The manager V. Paunovic looks to inspire Chicago Fire win against Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 23.June
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Major League Soccer.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Chicago Fire have to build on here. Two draws in a row at home now for Chicago Fire.

Chicago Fire drew their last game, also a home match. Real Salt Lake was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Saint Louis FC in the US Open Cup.

Goals decide football matches and Chicago Fire are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Salt Lake so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Chicago Fire in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 1-1. The game before that, in the US Open Cup, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Los Angeles FC.

Real Salt Lake are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games. The Real Salt Lake manager M. Petke has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Chicago Fire - Real Salt Lake 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Chicago Fire wins - draws - Real Salt Lake wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Nikolić
1 goals

Chicago Fire missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Chicago Fire Real Salt Lake
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played 1 10 16
4 4 1 Won 0 2 6
7 4 1 Drew 0 2 2
6 1 0 Lost 1 6 8
25 18 2 Scored 0 11 22
24 9 1 Conceded 4 20 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 89% 50% Over 1.5 100% 90% 88%
41% 33% 0% Over 2.5 100% 70% 75%
35% 33% 0% Over 3.5 100% 30% 25%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 19%
59% 67% 50% BTTS 0% 60% 62%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 10% 19%
24% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 30% 19%
 
4 4.3 6 Corners For (avg) 2 2.7 3.3
4.6 2.9 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 7.3 6.8
1.9 1.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 2.3 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Chicago Fire have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Real Salt Lake have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Real Salt Lake haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Chicago Fire
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Carolina Challenge Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-05-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 1 New York City
30-05-19 MLS DC United 3 - 3 Chicago Fire
01-06-19 MLS Atlanta United 2 - 0 Chicago Fire
12-06-19 UOC Saint Louis FC 2 - 1 Chicago Fire
23-06-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake
29-06-19 MLS New York RB 00:00 Chicago Fire
04-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Atlanta United
07-07-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 Chicago Fire
14-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Cincinnati
18-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew
Real Salt Lake
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-05-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 Atlanta United
29-05-19 MLS Montreal Impact 2 - 1 Real Salt Lake
01-06-19 MLS New York RB 4 - 0 Real Salt Lake
12-06-19 UOC Real Salt Lake 0 - 3 Los Angeles FC
23-06-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake
30-06-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Sporting KC
04-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Columbus Crew
07-07-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:30 Real Salt Lake
14-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Philadelphia Union
21-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Minnesota United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 17 9 4 4 31 20 10 6 2 2 22 11 7 3 2 2 9 9 11 31
2 DC United 17 7 6 4 23 18 9 4 3 2 15 11 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 27
3 Montreal Impact 18 8 3 7 21 28 7 4 1 2 6 7 11 4 2 5 15 21 -7 27
4 Atlanta United 15 8 2 5 19 11 8 5 2 1 12 4 7 3 0 4 7 7 8 26
5 New York RB 16 7 3 6 27 19 9 5 1 3 17 10 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 24
6 New York City 14 5 8 1 23 17 6 2 4 0 9 5 8 3 4 1 14 12 6 23
7 Toronto 15 5 4 6 26 25 9 3 3 3 18 15 6 2 1 3 8 10 1 19
8 Chicago Fire 16 4 6 6 24 23 8 4 3 1 17 8 8 0 3 5 7 15 1 18
9 Orlando City 15 5 3 7 22 21 8 3 1 4 14 14 7 2 2 3 8 7 1 18
10 Columbus Crew 16 5 2 9 16 24 9 4 2 3 11 11 7 1 0 6 5 13 -8 17
11 New England 16 4 4 8 17 33 8 3 1 4 7 12 8 1 3 4 10 21 -16 16
12 Cincinnati 16 3 2 11 14 33 6 2 1 3 6 9 10 1 1 8 8 24 -19 11

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