Struggling Chicago Fire are eager to pull off a surprise win when they greet hard-driving Nashville SC in the upcoming league game. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home supporters will have moderate confidence.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
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 complete Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Chicago Fire are 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Chicago are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Chicago Fire fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Soldier Field: A 2-3 defeat against New England (placed 1st). Heartbreak for Chicago in their last match as New England's C. Gil scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Gastón Giménez was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.45 (out of ten) in that game. Giménez scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 57 total).
Heartbreak before that as Chicago lost 0-2 at Montreal Impact's place.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chicago Fire, as the Major League Soccer home game vs New York City is only three days away.
The Chicago fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Chicago have conceded 18 goals.
Nashville SC form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Nashville SC, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 3-5-3 so far.
Two travels in a row for Nashville, whose manager B. Jacobs could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Inter Miami. As you can tell from the results above, Nashville was very dominant against Inter Miami, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Hany Mukhtar (2), Alistair Johnston, Randall Leal and Walker Zimmerman providing the goals. Midfield player Hany Mukhtar was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.1/10. Mukhtar scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Toronto before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Orlando City in just three days.
Nashville SC have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Nashville as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Nashville SC - Chicago Fire 5-1 was the result in these sides' last H2H game, played this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Chicago Fire victories, one draw and one Nashville SC win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 12 goals |  C. Sapong 10 goals |   L. Stojanović 7 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Nashville SC missing players
| Chicago Fire | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 44 |
| 43 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 96% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 84% |
| 69% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 72% |
| 46% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 48% |
| 31% | 36% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 36% |
| 15% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 16% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 56% |
| 19% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 45% | 40% |
| 42% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.3 | 16.6 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.6 | 14.5 |
| 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| 23% | 25% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 30% |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the most clean sheets (5) away in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the the best goal difference (+20) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC 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 | New England | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 59 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | New York City | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | DC United | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -15 | 32 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | New York RB | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 18 |