Chicago Fire FC vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Atlanta United FC

Sun 4 Jul 2021 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Jonathan Bornstein 26' Y

Y 27' George Bello

Przemyslaw Frankowski 31' Y

Y 52' Tyler Wolff

Y 69' Anton Walkes

Overview

Match Preview

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)

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

2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC 2021-04-25 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	3–0	W
27 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	3–3	D
24 Jun	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
19 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
29 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–1	L
22 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–3	L
27 Jun	New York Red Bulls	H	0–0	D
23 Jun	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
20 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	2–2	D
29 May	Nashville SC	H	2–2	D
23 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L

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' KICK OFF: Chicago Fire FC gets underway.
5' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past Atlanta United FC's compact .
20' Atlanta United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Boris Sekulic is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Atlanta United FC.
26' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jonathan Bornstein.
27' Atlanta United FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 27.
31' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Przemyslaw Frankowski.
34' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ignacio Aliseda makes it 1-0.
39' Jackson Conway has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
44' Mauricio Pineda, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
49' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gabriel Heinze might look to freshen things up shortly.
51' A goal from the Argentina international Ignacio Aliseda! He fires home on 45 to make it 2-0!
52' Atlanta United FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
54' Another substitution for Atlanta United FC to replace Jake Mulraney by Marcelino Moreno on 54 minute.
56' Marcelino Moreno has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jake Mulraney on 56 minute.
58' Przemyslaw Frankowski is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
63' Mexico international Erick Torres has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
68' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
69' Anton Walkes is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
72' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Robert Beric is replaced by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor.
75' Another substitution for Atlanta United FC to replace Mo Adams by Mikey Ambrose on 75 minute.
80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
83' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Bornstein is replaced by Wyatt Omsberg.
85' Ronald Hernandez gets the nod from Atlanta United FC. He replaces George Bello and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Ignacio Aliseda trudges off to be replaced by Elliot Collier on 90 minutes.
The points are shared — Chicago Fire FC 3-0 Atlanta United FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 72'
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Luka Stojanovic 90'
21
Fabian Herbers
4
Johan Kappelhof
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda ↓ Elliot Collier 90'
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Wyatt Omsberg 83'
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↓ Brian Gutierrez 83'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Marcelino Moreno ↑ 56'
33
Mikey Ambrose ↑ 75'
–
Ronald Hernandez ↑ 85'
3
Alex De John
18
Ben Lundgaard
32
George Campbell
36
Jackson Conway ↑ 75'
30
Machop Chol ↑ 56'

Coach Gabriel Heinze

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ronaldo Cisneros	3
Josef Martinez	3
Giorgos Giakoumakis	3
Maren Haile-Selassie	3
Johan Kappelhof	2
Ignacio Aliseda	2
C.J. Sapong	2
Ezequiel Barco	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC W 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2021-05-22 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D

Atlanta United FC Form

2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC L 2021-06-27 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D 2021-06-23 New York City FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2021-06-20 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2021-05-29 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Nashville SC D 2021-05-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.17 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1 Atlanta United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Chicago Fire FC to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC60% Draw22% Atlanta United FC18%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Atlanta United FC

40%

Chicago Fire FC or Atlanta United FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC45% Draw40% Atlanta United FC15%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

0 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

4.8%

1 – 2

4.4%

4 – 1

3.8%

4 – 0

3.7%

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	19%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	22%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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