ATLANTA. Atlanta United and Chicago Fire didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Atlanta United was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium stadium in Atlanta on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Rivas with the help of Katie Nesbitt and Ben Pilgrim. The 4th official was Drew Fischer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Standings

After this encounter, Atlanta United will have 15 points like New York City to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Chicago Fire will have 10 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Atlanta United will play away against Cincinnati on the 20th of October with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Atlanta United (4 draws).

Chicago Fire will play away agasint New York City on the 20th of October with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of New York City (6 draws).

Atlanta United and Chicago Fire will play the return match on the at the Soldier Field

Atlanta United – Formation

Atlanta United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gonzalo Pineda Reyes decided to play with the following team: Quentin Westberg (7.1), Brooks Lennon (7.2), Miles Robinson (7.2), Juan Sánchez Purata (6.8), Andrew Gutman (7.2), Matheus Rossetto (6.4), Santiago Sosa (7.3), Luiz Araújo (6.8), Thiago Almada (7.1), Derrick Etienne Junior (6.6) and Giorgos Giakoumakis (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Luis Alfonso Abram Ugarelli, Caleb Wiley, Clément Diop Degoud, Tyler Wolff, Franco Ibarra, Machop Chol, Amar Sejdic, Miguel Berry and Ronald José Hernández Pimentel.

Substitutions

Atlanta United decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Best player: Santiago Sosa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlanta United was Santiago Sosa.

His rating is (7.3) with 56 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Chicago Fire – Formation

Also Chicago Fire adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ezra Hendrickson played with: Chris Brady (6.7), Arnaud Souquet (7.0), Carlos Teran (7.4), Rafael Czichos (6.4), Jonathan Dean (6.8), Fabian Herbers (6.2), Brian Gutierrez (6.8), Maren Haile-Selassie (6.8), Xherdan Shaqiri (6.2), Chris Mueller (7.0) and Kei Kamara (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Mauricio Pineda, Georgios Koutsias, Spencer Richey, Wyatt Omsberg, Miguel Ángel Navarro Zárate, Daniel Alonso Aceves Patiño, Federico Navarro, Gastón Claudio Giménez and Kacper Przybyłko.

Substitutions

Chicago Fire decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Best player: Kei Kamara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was Kei Kamara.

His rating is (7.4) with 18 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Atlanta United – Chicago Fire – 2-1
• Seattle Sounders – Minnesota United – 1-0
• LA Galaxy – Austin – 2-0
• Real Salt Lake – SJ Earthquakes – 3-1
• Colorado Rapids – Saint Louis City – 1-1
• Nashville SC – Los Angeles FC – 1-1
• Houston Dynamo – Inter Miami – 1-0