Chicago Fire vs Atlanta United betting preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Soldier Field (61500 seats)

Both these teams have struggled so far, but three points in this important fixture would certainly help. Get ready for Chicago Fire - Atlanta United!

Insights:
  • Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Atlanta United's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 5 draws and 18 losses.

These teams have little in common geographically as Atlanta United have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

Chicago Fire's struggle is real here at Soldier Field with only 5 points collected from 6 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Chicago, who played 3-3 against Philadelphia Union. That match was also played at this venue (Soldier Field). Álvaro Medrán (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.14/10. Medrán signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total). A goal frenzy last time out for Chicago, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Philadelphia Union. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that match was a defeat to Cincinnati (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago Fire handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chicago, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Orlando City is only four days away.

Chicago are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Atlanta United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The attacking players of Atlanta have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 187 minutes.

Atlanta United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against New York RB (placed 7th) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Brooks Lennon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Lennon hit six key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting New York City's place.

We have checked recent matches where Atlanta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were one victory, three draws and eight defeats.

The attacking power of Atlanta United when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Atlanta have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Chicago and Atlanta United have met before this season: Atlanta United - Chicago Fire 3-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - zero - five (Chicago wins - draws - Atlanta United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chicago FireL. Stojanović
L. Stojanović
3 goals
Atlanta UnitedD. Moreno
D. Moreno
3 goals
Atlanta UnitedJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
2 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Chicago Fire Atlanta United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 6 2 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 2
7 6 1 Scored S 1 3 11
17 9 1 Conceded C 1 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
30% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 40%
30% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 30%
10% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
10% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
60% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
5.7 7.3 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4.6
5 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.4 4.1
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 17.2 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.6 12.5
4.1 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 4
17% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 28%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Atlanta United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlanta United have yet to win a game away.
  • Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Chicago Fire have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Major League Soccer
  • Chicago Fire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 7 2 2 18 13 5 5 0 0 10 4 6 2 2 2 8 9 5 23
2 Orlando City 10 6 3 1 18 7 5 3 2 0 10 1 5 3 1 1 8 6 11 21
3 Philadelphia Union 11 5 4 2 15 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 2 3 0 8 5 5 19
4 New York City 10 5 2 3 18 11 6 3 1 2 12 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 17
5 Nashville SC 10 3 6 1 13 11 7 3 4 0 11 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 15
6 Columbus Crew 10 4 3 3 9 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 1 2 3 2 5 2 15
7 New York RB 10 4 1 5 14 13 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 0 1 4 5 10 1 13
8 Montreal Impact 10 3 4 3 11 10 4 1 2 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 13
9 DC United 11 4 1 6 10 13 5 3 0 2 4 3 6 1 1 4 6 10 -3 13
10 Atlanta United 10 2 6 2 11 10 5 2 3 0 8 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 1 12
11 Cincinnati 9 3 1 5 9 17 3 0 0 3 2 6 6 3 1 2 7 11 -8 10
12 Inter Miami 10 2 2 6 9 16 5 0 1 4 4 11 5 2 1 2 5 5 -7 8
13 Toronto 10 1 2 7 12 20 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 0 1 5 6 13 -8 5
14 Chicago Fire 10 1 2 7 7 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 4 0 0 4 1 8 -10 5

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.