5 MLS Tips - 18/8/22

Atlanta United and New York Red Bulls go head to head in our first tip on this list, in what is a meeting of 13th against fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Two players to look out for in this match are Josef Martinez and Lewis Morgan, as Venezuela international Martinez has scored 94 goals in 125 MLS appearances, and will be looking to add to his nine-goal contributions in 17 matches this season.

Meanwhile, former Celtic man Lewis Morgan will be looking to further improve his already solid record in the MLS this campaign, having scored 10 and created three assists in 23 appearances.

Toronto and New England face off at BMO Field on Thursday morning in a battle of 12th against eight in the standings.

The home side’s form has improved since the signings of Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernadeschi, seeing them win three of their last four matches, doing so by 4-0, 4-3 and 3-1 scorelines over Charlotte, Nashville and Portland Timbers.

On the other hand, New England have won their last two matches against DC United 1-0 and Orlando City, meaning that they will also be confident of getting a result themselves.

20-year-old former Brazil youth international Talles Magno will be looking to impress once again for New York City when they go up against Charlotte in the MLS on Thursday morning.

Talles Magno has scored six and created six assists in 24 matches this season, with his most recent goal coming last time out in a 3-2 loss to Inter Miami.

Ultimately, this is a match-up of third against ninth in the Eastern Conference, and coming up against a Charlotte defence that has leaked 39 goals in 25 matches, the former Vasco da Gama man will more than fancy his chances of getting on the scoresheet.

Third in the Western Conference FC Dallas faces a tricky test on Thursday morning as they take on top of the Eastern Conference, Philadelphia Union, at Toyota Stadium.

Dallas enters this match with three wins in their last five matches, having beaten Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy by 1-0 scorelines, before narrowly losing 1-0 at Seattle, drawing 1-1 away at Portland and beating San Jose Earthquakes 4-1.

On the other hand, Union have won four of their last five, beating New England 2-1, Orlando City 1-0, Houston Dynamo 6-0 and Chicago Fire 4-1 with a 3-1 loss away at Cincinnati in between the last two results.

21-year-old Colombian-born forward Jesus Ferreira will be keen to continue his sensational season so far, having scored 14 and created five assists in 26 matches. The U.S international bagged a brace in Dallas’ 4-1 win over San Jose.

The final tip on this list comes from Vancouver Whitecaps against Colorado Rapids, a match-up between 11th and 10th in the Western Conference.

A player to look out for here could be former LA Galaxy man Gyasi Zardes, as the 30-year-old U.S international recently scored a hat-trick in his side’s recent 4-3 victory over Minnesota United - seeing his price boosted at 20/1 to score two or more goals here against a Whitecaps defence that has let in 44 goals in 25 games.