13th- against 5th place might not feel all that steamy. Fear not: We have the details that makes Chicago Fire - Cincinnati (even) more entertaining!
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (7) in Major League Soccer
Cincinnati could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a US Open Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game, against New England, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cincinnati.
Chicago Fire form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Chicago Fire so far this season. Chicago has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Hendrickson and the players.
In their previous game, the manager Hendrickson led his Chicago Fire to a defeat away at Atlanta United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Soldier Field. Midfielder Navarro was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.13 (out of ten) in that game. Navarro dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 52 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to New York RB (1-2).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 Chicago have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn five and lost one.
Chicago Fire are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at New York RB awaits in four days.
Chicago Fire aren't scoring a lot here at Soldier Field in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. From these home matches, Chicago have conceded only 3 goals.
Cincinnati form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Cincinnati love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Cincinnati have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Roman Celentano. It's been 205 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.
Two away games in a row for Cincinnati, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 against New England in the US Open Cup.
Prior to that result Cincinnati won their away game at Minnesota United in the Major League Soccer. The scoreline was 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Cincinnati have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, two draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Cincinnati when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Cincinnati have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Chicago Fire-Cincinnati H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Chicago Fire two wins, Cincinnati two wins, four draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Vázquez Toledo 6 goals |  L. Acosta 4 goals |   K. Przybyłko 2 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Chicago Fire | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 9.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.8 | 13.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 26% |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.7 | 14.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (7) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | New York RB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | DC United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | New England | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toronto | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
