Another action-packed game as Chicago Fire host Orlando City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Soldier Field (61500 seats)

Top-drawer Orlando City land at Chicago Fire after their 1-3-result vs Inter Miami. Check out our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Chicago Fire is in the best form (5-0-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the most points (18) away in Major League Soccer

These teams have little in common geographically as Orlando City have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Chicago Fire have to build on here at Soldier Field in the Major League Soccer. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Chicago Fire, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Christopher Brady not having conceded a league goal in 285 minutes.

Chicago's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 against América (in Leagues Cup).

In the game before, 1-1 away to Puebla (after extra-time, 10-9 on penalties) (Leagues Cup). The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chicago Fire have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 6.

A decent goal production from Chicago in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Chicago Fire have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Orlando City form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Orlando City playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.

Two away matches in a row for Orlando City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup.

Earlier, the Leagues Cup victory away at Santos Laguna. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Orlando City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Orlando City, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Orlando are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Orlando City have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Orlando City have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Chicago Fire.

These opponents have met before this season: Orlando City - Chicago 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

Orlando CityD. McGuire
D. McGuire
8 goals
Orlando CityF. Torres Pérez
F. Torres Pérez
7 goals
Chicago FireK. Kamara
K. Kamara
5 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

Orlando City missing players

Chicago Fire Orlando City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
8 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
8 6 2 Drew D 2 3 7
7 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
31 19 6 Scored S 5 16 34
31 13 5 Conceded C 6 16 28
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
65% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 87%
57% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 57%
26% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 35%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 57%
30% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 30%
22% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 22%
 
3.6 3.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 5.1
5.8 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 4.4
2.6 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 9.8 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.3 12.5
3.1 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 4.5
44% 51% 86% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 33%
 
14.2 12.9 16 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.5 12.5
4.7 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Chicago Fire is in the best form (5-0-1) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orlando City have the most points (18) away in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the the best goal difference (+0) away in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 23 15 6 2 39 25 12 11 1 0 24 8 11 4 5 2 15 17 14 51
2 New England 23 12 7 4 42 28 12 9 3 0 29 10 11 3 4 4 13 18 14 43
3 Philadelphia Union 23 12 4 7 39 26 11 8 2 1 23 7 12 4 2 6 16 19 13 40
4 Nashville SC 24 11 5 8 31 22 12 8 2 2 21 8 12 3 3 6 10 14 9 38
5 Orlando City 23 10 7 6 34 28 12 5 4 3 18 12 11 5 3 3 16 16 6 37
6 Columbus Crew 23 10 6 7 45 33 12 8 3 1 30 12 11 2 3 6 15 21 12 36
7 Atlanta United 24 9 8 7 42 39 12 7 3 2 27 15 12 2 5 5 15 24 3 35
8 Chicago Fire 23 8 8 7 31 31 12 5 6 1 19 13 11 3 2 6 12 18 0 32
9 DC United 24 8 6 10 32 34 11 4 4 3 20 14 13 4 2 7 12 20 -2 30
10 Montreal Impact 23 9 2 12 22 32 11 8 0 3 17 5 12 1 2 9 5 27 -10 29
11 New York RB 23 6 8 9 22 26 12 5 4 3 16 13 11 1 4 6 6 13 -4 26
12 New York City 24 5 11 8 25 30 10 4 4 2 14 13 14 1 7 6 11 17 -5 26
13 Charlotte 23 6 8 9 30 40 11 3 5 3 15 17 12 3 3 6 15 23 -10 26
14 Toronto 24 3 10 11 18 33 12 3 6 3 11 11 12 0 4 8 7 22 -15 19
15 Inter Miami 22 5 3 14 22 36 11 4 2 5 15 15 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 18

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.