The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. DC United are in the 6th position while the guesting Chicago Fire worry at 12th.
- DC United have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest points (4) away in 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.
It's quite the trip for Chicago Fire when visiting DC United as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
DC United form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 10 Major League Soccer games here at Audi Field for DC United. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
DC United shared the glory with New York RB in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Donovan Pines, defender, was given a rating of 7.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Pines won 11 of 14 duels.
Before that, DC United had a home game versus Philadelphia Union which ended with a victory 3-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from DC United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for DC United as they are travelling to their away game against Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
DC United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Audi Field with 18 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, DC United have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Chicago Fire, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Sporting KC in the Major League Soccer. Fabian Herbers got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Herbers hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus New York RB at their stadium, the result 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Chicago when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing six times, drawing zero and winning one game.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Montreal Impact.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. The Chicago manager R. Wicky has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met earlier this season: Chicago Fire - DC United 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (DC United wins - draws - Chicago Fire wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Williams Kamara 13 goals |   L. Stojanović 7 goals |  J. Reyna Serna 4 goals |
DC United missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| DC United | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 36 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 33 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 65% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 30% | 43% |
| 35% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 30% | 30% |
| 22% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 13% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 26% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 22% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 39% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.1 | 16.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.4 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 32% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 19% | 24% |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest points (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- DC United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- DC United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- DC United have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Major League Soccer
- DC United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 38 |
| 4 | New York City | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | DC United | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 29 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | New York RB | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -11 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 15 |