATCH: Ezequiel Barco — Barco will get a chance to shine this game. After a sub appearance against NYCFC and his first start last week against the Galaxy, this week Barco will have the chance to show he is fully acclimated after coming back from injury.

WHY THEY WILL WIN: This team has more attacking talent than almost any other team in MLS history. The front four could all be sold to Champions League teams within 18 months. The defense is on the same page with Michael Parkhurst on record saying last week’s game against Zlatan was ‘near perfect.’ The Impact are a one-trick pony, and Atlanta can find a goal from all ten outfield positions.

WHY THEY WILL NOT: Too many chefs in the kitchen bog down the tasty Atlanta attack that has been on display in the last month. Sensing an Impact team ripe for a slaughter, the players get too eager and get caught on the counter.

PROJECTED FORMATION: Guzan; Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst, McCann; Gressel, Nagbe, Larentowicz, Garza; Almiron, Barco, Martinez