Wednesday , 30 September 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)
6 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 2.5 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

5
4
7
Chicago Fire FC 16 games · Avg 3.0 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
#5 Position #14
42 Points 27
26 Played 27
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 6 / 14
46 Scored 32
38 Conceded 45
+8 GD -13
1.62 PPG 1.00
46% Win % 26%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
7/2
16-30
7/5
31-45
3/8
46-60
4/6
61-75
8/–
76+
3/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Atlanta United FC
0-15
2/4
16-30
3/5
31-45
2/5
46-60
3/6
61-75
4/7
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie 8 G 3 A
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A
Atlanta United FC
Aleksei Miranchuk 6 G 6 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Chicago Fire FC welcome Atlanta United FC for this crunch clash at Soldier Field.
  • 3' The referee has no hesitation. Tomas Jacob is booked for Atlanta United FC — card on 3.
  • 8' Poor challenge from Philip Zinckernagel. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 13' GOAL! Maren Haile-Selassie fires home to make it 1-0!
  • 18' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gregg Berhalter will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 23' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Atlanta United FC's 4-3-3 shape.
  • 28' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 33' The travelling Atlanta United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Atlanta United FC that had 295 games and scored 440 goals.
  • 43' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 48' Leonardo Barroso catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 48.
  • 53' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 58' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Andrew Gutman has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 63' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 66' It is a substitution in Atlanta United FC team. Cooper Wyatt Sanchez is replaced by Steven Alzate on 66 minute.
  • 68' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Leonardo Barroso is replaced by Jonathan Dean on 68 minute.
  • 73' 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.
  • 78' Emmanuel Latte Lath makes way for Cayman Togashi at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Atlanta United FC.
  • 83' Pedro Amador has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 434 appearances.
  • 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Miguel Almiron made 295 appearances and scored 64 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 89' The whistle greets Jonathan Bamba as he departs to be replaced by Puso Dithejane.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Chicago Fire FC take all three points.

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
Giorgos Giakoumakis 3
Maren Haile-Selassie 3
Ronaldo Cisneros 3
Josef Martinez 3
Johan Kappelhof 2
Ignacio Aliseda 2
Jamal Thiare 2
C.J. Sapong 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
3 / 4
1.68 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Atlanta United FC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC58% Draw25% Atlanta United FC17%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.5
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
83%
Draw or Atlanta United FC
42%
Chicago Fire FC or Atlanta United FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC39% Draw47% Atlanta United FC14%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 0
11.2%
0 – 0
10.2%
2 – 1
9.2%
3 – 0
6.1%
0 – 1
5.8%
3 – 1
5.2%
1 – 2
4.5%
2 – 2
3.8%
0 – 2
2.7%
4 – 0
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 18% 69%
-1.5 31% — 69%
-1 31% 25% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 11% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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