Chicago Fire - New England: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: SeatGeek Stadium (47300 seats)

Chicago Fire hope to get a lot of fans in for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 12th spot in the Major League Soccer table. Opponents New England own 9th place with 41 pts.

Insights:
  • Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Major League Soccer

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting New England have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-2-12 (win-draw-loss) from 27 matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New England, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

Chicago Fire have collected 22 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 6-4-6.

The Chicago Fire supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at SeatGeek Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Charlotte (placed 10th). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Charlotte) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Heartbreak for Chicago in their last match as Charlotte's Swiderski scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Navarro got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Navarro had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Montreal Impact.

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 15 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 6.

The Chicago Fire fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches.

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New England form and stats

There's been little loot from New England's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Major League Soccer. New England only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in New England's last three away games as they have all been lost.

England go into this game after a win, the home game against Atlanta United that ended 2-1. That win felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. Gil got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Gil hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Montreal Impact.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for New England, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

England has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For New England, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

New England have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (3-4-0) when playing Chicago.

Chicago Fire and New England have faced off previously this season: New England - Chicago Fire 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

New EnglandG. Bou
G. Bou
8 goals
Chicago FireX. Shaqiri
X. Shaqiri
7 goals
New EnglandC. Gil de Pareja Vicent
C. Gil de Pareja Vicent
7 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

New England missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chicago Fire New England
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 6 1 Won W 0 3 10
8 4 1 Drew D 2 5 11
15 6 2 Lost L 2 8 12
35 17 6 Scored S 7 24 46
45 16 6 Conceded C 10 33 49
78% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
62% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
47% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 67%
34% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 39%
25% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 15%
44% 38% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 64%
38% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 27%
41% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 21%
 
4.4 5.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
4.4 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.3 5.7
2.5 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.7 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.2 13
4.1 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4.5
27% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 31%
 
12 10 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 16.5 14.1
4.2 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.6 4.9
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Chicago Fire have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Major League Soccer

  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 33 18 10 5 68 26 16 11 5 0 45 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 42 64
2 Montreal Impact 33 19 5 9 60 49 17 9 3 5 30 21 16 10 2 4 30 28 11 62
3 New York City 33 15 7 11 55 40 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 15 52
4 New York RB 33 14 8 11 48 41 16 5 5 6 24 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 7 50
5 Cincinnati 32 11 13 8 57 51 16 6 6 4 35 24 16 5 7 4 22 27 6 46
6 Columbus Crew 32 10 15 7 43 37 17 7 6 4 22 15 15 3 9 3 21 22 6 45
7 Orlando City 32 13 6 13 41 48 16 8 0 8 24 27 16 5 6 5 17 21 -7 45
8 Inter Miami 32 13 6 13 42 52 15 9 3 3 29 24 17 4 3 10 13 28 -10 45
9 New England 33 10 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 3 5 8 24 33 -3 41
10 Charlotte 32 13 2 17 42 48 16 10 0 6 26 14 16 3 2 11 16 34 -6 41
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 47 52 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -5 40
12 Chicago Fire 32 9 8 15 35 45 16 6 4 6 17 16 16 3 4 9 18 29 -10 35
13 Toronto 33 9 7 17 49 62 17 7 3 7 30 29 16 2 4 10 19 33 -13 34
14 DC United 33 7 6 20 34 66 16 4 4 8 20 29 17 3 2 12 14 37 -32 27

Table
  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 33 18 10 5 68 26 16 11 5 0 45 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 42 64
2 Montreal Impact 33 19 5 9 60 49 17 9 3 5 30 21 16 10 2 4 30 28 11 62
3 New York City 33 15 7 11 55 40 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 15 52
4 New York RB 33 14 8 11 48 41 16 5 5 6 24 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 7 50
5 Cincinnati 32 11 13 8 57 51 16 6 6 4 35 24 16 5 7 4 22 27 6 46
6 Columbus Crew 32 10 15 7 43 37 17 7 6 4 22 15 15 3 9 3 21 22 6 45
7 Orlando City 32 13 6 13 41 48 16 8 0 8 24 27 16 5 6 5 17 21 -7 45
8 Inter Miami 32 13 6 13 42 52 15 9 3 3 29 24 17 4 3 10 13 28 -10 45
9 New England 33 10 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 3 5 8 24 33 -3 41
10 Charlotte 32 13 2 17 42 48 16 10 0 6 26 14 16 3 2 11 16 34 -6 41
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 47 52 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -5 40
12 Chicago Fire 32 9 8 15 35 45 16 6 4 6 17 16 16 3 4 9 18 29 -10 35
13 Toronto 33 9 7 17 49 62 17 7 3 7 30 29 16 2 4 10 19 33 -13 34
14 DC United 33 7 6 20 34 66 16 4 4 8 20 29 17 3 2 12 14 37 -32 27

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