More points have been won by Atlanta United so far, with their 3rd position in the Major League Soccer table and eagerly waiting for Chicago Fire (who are in 8th).
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
Chicago Fire play their home fixtures on grass, while this match will be played on artifical turf. Recent results for Chicago Fire when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from seven matches. They have managed to score {14 goals} and conceded 15 times in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Atlanta United form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Atlanta United at their home stadium (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Atlanta United travelled for their previous game, a trip to Toronto that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Reyes made a successful contribution in the game against Toronto, bringing on Chol who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Defender Lennon got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Lennon served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that, Atlanta played out a draw 1-1 when visiting New York City.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atlanta United, as the US Open Cup home game vs Memphis 901 is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and Atlanta United are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Atlanta are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Things could have gone better for Chicago Fire in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Chicago Fire's last game was the home draw against Philadelphia Union (2-2). Drawing 2-2 against Philadelphia Union after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Hendrickson needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Defender Navarro was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Navarro served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Minnesota United.A new game in only three days for Chicago Fire, the US Open Cup home match versus Chicago House. Busy days.
Chicago Fire have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Atlanta, one draw and four wins for Chicago Fire. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Almada 4 goals |  G. Giakoumakis 4 goals |  C. Wiley 3 goals |
Atlanta United missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Atlanta United | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 15.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 43% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 61% |
| 11.1 | 9.2 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 12 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Atlanta United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlanta United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- Atlanta United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlanta United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Atlanta United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | New England | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | New York City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Toronto | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | New York RB | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | DC United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
