Major League Soccer: Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire FC – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Major League Soccer round 31 match between Atlanta United and Chicago Fire FC and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

When Chicago Fire FC come to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the Major League Soccer match on Sunday, Atlanta United will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

The Atlanta United go into the game in rank 14 in the Eastern Conference, while the Chicago Fire FC rank 4 in the Eastern Conference.

Form: Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire FC

Atlanta United Form

Atlanta United are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against FC Cincinnati by a 1-3 score, before winning 0-3 against CF Montreal. They were back on the losing side in a 1-3 defeat against Inter Miami CF. Atlanta United only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Major League Soccer. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded 14 goals.

Chicago Fire FC Form

Chicago Fire FC have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 2-1 win against New York City FC. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-3 against Philadelphia Union, before suffering another loss in a 1-0 match against New England Revolution. Chicago Fire FC managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Major League Soccer. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring 11 time and letting in eight.

Betting facts for Atlanta United and Chicago Fire FC

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Atlanta United and Chicago Fire FC played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire FC

It’s been a great season for Maren Haile-Selassie so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Chicago Fire FC want him to continue this productive spell against Atlanta Unitedon Sunday.

Betting markets: Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire FC

Full-time result

Atlanta United claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing six. Chicago Fire FC won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Chicago Fire FC have not lost to Atlanta United in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Atlanta United scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Chicago Fire FC scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Atlanta United played. Atlanta United probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Sunday, as Chicago Fire FC managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Atlanta United have scored in 8 consecutive home meetings with Chicago Fire FC.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Atlanta United, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Chicago Fire FC, who scored 1.5 times on average in these matches.