The Chicago Fire manager R. Wicky attacks this game with the team placed 11th so far. In the visitors dressing room New England and their manager B. Arena are in 8th place before this match.
It's no vacation for neither Chicago nor New England as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It should be mentioned that New England play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for New England on grass are 5 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 40-63. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams have little in common geographically as New England have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Chicago Fire form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Chicago Fire so far this season.
The home team returns to Soldier Field after being equal after 90 minutes with Cincinnati (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Major League Soccer game ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Chicago lost 1-3 at New York City's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chicago Fire have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost four.
Chicago Fire has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
New England form and stats
Things could have gone better for New England in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
The manager B. Arena was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground Gillette Stadium. England suffered a 0-2 loss to New York City (placed 9th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting New York RB.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for New England, two draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, New England has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: New England - Chicago Fire 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Chicago wins - draws - New England wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 3 goals |  M. Pineda 2 goals |  R. Berič 2 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
New England missing players
| Chicago Fire | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 97 | 162 |
| 33 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 29 | 47 |
| 24% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 17% | 15% |
- All of Chicago Fire's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire has the most conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Chicago Fire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- New England has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Toronto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | New York RB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | New England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | New York City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | DC United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |