Delightful dogfight as daring Chicago Fire duel with determined Orlando City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Soldier Field (61500 seats)

With the nervous opening game finished it’s time for the second Major League Soccer battle of the season. Chicago Fire look forward to welcoming Orlando City in front of their home support.

It's quite the trip for Orlando City when visiting Chicago as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an animated game!

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Chicago Fire form and stats

The previous season, Chicago Fire's league results were 9 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses, results that produced 12th spot in the Major League Soccer. During these 34 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 54. Performing as the home team in the former season Chicago Fire generated 7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 18 conceded.

Beric 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 315 minutes.

The Chicago Fire coach Hendrickson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Inter Miami (placed 10th). Midfielder Shaqiri was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.0 (out of ten) in that game. Shaqiri hit five key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Columbus Crew (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and one defeat.

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Orlando City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Orlando City performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 21/30 goals scored/conceded.

Orlando City go into this game after a win, the home game against Montreal Impact that ended 2-0. Midfielder Pereyra was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Pereyra hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Nashville SC's place.

We have checked recent matches where Orlando have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Chicago Fire wins - draws - Orlando City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Orlando CityB. Michel
B. Michel
1 goals
Orlando CityA. Rodrigues da Silva
A. Rodrigues da Silva
1 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

Orlando City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chicago Fire Orlando City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Chicago Fire Last season Orlando City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 35
9 7   Won W   5 13
7 5   Drew D   5 12
18 5   Lost L   8 10
36 23   Scored S   22 51
54 18   Conceded C   33 51
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
68% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 83%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 57%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 34%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
41% 41%   BTTS BTTS   72% 69%
24% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 26%
41% 29%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
5.3 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
5.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.2
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
14.2 16.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.1
4.7 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.2
22% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 35%
 
14.4 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.9
5.1 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season 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 34 22 7 5 65 41 17 12 3 2 31 18 17 10 4 3 34 23 24 73
2 Philadelphia Union 34 14 12 8 48 35 17 11 3 3 25 10 17 3 9 5 23 25 13 54
3 Nashville SC 34 12 18 4 55 33 17 8 9 0 35 18 17 4 9 4 20 15 22 54
4 New York City 34 14 9 11 56 36 17 10 4 3 37 13 17 4 5 8 19 23 20 51
5 Atlanta United 34 13 12 9 45 37 17 9 5 3 25 14 17 4 7 6 20 23 8 51
6 Orlando City 34 13 12 9 50 48 17 8 7 2 29 18 17 5 5 7 21 30 2 51
7 New York RB 34 13 9 12 39 33 17 8 6 3 19 11 17 5 3 9 20 22 6 48
8 DC United 34 14 5 15 56 54 17 11 1 5 32 17 17 3 4 10 24 37 2 47
9 Columbus Crew 34 13 8 13 46 45 17 10 3 4 33 22 17 3 5 9 13 23 1 47
10 Montreal Impact 34 12 10 12 46 44 17 9 4 4 29 23 17 3 6 8 17 21 2 46
11 Inter Miami 34 12 5 17 36 53 17 7 2 8 26 35 17 5 3 9 10 18 -17 41
12 Chicago Fire 34 9 7 18 36 54 17 7 5 5 23 18 17 2 2 13 13 36 -18 34
13 Toronto 34 6 10 18 39 66 17 4 7 6 24 27 17 2 3 12 15 39 -27 28
14 Cincinnati 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 1 5 11 17 29 17 3 3 11 20 45 -37 20

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 Columbus Crew 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 New York RB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 New England 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Philadelphia Union 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Toronto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Inter Miami 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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