Chicago Fire come from a 1-2 scoreline against Charlotte in their previous fixture, a fixture to keep in mind. The next task is this powerful Atlanta United team.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer
This football pitch uses grass, unlike Atlanta United's home stadium. The previous 23 games by the visitors on grass have generated 4 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses.
It's quite the trip for Atlanta United when visiting Chicago Fire as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chicago Fire form and stats
2 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Chicago Fire have to build on here at Soldier Field in the Major League Soccer.
In their previous game, the manager Hendrickson led his Chicago Fire to a defeat away at Charlotte. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Soldier Field. Midfield player Shaqiri got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Shaqiri hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Saint Louis City.This is expected to be a close game, with Chicago Fire perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chicago Fire as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Chicago Fire has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 5.
Chicago are traveling soon after this match as the US Open Cup match at Austin awaits in four days.
Chicago Fire has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Atlanta United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlanta United so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Atlanta United have lost on their last two travels.
Atlanta had fun at their own home (Soldier Field) last time out, beating Colorado Rapids 4-0. Wolff, Giakoumakis, Araújo and Almada scored. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. As mentioned above, Atlanta United was the only team on the pitch versus Colorado Rapids in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Araújo got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Araújo scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
A loss against Charlotte was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlanta United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Atlanta United wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Observe that 9 of this club's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Atlanta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Atlanta United have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other previously this campaign: Atlanta United - Chicago 2-1. Last ten meetings with these participants: Chicago Fire won four, Atlanta United triumphed in five and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Almada 6 goals |  G. Giakoumakis 6 goals |   K. Kamara 4 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| Chicago Fire | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 25% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 17% | 14% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 17% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.3 | 13.7 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 48% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 43% | 42% |
| 12.6 | 11.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 10.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.7 |
- All of Atlanta United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atlanta United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atlanta United have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Chicago Fire have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | New England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 8 | DC United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | New York City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Orlando City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | New York RB | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Toronto | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
