Chicago Fire will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a victory from this back-breaking dispute, versus lively New England.
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Major League Soccer
This arena has grass, which is not New England's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass New England have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 6 wins, 5 draws and 14 defeats with the goal production 31-46 (scored/conceded).
New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are hectic days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Columbus Crew, so at least Chicago are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Chicago Fire form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Chicago Fire have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. The Chicago Fire manager Klopas might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Pineda was the last player to score a league goal for Chicago Fire and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Chicago haven't scored in 493 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Klopas led his Chicago Fire to a defeat away at Columbus Crew. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire lost the game against Columbus Crew in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that. Defender Teran got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.12/10. Teran won 2 of 2 duels.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Montreal Impact the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Chicago Fire perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chicago Fire as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Chicago Fire has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 7.
It should be added that a peek at the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Chicago has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded. When Chicago Fire hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Inter Miami, Toronto, Charlotte and New York RB), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
New England form and stats
New England have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-5-6 (14 played).
Two away games in a row for England, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Colorado Rapids. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Midfield player Gil was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Gil hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total).
A 1-1 draw at Minnesota United's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for New England, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note that 13 of this club's 17 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visiting New England have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. As for defending, New England rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chicago have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (0-4-0) when facing New England.The participants have played each other previously this season, with the result New England - Chicago Fire 3-3 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 8 goals |  B. Wood 7 goals |  G. Vrioni 6 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
New England missing players
| Chicago Fire | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 32 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 47 |
| 45 | 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 34 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 66% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 82% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 64% |
| 28% | 29% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 48% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 61% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 29% |
| 34% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.9 | 12.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 45% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | 37% |
| 14.2 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 17.1 | 14.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- New England have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 59 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 50 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 48 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | New England | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 48 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 46 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -12 | 37 |
| 9 | DC United | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | New York City | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 33 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | New York RB | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 31 |
| 15 | Toronto | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 28 | -21 | 22 |
