Chicago Fire confront Sporting KC for fame and triumph.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The first Major League Soccer game here at Soldier Field resulted in a draw. Last season Chicago Fire's home game statistics were 7 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 17 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Chicago Fire, as their goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina has completely shut out the opponents for 302 minutes in the Major League Soccer.
A good away victory last time out for Chicago Fire, who won 2-0 against DC United (placed 4th). Midfield player Giménez got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Giménez hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Orlando City.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and one defeat.
At Soldier Field, Chicago Fire has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sporting KC form and stats
No Major League Soccer points yet away for Sporting KC, from their first 2 matches. Sporting KC has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting KC, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Colorado Rapids. Defender Ndenbe was the best team player with a rating of 7.03. Ndenbe hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Houston Dynamo.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
1 goal so far away for Sporting KC, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Chicago Fire wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bornstein 1 goals | S. Ivaylov Ivanov 1 goals |   R. Walter 1 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Chicago Fire | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.5 | 8.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 5 |
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the most clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
| Chicago Fire | Last season | Sporting KC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 62 | ||
| 54 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 43 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 68% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 89% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 41% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 69% | ||
| 24% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 22% | ||
| 41% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 14% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 22% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 14.4 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | New York RB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | DC United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | New York City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | New England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Toronto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 14 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 |
