© Reuters Eastern Conference outfit Atlanta United will welcome Western Conference side Seattle Sounders to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for their MLS encounter on Saturday. The Five Stripes have picked up seven points from a possible 12 available in their last four home matches, while the Sounders are seeking to avoid a fourth successive away defeat. Three of the four MLS meetings between Atlanta and Seattle have ended as a draw and with little to separate these two teams, they may be forced to share the spoils again at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters Seeking a third consecutive home win across all competitions, Charlotte FC square off against Chicago Fire at the Bank of America Stadium on Saturday. The Fire head into the weekend on a run of three wins and one draw from their last four games in the MLS and will look to maintain this solid run of results. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters FC Cincinnati are fighting an uphill battle to try to end their seven-game winless run in MLS as they welcome Eastern Conference leaders Philadelphia Union to the TQL Stadium on Saturday. Pat Noonan's side played out an enthralling 4-4 draw with Inter Miami last time out, while the visitors humiliated the Houston Dynamo 6-0. Carving their way through a leaky Orange and Blue backline should be an easy ask for the Union, who also have the defensive nous to end the hosts' unbeaten run at the TQL Stadium. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters New York City FC will attempt to extend their seven-game unbeaten streak when they face Columbus Crew in the MLS on Saturday. The hosts, meanwhile, will look to bounce back from a midweek defeat to CF Montreal , which ended a run of nine matches without defeat. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters CF Montreal will look to extend their unbeaten run to five matches when they play host to Inter Miami in the MLS on Saturday. The hosts currently sit in third position in the Eastern Conference, while Phil Neville's side occupy eighth place ahead of the weekend's action. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters Looking to end their six-game winless run in the MLS and move into the playoffs places, New England Revolution visit the Exploria Stadium to face Orlando City on Saturday. The Lions will head into the weekend aiming to get one over the visitors, having failed to win any of the last six meetings between the sides since June 2019. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters Sporting Kansas City take on Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS Western Conference on Saturday. Both sides find themselves outside of the play-off positions, with the hosts rock-bottom heading into the weekend's encounter. The visitors undoubtedly have more individual quality, but home advantage and a determination to end their losing run should help Kansas avoid defat. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters San Jose Earthquakes will be aiming to snap their five-game winless run across all competitions when they take a trip to the Q2 Stadium to face Austin FC on Saturday. Josh Wolff's men will head into the weekend looking to get one over the Goonies, having failed to win any of the last four meetings between the teams. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters Fresh off the back of a thrilling 5-4 victory over New York Red Bulls, Colorado Rapids play host to Minnesota United at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday. Adrian Heath's men head into the weekend on a run of three consecutive victories away from home and will look to keep the juggernaut rolling. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters Real Salt Lake host Los Angeles FC in the MLS Western Conference on Saturday. The visitors top the table after an excellent season so far, with Salt Lake three points clear inside the play-off positions. Salt Lake have not been in a good run of form lately and may find the pressure of potentially falling outside of the play-off spots a little much to bare. > Click here to read our full preview for this match © Reuters The Portland Timbers will aim to stretch their unbeaten MLS run to 10 matches when they play host to Dallas at Providence Park on Saturday. Giovanni Savarese's men played out a 1-1 draw at home to Nashville in midweek, while the visitors fell to a 1-0 loss against the Seattle Sounders. Defeat at home has been a rarity for Portland over the past few weeks, though, and we would not be surprised to see this one end level either. > Click here to read our full preview for this match.