It's early days in the Major League Soccer and both Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League.
It's quite the trip for Philadelphia Union when visiting Chicago Fire as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Chicago Fire form and stats
0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Chicago Fire so far this season.
Chicago Fire lost their last game at New York RB (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Chicago Fire lost 1-3 at Atlanta United'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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost five.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Chicago Fire at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The game before that, in the Major League Soccer, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against New York City.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Philadelphia in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Philadelphia Union, two draws and four defeats.
After this away game Philadelphia Union return home for a Major League Soccer game against New England. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Philadelphia Union has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Chicago Fire won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Philadelphia Union has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  L. Stojanović 2 goals |  R. Berič 1 goals |   J. Monteiro Alvarenga 1 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Chicago Fire | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Chicago Fire | Last season | Philadelphia Union | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 27 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 70% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 63% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | ||
| 9% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 19% | ||
| 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | New York City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | New York RB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |