Chicago Fire FC vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Atlanta United FC

Sun 27 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45+4'

Y 85' Mo Adams

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs Atlanta United FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
Atlanta United FC 34 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Eric Weisbrod
Referee Hilario Grajeda
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Atlanta United FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-27 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC 2019-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 5–1 Atlanta United FC 2019-06-01 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-10-21 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2018-05-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W
23 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	4–0	W
19 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	1–4	L
12 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
06 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
23 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W
19 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–2	L
13 Sep	Nashville SC	A	2–4	L
10 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
06 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Atlanta United FC
#4	Position	#13
55	Points	33
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	9 / 6 / 19
64	Scored	43
54	Conceded	60
+10	GD	-17
1.62	PPG	0.97
47%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). Atlanta United FC are 13th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Atlanta United FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

5/6

31-45

4/7

46-60

5/12

61-75

6/8

76+

7/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Soldier Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC.
5' Brandt Bronico is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
7' Chicago Fire FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Fabian Herbers on 7.
12' Brooks Lennon has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 300 appearances.
17' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past Atlanta United FC's compact .
22' Emerson Hyndman is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Atlanta United FC so far.
27' Chicago Fire FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
32' Atlanta United FC have won 454 goals from 303 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
39' Robert Beric adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Atlanta United FC that had 303 games and scored 454 goals.
49' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
54' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
59' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
64' It looks like no one’s ball. Atlanta United FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
65' It is a substitution in Atlanta United FC team. Adam Jahn is replaced by Tyler Wolff on 65 minute.
67' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 67 minute. Robert Beric leaves to be changed by C.J. Sapong.
72' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
73' A tactical swap from Atlanta United FC — Mo Adams on, Jeff Larentowicz off on 73 minutes.
78' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andre Reynolds II made 295 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
79' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Djordje Mihailovic by Elliot Collier on 79 minute.
80' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Miguel Navarro on, Ignacio Aliseda off on 80 minutes.
82' Atlanta United FC make a change. Jake Mulraney trudges off to be replaced by Manuel Castro on 82 minutes.
85' The referee calls foul for Mo Adams. He receives a Yellow card.
90' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Fabian Herbers by Brandt Bronico on 90 minute.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ C.J. Sapong 67'
10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Andre Reynolds II 90'
5
Francisco Calvo C
14
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Elliot Collier 79'
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda ↓ Miguel Navarro 79'
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Brandt Bronico 90'
22
Mauricio Pineda

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Stephen Glass

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
C.J. Sapong	2
Ezequiel Barco	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-09-27 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2020-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Houston Dynamo W 2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D

Atlanta United FC Form

2020-09-27 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC L 2020-09-23 Atlanta United FC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2020-09-19 Atlanta United FC 1–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2020-09-13 Nashville SC 4–2 Atlanta United FC L 2020-09-10 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Atlanta United FC L 2020-09-06 Orlando City SC 1–1 Atlanta United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.29 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.14 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC59% Draw22% Atlanta United FC19%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

41%

Chicago Fire FC or Atlanta United FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC45% Draw39% Atlanta United FC16%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.4%

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.1%

1 – 0

3 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 2

4.7%

0 – 0

4.6%

4 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

4.1%

4 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	22%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.