A home team triumph, the away team with a heroic away win or a score draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Minnesota United and Chicago Fire meet at Allianz Field.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (1) 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.
Minnesota United form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Minnesota United so far this season.
Minnesota are returning here after visiting Forward Madison in a US Open Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, Minnesota United had a Major League Soccer home game versus Colorado Rapids which ended with a victory 3-1.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 Minnesota United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won ten times, drawn two and lost four.
A decent goal production from Minnesota United in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Chicago have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 278 minutes ago. Przybylko was the goal scorer.
Chicago Fire delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Union Omaha in their previous game; a US Open Cup fixture.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs LA Galaxy.We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were zero victories, one draw and 13 defeats.
The attacking power of Chicago when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Chicago Fire's manager Hendrickson has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Minnesota United victories, two draws and one Chicago Fire win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lod 2 goals | L. Amarilla Lencina 2 goals |   K. Przybyłko 2 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Minnesota United | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 14.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.7 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 28% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 13.9 | 11.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.3 | 11.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 3 |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minnesota United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- Minnesota United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Austin | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Dallas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
