Most would pick Chicago Fire in this game versus Charlotte, but the visitors will fight to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!
- Charlotte have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chicago Fire and Charlotte.
Chicago Fire form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Chicago Fire have managed 6 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.
Chicago won their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at a neutral venue that ended 4-1 versus Inter Miami. Midfield player Giménez got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Giménez served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting New York RB and winning 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago Fire handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be considered that a peek at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Chicago Fire have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Soldier Field with 26 goals in 16 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.
Charlotte form and stats
There's been little loot from Charlotte's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Major League Soccer. Charlotte only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Charlotte seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The last game for Charlotte was played on neutral ground, the Major League Soccer match against Toronto that ended with a 3-0 victory. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. Midfielder Świderski was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.1. Świderski scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New England wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.We have checked recent matches where Charlotte have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Charlotte have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Charlotte have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The latest past match involving both these squads is the Charlotte - Chicago Fire 2-1 played earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the prior three meetings): Chicago won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Charlotte have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero. Przybylko likes to meet Charlotte and have scored 3 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Świderski 11 goals |   M. Haile-Selassie 6 goals |  X. Shaqiri 5 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Charlotte missing players
| Chicago Fire | Charlotte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 39 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 48 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 50 |
| 91% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 66% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 81% |
| 59% | 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 67% | 65% |
| 31% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 16% | 19% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 28% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 16% |
| 31% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 41% | 40% |
| 14.2 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.5 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
- Charlotte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlotte have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte have the most points from losing position (7) in Major League Soccer
- Charlotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 65 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 20 | 53 |
| 5 | New England | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 52 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 45 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -9 | 40 |
| 9 | New York City | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | CF Montréal | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -18 | 38 |
| 11 | DC United | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -6 | 37 |
| 12 | New York RB | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Toronto | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -28 | 22 |
