The home team stadium regulars plan for a win and three points in this fixture, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a stumbling visitor. Portland Timbers are in 9th position while the guesting Chicago Fire fret at 14th.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This stadium has the surface artifical turf, unlike Chicago Fire's home arena. The last nine games by the away side on artifical turf have produced 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Chicago Fire have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at SJ Earthquakes, so at least Portland are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Portland Timbers form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Portland Timbers so far this season.
Portland Timbers are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home team returns to Providence Park after drawing with SJ Earthquakes (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Bingham, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.75 out of 10 in that game. Bingham topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dallas.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 Portland Timbers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 13 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Portland as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. New York City are visiting.
A decent goal production from Portland Timbers in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Portland Timbers have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Columbus Crew with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Chicago Fire were so close to getting something from the game against Columbus Crew, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Shaqiri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.21. Shaqiri scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The match earlier was the US Open Cup-battle against Houston Dynamo, a home loss (1-4). We have checked recent matches where Chicago have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 10 defeats.
Chicago Fire have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Major League Soccer fixture vs Sporting KC. A difficult fixture list for the guests!
Chicago Fire have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Portland Timbers have put together a streak of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (5-5-0) when facing Chicago Fire.Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 4 goals |  F. Boli 4 goals |   K. Kamara 4 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Portland Timbers | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 24 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| 78% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 56% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 71% |
| 50% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 56% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 46% |
| 12.3 | 10.9 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | St. Louis City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
