Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire
Major League Soccer
Date: Sunday, 21st October 2018
Kick-off at 20.00 UK/ 21.00 CET
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta.
Atlanta United
The uplifting news for Atlanta (20-6-6) was a prevail upon the Revs kept up a thin lead in the Supporters' Shield race. The terrible news is they lost compelling midfielder Miguel Almiron for the rest of the normal season with hamstring damage.
Sixteen-year-old Homegrown George Bello opened the scoring on 16 minutes and Julian Gressel attached a protection objective in the 52nd moment before Juan Agudelo got a restorative stoppage-time objective for the Revs.
"Some of the time with groups, the folks that are out there simply need to play more grounded as a group," Tata Martino said. "You saw it with the Red Bulls. They were missing two of their most essential players in (Tyler) Adams and (Bradley) Wright-Phillips. So we realize that if Miguel is out, the folks around him will need to advance up. Possibly they aren't as gifted as he seems to be, yet they should do it with a ton of diligent work and forfeit."
Suspended: None
Suspended after next alert: M - Jeff Larentowicz, D - Michael Parkhurst
Worldwide obligation: None
Damage Report: OUT: D - Sal Zizzo (right knee damage), D - Mikey Ambrose (right knee medical procedure), M - Miguel Almiron (left hamstring damage), Hector Villalba (leg)
Anticipated Starting XI
(3-4-1-2, appropriate to left)
GK: Brad Guzan — Franco Escobar, Michael Parkhurst, Leandro Gonzalez-Pirez — Julian Gressel, Eric Remedi, Jeff Larentowicz, Chris McCann — Darlington Nagbe — Ezequiel Barco, Josef Martinez
Chicago Fire
Chicago (8-17-7) put weight on D.C. Joined together, bouncing out to a lead before eventually surrendering at Audi Field on Oct. 7.
Raheem Edwards put the guests in front on 51 minutes before Wayne Rooney leveled 11 minutes after the fact and scored the victor from the punishment spot in the 81st moment. The Fire went to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and beat Atlanta in the U.S. Open Cup this year, however Veljko Paunovic knows Sunday's match is an alternate creature.
"We certainly know we need to beat a solid adversary and play as well as can be expected," he said. "We will approach indistinguishable this amusement from we did the last couple of diversions since we were out of the playoffs and we will be a decent adversary, intense."
Suspended: None
Suspended after next alert: D - Jorge Corrales, D - Johan Kappelhof, D - Bastian Schweinsteiger, M - Dax McCarty
Universal obligation: None
Damage Report: OUT: F - Luis Solignac (right adductor damage), D - Christian Dean (right hamstring damage); QUESTIONABLE: D - Matt Polster (MCL medical procedure), D - Matt Polster (MCL medical procedure),
Anticipated Starting XI
(4-2-3-1, ideal to left)
GK: Richard Sanchez — Jorge Corrales, Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Brandon Vincent — Dax McCarty, Brandt Bronico — Aleksandar Katai, Djordje Mihailovic, Raheem Edwards — Nemanja Nikolic
Keys To The Match
To Absent Friends: As I'm composing this on Thursday evening, Miguel Almiron and Greg Garza are on the damage report. This doesn't make Atlanta defenseless, in essence, however in case we will luck out and take an outcome, this is the week to do it. Missing Almiron specifically will be a tremendous blog to Atlanta's assault, and the Fire should discover some approach to benefit from that.
Buckle down Have Fun: Look, even with Atlanta's wounds, they're most likely as yet going to win. We have to center around good triumphs. The youts should play their hearts out and demonstrate they merit customary beginning minutes in 2019. Every other person is simply playing for pride as well as hate.
Atlanta United versus Chicago Fire no holds barred (h2h)
At the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta has scored four objectives altogether against Chicago Fire, while they have returned just a single back.
Atlanta United is on an eight-coordinate unbeaten streak at home.
Atlanta has scored 17 objectives in their last seven matches at home.
Chicago is on a ten-coordinate winless streak out and about, nine of them misfortunes.
Atlanta United versus Chicago Fire Betting Tips
Half Time/Full Time: Atlanta/Atlanta @ 1.73 (8/11).
Asian Handicap - 1,- 1.5 for Atlanta United @ 1.53 (6/11).