A story of good and bad for these contenders so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Major League Soccer table. Here's the Atlanta United - Chicago Fire latest:
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Chicago Fire when visiting Atlanta as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Atlanta United and Chicago Fire should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Atlanta United form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Atlanta United have to build on here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Major League Soccer. Atlanta United have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
No payout for Atlanta United in their previous match, an away game at Montreal Impact that ended in defeat 1-2. The striker Almada was announced as "man of the match" for Atlanta United with a rating of 7.83/10. Almada hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
Heartbreak before that as Atlanta lost 1-2 at Inter Miami's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Atlanta United matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and two defeats (from seven games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlanta as they are travelling to their away game against Nashville SC in the US Open Cup. That match is four days after this one.
On the other hand, Atlanta United have conceded 5 goals.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Playing away, Chicago Fire have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Chicago have lost on their last two travels.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus New York RB with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Chicago Fire were so close to getting something from the game against New York RB, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Czichos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Czichos hit one key pass and won 10 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Minnesota United's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chicago Fire playing away, we found eight games. Results were one away win, zero draws and seven home wins.
Chicago are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Atlanta United wins - draws - Chicago Fire wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Moreno 2 goals |  J. Martínez 2 goals |   K. Przybyłko 2 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Atlanta United | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 7.1 | 7.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15.4 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.4 |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 23% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 22% |
| 12.3 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 11.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | New York RB | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | New York City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Toronto | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | New England | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | DC United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
