Chicago Fire fights Atlanta United in Major League Soccer battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 21.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Soldier Field

Only a few games have been played in the Major League Soccer so far, with Chicago Fire placed 7th and Atlanta United sitting in the 1st position.

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.

Chicago Fire's stadium, Soldier Field, has a grass surface. Atlanta United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Atlanta United when playing on grass; 15 wins, 2 draws and 15 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 48 goals in these games and conceded 55.

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.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

The home team returns to Soldier Field after being equal after 90 minutes with New England (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Seattle Sounders (1-2).

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Atlanta United form and stats

Playing away, Atlanta United have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

The supporters enjoyed Atlanta United's previous game versus Cincinnati (placed 11th), a Major League Soccer 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Nashville SC.

It's early days yet, but Atlanta United has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Chicago Fire, zero draws and four wins for Atlanta United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Atlanta UnitedE. Barco
E. Barco
2 goals
Atlanta UnitedE. Hyndman
E. Hyndman
2 goals
Chicago FireJ. Bornstein
J. Bornstein
1 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chicago Fire Atlanta United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 2 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3
5.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
25 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 6 16
7 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 2 6
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 67%
Chicago Fire Last season Atlanta United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 37
10 8   Won W   6 20
12 7   Drew D   1 4
12 2   Lost L   10 13
55 37   Scored S   22 62
47 18   Conceded C   29 45
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 51%
41% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 27%
26% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 16%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   47% 49%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 43%
24% 6%   Failed to Score F T   18% 8%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.7
4.6 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.3
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
473 251   Total Shots T S   241 560
159 95   Shots on Target S O   74 196
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Montreal Impact 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
3 New York RB 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Toronto 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Columbus Crew 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 DC United 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Chicago Fire 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
8 New England 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 Orlando City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
10 Philadelphia Union 2 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 1
11 Cincinnati 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0
12 Inter Miami 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
13 New York City 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 York City 34 18 10 6 63 42 17 11 5 1 34 16 17 7 5 5 29 26 21 64
2 Atlanta United 34 18 4 12 58 43 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 6 1 10 22 29 15 58
3 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 17 10 4 3 36 19 17 6 3 8 22 31 8 55
4 Toronto 34 13 11 10 57 52 17 9 4 4 34 26 17 4 7 6 23 26 5 50
5 DC United 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 16 4 50
6 New York RB 34 14 6 14 53 51 17 9 3 5 29 18 17 5 3 9 24 33 2 48
7 New England 34 11 12 11 50 57 17 8 4 5 23 19 17 3 8 6 27 38 -7 45
8 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 17 8 7 2 37 18 17 2 5 10 18 29 8 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 17 8 3 6 23 22 17 4 2 11 24 38 -13 41
10 Columbus Crew 34 10 8 16 39 47 17 6 5 6 21 22 17 4 3 10 18 25 -8 38
11 Orlando City 34 9 10 15 44 52 17 6 3 8 26 29 17 3 7 7 18 23 -8 37
12 Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 17 3 3 11 15 36 17 3 3 11 16 39 -44 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Montreal Impact 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
3 New York RB 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Toronto 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Columbus Crew 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 DC United 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Chicago Fire 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
8 New England 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 Orlando City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
10 Philadelphia Union 2 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 1
11 Cincinnati 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0
12 Inter Miami 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
13 New York City 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0

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