Chicago Fire FC vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Chicago Fire FC vs Atlanta United FC — MLS at Soldier Field.
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Atlanta United FC 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Guido Gonzalez
- Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
- Assistant 1 Ryan Graves (USA)
- Assistant 2 Gerard Lebuis (Canada)
6 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 2.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W 21 Mar Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W 15 Mar D.C. United SC H 1–2 L 08 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 0–0 D 28 Feb Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L 04 Apr Columbus Crew SC H 1–3 L 21 Mar D.C. United SC H 0–0 D 14 Mar Philadelphia Union H 3–1 W 08 Mar Real Salt Lake H 2–3 L 01 Mar San Jose Earthquakes A 0–2 L Season Stats
Chicago Fire FC Atlanta United FC #3 Position #14 26 Points 11 14 Played 14 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 27 Scored 14 16 Conceded 23 +11 GD -9 1.86 PPG 0.79 57% Win % 21% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season14% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this seasonChicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Chicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededAtlanta United FC0-15–/216-30–/231-451/146-602/261-751/476+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Chicago Fire FC to score. At the same time, Atlanta United FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 3' Atlanta United FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 8' The referee calls foul for Philip Zinckernagel. He receives a card.
- 13' Chicago Fire FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Maren Haile-Selassie on 13.
- 18' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 23' Atlanta United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 23.
- 28' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maren Haile-Selassie scoring 1 goals.
- 33' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Tomas Jacob has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 38' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Steven Alzate suffering a number of foals already.
- 43' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 48' It’s gonna be a card for Leonardo Barroso.
- 53' The travelling Atlanta United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
- 63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Emmanuel Latte Lath, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 66' Time for substitution for Atlanta United FC. Cooper Wyatt Sanchez is replaced by Steven Alzate.
- 68' Jonathan Dean is replacing Leonardo Barroso for the Chicago Fire FC side.
- 73' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 78' Another change for Atlanta United FC made on 78 minute. Emmanuel Latte Lath leaves to be changed by Cayman Togashi.
- 83' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 253 games and scored 373 goals.
- 88' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 89' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Jonathan Bamba by Puso Dithejane on 89 minute.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
Chicago Fire FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Jonathan Bamba ↓ Puso Dithejane 89'
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- 7
- 15
- 11
- 1
- 2
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42
Dje Davilla ↓ Mauricio Pineda 68'
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Bench
- 44
- 16
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Mauricio Pineda ↑ 68'
- 35
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Jonathan Dean ↑ 68'
- 29
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Jason Shokalook ↑ 89'
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Puso Dithejane ↑ 89'
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Coach Gregg BerhalterAtlanta United FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Matias Galarza ↓ Ajani Fortune 89'
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Elias Baez ↓ Pedro Amador 78'
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Saba Lobzhanidze ↓ Luke Brennan 78'
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Bench
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Steven Alzate ↑ 66'
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Cayman Togashi ↑ 78'
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Pedro Amador ↑ 78'
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Ajani Fortune ↑ 89'
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Luke Brennan ↑ 78'
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Coach Gerardo Martino -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Maren Haile-Selassie 3 Ronaldo Cisneros 3 Josef Martinez 3 Giorgos Giakoumakis 3 Johan Kappelhof 2 Ignacio Aliseda 2 Jamal Thiare 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Head to Head
Chicago Fire FC Form
Atlanta United FC Form
2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2026-04-04 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-03-21 Atlanta United FC 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2026-03-14 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Philadelphia Union W 2026-03-08 Atlanta United FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake L 2026-03-01 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Atlanta United FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.73 Chicago Fire FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.64 Atlanta United FC xGI would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Chicago Fire FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.37Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Chicago Fire FC or Draw 86%Draw or Atlanta United FC 38%Chicago Fire FC or Atlanta United FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Chicago Fire FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual2 – 0 13.6%0 – 0 11.4%1 – 1 11.1%2 – 1 8.7%3 – 0 7.7%3 – 1 5.1%0 – 1 5%4 – 0 3.3%1 – 2 3.2%2 – 2 2.8%4 – 1 2.3%Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC
Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Atlanta United FC covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 20% 64% -1.5 36% — 64% -1 36% 26% 38% -0.5 62% — 38% +0.5 88% — 12% +1 88% 9% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 53% ✓Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.