Chicago Fire will plan to operate their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The home team are currently 3 points behind LA Galaxy.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have scored in all their away matches so far.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Soldier Field.
Przybylko was the last player to score a league goal for Chicago Fire and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Chicago Fire haven't scored in 188 minutes.
No payout for Chicago in their previous match, an away game at Orlando City that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that, Chicago Fire drew at home versus Dallas.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago Fire handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and one defeat.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Union Omaha are coming to town in two days.
Defensively Chicago Fire have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LA Galaxy form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Major League Soccer away games so far for LA Galaxy with six points collected from three matches.
Hernández and Coulibaly scored in Galaxy's previous match, the home game against Los Angeles FC that ended 2-1. Goalkeeper Bond was absolutely vital in the LA Galaxy victory against Los Angeles FC, making six saves. Midfielder Grandsir was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Grandsir hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Portland Timbers with the score of 3-1.LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and ten defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
After this away game LA Galaxy return home for a US Open Cup game against San Diego Loyal. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Galaxy have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Chicago Fire victories, three draws and seven LA Galaxy wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 5 goals |   K. Przybyłko 2 goals |  J. Bornstein 1 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Chicago Fire | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 4 | 1.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 3.7 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 15 | 14.5 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 46% | 43% |
| 11.5 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
- Chicago Fire have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chicago Fire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- LA Galaxy have created more than twice as many corners as Chicago Fire.
- LA Galaxy have scored in all their away matches so far.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | New York RB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Toronto | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | DC United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | New York City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | New England | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
