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Atlanta United 2-1 Chicago Fire - October 21, 2018 / MLS 2018

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MLS 2018 - Round 34 - Eastern Conference

Mercedes-Benz Stadium - Atlanta - United States

October 21, 2018 - 15:00

71 812

Atlanta United

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Assist by Josef MartínezFranco Escobar

(o.g) Johan Kappelhof

26'

24'

Michael de LeeuwAssist by Djordje Mihailovic

logo Atlanta United AU

9' - Goal Franco Escobar9

24' - Goal Michael de Leeuw

26' - Own goal Johan Kappelhof26

logo Atlanta United AU

64' - Substitution Michael de Leeuwis substituted by Raheem Edwards

67' - Substitution Andrew Carletonis substituted by Jeff Larentowicz67

72' - Yellow card Johan Kappelhof

73' - Substitution Diego Camposis substituted by Matt Polster photo Yura Movsisyan

73' - Substitution Djordje Mihailovicis substituted by Yura Movsisyan

81' - Yellow card Eric Remedi81

86' - Substitution Ezequiel Barcois substituted by Kevin Kratz86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Atlanta United

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Atlanta United Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Atlanta United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Martínez

Josef Martínez

Venezuela

B.date19/05/1993

Age25 years

H1m72

positionStriker

8Barco86

Ezequiel Barco

Argentina

B.date29/03/1999

Age19 years

H1m67

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

30Carleton67

Andrew Carleton

United States

B.date22/06/2000

Age18 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

24Gressel

Julian Gressel

United States

B.date16/12/1993

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Nagbe

Darlington Nagbe

United States

B.date19/07/1990

Age28 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

11Remedi81

Eric Remedi

Argentina

B.date04/06/1995

Age23 years

H1m69

positionLeft central midfielder

16McCann

Chris McCann

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/07/1987

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

5González Pirez

Leandro González Pirez

Argentina

B.date26/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

3Parkhurst

Michael Parkhurst

United States

B.date24/01/1984

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2Escobar9

Franco Escobar

Argentina

B.date21/02/1995

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Guzan

Brad Guzan

United States

B.date09/09/1984

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Guzan		34	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Michael Parkhurst		34	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Leandro González Pirez		26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Franco Escobar	9	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Eric Remedi	81	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Chris McCann		31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Darlington Nagbe		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ezequiel Barco	86	19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Julian Gressel		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Andrew Carleton	67	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Josef Martínez		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chicago Fire

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Nikolics

Nemanja Nikolics

Hungary

B.date31/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

10Katai

Aleksandar Katai

Serbia

B.date06/02/1991

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Mihailovic73

Djordje Mihailovic

United States

B.date10/11/1998

Age19 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

8de Leeuw2464

Michael de Leeuw

Netherlands

B.date07/10/1986

Age32 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

13Bronico

Brandt Bronico

United States

B.date20/06/1995

Age23 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

6McCarty

Dax McCarty

United States

B.date30/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Vincent

Brandon Vincent

United States

B.date01/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

31Schweinsteiger

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Germany

B.date01/08/1984

Age34 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

4Kappelhof2672

Johan Kappelhof

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1990

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

17Campos73

Diego Campos

Costa Rica

B.date01/10/1995

Age23 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

32McLain

Patrick McLain

United States

B.date22/08/1988

Age30 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Patrick McLain		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Johan Kappelhof	2672	28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brandon Vincent		24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Bastian Schweinsteiger		34	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Dax McCarty		31	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Michael de Leeuw	2464	32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Djordje Mihailovic	73	19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Diego Campos	73	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Aleksandar Katai		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Brandt Bronico		23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Nemanja Nikolics		30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Alec Kann		28
12	D	Miles Robinson		21
21	D	George Bello		16
4	D	Gregory Garza		27
18	M	Jeff Larentowicz	67	35	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Kevin Kratz	86	31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Lagos Kunga		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Stefan Cleveland		24
16	D	Jonathan Campbell		25
2	D	Matt Polster	73	25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Raheem Edwards	64	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Jorge Luis Corrales		27
5	F	Yura Movsisyan	73	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Alan Gordon		37

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Carleton

Héctor Villalba

OUT

Ezequiel Barco

Miguel Almirón

OUT

Franco Escobar

Jeff Larentowicz

OUT

Chris McCann

George Bello

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Diego Campos

Jorge Luis Corrales

OUT

Patrick McLain

Stefan Cleveland

OUT

Michael de Leeuw

Raheem Edwards

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gerardo Martino

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Martino vs Chicago Fire

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 2018

Martino vs Paunovic

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

112

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Paunovic vs Atlanta United

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 2018

Paunovic vs Martino

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 21, 2018

Referee

Drew Fischer

7 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Atlanta United9 matches	General total	Chicago Fire10 matches	2 victories	4 draws	4 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Atlanta United3 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 08, 2023					Latest figure on August 31, 2019

4th official

José Carlos Rivero

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Atlanta United4 matches	General total	Chicago Fire4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Atlanta United2 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 21, 2018					Latest figure on October 21, 2018

Video referee

Allen Chapman

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Atlanta United2 matches	General total	Chicago Fire3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Atlanta United1 match	Season total	Chicago Fire1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 03, 2019					Latest figure on July 14, 2020

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Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 29/09/2018).

Chicago Fire keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 26/09/2018). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 30/06/2018-18/08/2018 time period (11 matches).

Chicago Fire keeps its 3 consecutive losses away from home running (since 26/09/2018).

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

	1	Atlanta United	69 pts	33 rd
	2	New York Red Bulls	68 pts	33 rd
	3	New York City FC	53 pts	33 rd
	4	Philadelphia Union	50 pts	33 rd
+1	5	D.C. United	50 pts	33 rd

General ranking

7	Impact de Montréal	46 pts	33 rd
8	New England Revolution	38 pts	33 rd
9	Toronto FC	33 pts	33 rd
10	Chicago Fire	31 pts	33 rd
11	Orlando City	28 pts	33 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAtlanta United 1-1 Seattle Sounders15/07/2018

VAtlanta United 3-1 D.C. United21/07/2018

DAtlanta United 2-2 Toronto FC04/08/2018

VAtlanta United 3-1 Columbus Crew19/08/2018

VAtlanta United 2-0 Real Salt Lake22/09/2018

VAtlanta United 2-1 New England Revolution06/10/2018

Overall

LD.C. United 3-1 Atlanta United02/09/2018

VColorado Rapids 0-3 Atlanta United15/09/2018

VSan Jose Earthquakes 3-4 Atlanta United19/09/2018

VAtlanta United 2-0 Real Salt Lake22/09/2018

LNew York Red Bulls 2-0 Atlanta United30/09/2018

VAtlanta United 2-1 New England Revolution06/10/2018

Current form

Away

LReal Salt Lake 2-1 Chicago Fire04/08/2018

LPhiladelphia Union 3-0 Chicago Fire08/08/2018

LCF Montréal 2-1 Chicago Fire18/08/2018

DNew England Revolution 2-2 Chicago Fire22/09/2018

LNew York City FC 2-0 Chicago Fire26/09/2018

LD.C. United 2-1 Chicago Fire07/10/2018

Overall

DChicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew23/08/2018

VChicago Fire 4-0 Orlando City16/09/2018

DNew England Revolution 2-2 Chicago Fire22/09/2018

LNew York City FC 2-0 Chicago Fire26/09/2018

VChicago Fire 3-1 Los Angeles FC29/09/2018

LD.C. United 2-1 Chicago Fire07/10/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	8	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	10	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	10	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	10
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
580	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	890
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	8
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
6	Losses (Competition total)	17
2	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

67	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
40	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	59
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	34
2.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.19
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.84
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.13

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	24
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	14
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	24
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
3-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

58	Yellow cards (Competition total)	58
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Josef Martínez	30 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Nemanja Nikolics
Josef Martínez	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Aleksandar Katai
Josef Martínez	7 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Nemanja Nikolics
Josef Martínez	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Nemanja Nikolics
Julian Gressel	12 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Bastian Schweinsteiger
Miguel Almirón	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Kevin Ellis
Josef Martínez	30 goals, 4 assists during the last 31 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	Aleksandar Katai

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 18, 2017
Home	4 - 0	March 18, 2017

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 10, 2017
Away	1 - 0	June 20, 2018

Latest head to head

June 20, 2018 - US Open Cup 2018

Atlanta United

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 05, 2018 - MLS 2018

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

Atlanta United logo Atlanta United

June 10, 2017 - MLS 2017

Chicago Fire

2 - 0

Atlanta United logo Atlanta United

March 18, 2017 - MLS 2017

Atlanta United

4 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Josef Martínez	3 goals	2017 - 2018
Héctor Villalba	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Ezequiel Barco	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/03/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Atlanta United

Nemanja Nikolics	2 goals	2017 - 2018
Luis Solignac	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Kevin Ellis	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/03/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Leandro González Pirez	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Héctor Villalba	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Miguel Almirón	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Julian Gressel	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Michael Parkhurst	3 matches	2017 - 2018
Gregory Garza	3 matches	2017 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/03/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Atlanta United

Johan Kappelhof	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Jonathan Campbell	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Nemanja Nikolics	4 matches	2017 - 2018
Luis Solignac	3 matches	2017 - 2018
Brandon Vincent	3 matches	2017 - 2018
Bastian Schweinsteiger	3 matches	2017 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/03/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeff Larentowicz

67 matches

103 matches

2013 - 2018

Alec Kann

23 matches

1 match

2015 - 2018

Kyle Reynish

2 matches

1 match

2014 - 2017

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeff Larentowicz

67 matches

103 matches

2013 - 2018

Kyle Reynish

2 matches

1 match

2014 - 2017

Alec Kann

23 matches

1 match

2015 - 2018

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Atlanta United	69	33	21	6	6	69	40	+29
2	New York Red Bulls	68	33	21	5	7	61	33	+28
3	New York City FC	53	33	15	8	10	56	44	+12
4	Philadelphia Union	50	33	15	5	13	48	47	+1
+15	D.C. United	50	33	14	8	11	60	50	+10
-16	Columbus Crew	48	33	13	9	11	40	43	-3
7	Impact de Montréal	46	33	14	4	15	47	52	-5
8	New England Revolution	38	33	9	11	13	48	55	-7
9	Toronto FC	33	33	9	6	18	55	63	-8
10	Chicago Fire	31	33	8	7	18	48	61	-13
11	Orlando City	28	33	8	4	21	43	73	-30

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Atlanta United 2-1 Chicago Fire - October 21, 2018 / MLS 2018

Atlanta United

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Martino vs Chicago Fire

Martino vs Paunovic

Manager

Paunovic vs Atlanta United

Paunovic vs Martino

Referee

4th official

Video referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Atlanta United

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Atlanta United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking