Chicago Fire vs New England betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Soldier Field (61500 seats)

A new Major League Soccer season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Chicago Fire and New England. Bring it on!

This pitch has grass, which is not New England's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass New England have performed like this: Played 35 matches resulting in 9 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 48-67 (scored/conceded).

New England have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

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 nine matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost five.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Chicago, who have participated in five training matches. Chicago Fire have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Chicago Fire's league statistics were 10 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Chicago Fire managed 8-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 18 conceded.

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New England form and stats

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

Just as the home team, England have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 New England wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how New England performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 12 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 27/38 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Chicago won five, New England won two and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Chicago Fire missing players

New England missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chicago Fire New England
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Chicago Fire Last season New England
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   17 28
5 5   Won W   8 11
8 3   Drew D   3 8
10 4   Lost L   6 9
33 23   Scored S   21 33
39 18   Conceded C   17 29
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 86%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
70% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 39%
39% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 14%
9% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 7%
65% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 54%
17% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 25%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   29% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.6 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14.8
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.8
35% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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