This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Minnesota United at Allianz Field when the Leagues Cup tournament arrives in town and Chicago Fire with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Leagues Cup. That game was an away game at Puebla, so at least Minnesota United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Minnesota United form and stats
2 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Minnesota United have to build on here at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer.
Minnesota are returning here after visiting Puebla in a Leagues Cup fixture and winning with a 4-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Los Angeles FC that ended 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Minnesota United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
The Minnesota United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Toronto. Przybyłko came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Toronto last time out, making the manager Klopas feel like a tactical genius. Navarro was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.4. The defender Navarro served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 12 duels.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Montreal Impact in the Major League Soccer.We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 10 defeats.
Chicago have another game away from home in just four days, a Leagues Cup game against Puebla. A hard schedule for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings with these sides: Minnesota United won three, Chicago Fire were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Hlongwane 6 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |  E. Reynoso 4 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Minnesota United | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| 13.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minnesota United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Puebla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Austin | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Dallas | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
