Approaching the top teams is the task when these two mid-table teams do battle. Both are trying to improve their league status, Chicago Fire in 9th and Vancouver Whitecaps in 7th spot.
- Chicago Fire have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
6 - 8 - 14 with 33-49. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vancouver Whitecaps play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for Vancouver Whitecaps when visiting Chicago as the cities are 3500 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Chicago Fire are 5-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Chicago Fire faced defeat in their previous match, away at LA Galaxy (0-3). Brady had a busy but productive day in the LA Galaxy match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Chicago lost 1-3 at home to Orlando City.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 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for Chicago Fire after this match as they are travelling to DC United for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
The Chicago fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Chicago Fire have conceded 16 goals.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
There's been little loot from Vancouver Whitecaps's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Major League Soccer. Vancouver Whitecaps only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Vancouver play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Portland Timbers. Gauld, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.11. Gauld scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus SJ Earthquakes.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Vancouver Whitecaps in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Vancouver Whitecaps, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to New York City.
Vancouver are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Vancouver Whitecaps rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Chicago won three, Vancouver Whitecaps triumphed in five and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. White 9 goals |  R. Gauld 9 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Chicago Fire | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 32 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 41 |
| 37 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 19 | 35 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 90% | 92% |
| 68% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 90% | 83% |
| 60% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 58% |
| 28% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 16% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 56% | 62% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 71% |
| 28% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 24% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| 6 | 4.5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.8 | 14.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 41% | 49% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 33% |
| 14.2 | 12.7 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 12 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
- Chicago Fire have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps 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 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 54 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | New England | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 42 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -8 | 35 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | DC United | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | New York RB | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | New York City | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 15 | Toronto | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
