It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Chicago Fire - SJ Earthquakes preview!
The visiting SJ Earthquakes played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match. That game, against Vancouver Whitecaps, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SJ Earthquakes.
These teams have little in common geographically as SJ Earthquakes have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire's last game was hosting Seattle Sounders and winning 2-1. A 1-1 draw away before that, with New England the opponent.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chicago have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Vancouver Whitecaps in only four days. This game is also played here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Field 17.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
Two travels in a row for SJ Earthquakes, whose manager M. Almeyda could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Vancouver Whitecaps. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Seattle Sounders.
What a finish in the last match, as Earthquakes came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Shea Salinas's goal in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Vancouver Whitecaps was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? The end of the last match, against Vancouver Whitecaps, was very satisfying as Shea Salinas scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
We have checked recent matches where Earthquakes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, three draws and four defeats.
Head 2 Head
Chicago-SJ Earthquakes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chicago Fire four wins, SJ Earthquakes four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Berič 2 goals |   O. Alanís Pantoja 2 goals |  A. Ríos 2 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
SJ Earthquakes missing players
| Chicago Fire | SJ Earthquakes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 4.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 46 | 77 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 19 | 31 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| Chicago Fire | Last season | SJ Earthquakes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 55 | 37 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 47 | 18 | Conceded | C | 35 | 55 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 76% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 59% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 65% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 21% | ||
| 24% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 473 | 251 | Total Shots | T S | 290 | 594 | ||
| 159 | 95 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 207 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 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 | Sporting KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New York RB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Toronto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Chicago Fire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | New England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Orlando City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Inter Miami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 25 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 26 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |