Sunday , 15 November 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Atlanta United FC
Sun 12 Apr 2026 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field 17,764 HT 45' · FT 45'
Maren Haile-Selassie 13' 1–0
Y 3' Tomas Jacob
Philip Zinckernagel 8' Y
Leonardo Barroso 48' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
  • Assistant 1 Ryan Graves (USA)
  • Assistant 2 Gerard Lebuis (Canada)
8 games this season 🟨 1.9/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

6
4
7
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Atlanta United FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC 2025-07-16 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2025-05-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Atlanta United FC 2024-04-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Atlanta United FC 2024-03-31 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Atlanta United FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#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' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC.
  • 3' Tomas Jacob catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 3.
  • 8' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Philip Zinckernagel.
  • 13' GOAL! Maren Haile-Selassie scores on 13. Assisted by Jonathan Bamba
  • 18' Anton Saletros has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 6 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 23' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 28' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 33' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 38' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 43' Chicago Fire FC have won 415 goals from 291 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 48' Leonardo Barroso has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 48.
  • 53' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gerardo Martino will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 58' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 63' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 66' The Atlanta United FC manager makes a substitution. Cooper Wyatt Sanchez departs to be replaced by Steven Alzate.
  • 68' Jonathan Dean gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Leonardo Barroso and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 73' 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 Miguel Almiron suffering a number of foals already.
  • 78' Atlanta United FC ring the changes. Emmanuel Latte Lath has done his job and it is now time for Cayman Togashi to step up.
  • 83' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 88' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Atlanta United FC that had 299 games and scored 448 goals.
  • 89' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Bamba is replaced by Puso Dithejane.
  • Full Time. Chicago Fire FC beats Atlanta United FC

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

Atlanta United FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Josef Martinez 3
Giorgos Giakoumakis 3
Maren Haile-Selassie 3
Ronaldo Cisneros 3
Philip Zinckernagel 2
Jamal Thiare 2
Johan Kappelhof 2
Ignacio Aliseda 2

Head to Head

2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC 2025-07-16 Atlanta United FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2025-05-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Atlanta United FC 2024-04-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Atlanta United FC 2024-03-31 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC W 2026-03-21 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-03-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-02-28 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W

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 accuracy
2 / 4
1.8 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.9 Atlanta United FC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC59% Draw24% Atlanta United FC17%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.7
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
83%
Draw or Atlanta United FC
41%
Chicago Fire FC or Atlanta United FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC40% Draw45% Atlanta United FC15%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
10.6%
2 – 1
9.4%
0 – 0
8.6%
3 – 0
6.2%
3 – 1
5.7%
0 – 1
5.1%
1 – 2
4.7%
2 – 2
4.3%
4 – 0
2.8%
0 – 2
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 24% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 11% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
41% ✗
Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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