Philadelphia Union fight Chicago Fire for recognition and sporting success.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Chicago Fire, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts Philadelphia Union saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the CONCACAF Champions League. That game was an away game at Alianza, so at least Philadelphia Union are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The total Major League Soccer statistics playing at home this season for Philadelphia Union are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Philadelphia Union boss Curtin and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Alianza in the CONCACAF Champions League. Harriel, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Harriel won 10 of 13 duels.
A Major League Soccer defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Inter Miami.The match schedule is unforgiving for Philadelphia as they have a new game in only three days, a CONCACAF Champions League match thankfully also at home. Alianza are visiting.
At Subaru Park, Philadelphia Union has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chicago Fire performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 21/31 goals scored/conceded.
Chicago Fire played 1-1 against New York City in their previous match. The draw against New York City came from a losing position. The Chicago Fire manager Hendrickson brought on Herbers as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Herbers, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Herbers scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
One match before, 0-0 at home hosting Colorado Springs in the Mobile Mini Sun Cup.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Philadelphia won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Chicago Fire have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gazdag 2 goals |  J. Carranza 2 goals |   F. Herbers 1 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44% | 80% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 8.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Philadelphia Union | Last season | Chicago Fire | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 79 | 53 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 31 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 79% | ||
| 78% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 65% | ||
| 49% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 47% | ||
| 35% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 22% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 41% | 26% | ||
| 49% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 35% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 38% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter Miami | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | New England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | New York RB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
