Another action-packed fixture in Major League Soccer as SJ Earthquakes welcome Chicago Fire

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Avaya Stadium (18000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Avaya Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with SJ Earthquakes languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Chicago Fire will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

SJ Earthquakes and Chicago Fire should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

When playing at home, SJ Earthquakes have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Avaya Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager M. Almeyda led his SJ Earthquakes to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at New England. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Avaya Stadium. Ahead of that match, SJ Earthquakes won a home game hosting Cincinnati (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D0-L3.

SJ Earthquakes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Avaya Stadium with 9 goals in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SJ Earthquakes defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Chicago Fire playing as the away team this season.

Chicago Fire won their last game, 2-0 versus Minnesota United played at home. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus New England.

We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D2-L3.

The attacking power of Chicago Fire when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Chicago Fire in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 SJ Earthquakes victories, 2 draws and 5 Chicago Fire wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Nikolić
5 goals
S. Salinas
4 goals / 1 assists
C. Sapong
4 goals / 1 assists

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Chicago Fire missing players

SJ Earthquakes Chicago Fire
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played 0 5 12
3 3 0 Won 0 0 4
2 0 0 Drew 0 2 4
6 3 1 Lost 0 3 4
14 9 0 Scored 0 3 19
22 11 3 Conceded 0 6 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 80% 92%
82% 83% 100% Over 1.5 0% 40% 67%
82% 83% 100% Over 2.5 0% 40% 42%
45% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 33%
27% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 25%
55% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 40% 50%
27% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 33%
27% 33% 100% Failed To Score 0% 60% 25%
 
5.8 5.7 5 Corners For (avg) 0 2.8 3.7
5.3 5 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.2 4.2
2.6 3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.4 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chicago Fire have yet to win a game away.
  • SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SJ Earthquakes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
  • SJ Earthquakes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

SJ Earthquakes
21-04-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 4 - 1 Sporting KC
25-04-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 2 - 2 SJ Earthquakes
27-04-19 MLS Dallas 0 - 0 SJ Earthquakes
05-05-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 1 - 0 Cincinnati
11-05-19 MLS New England 3 - 1 SJ Earthquakes
18-05-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 19:30 Chicago Fire
26-05-19 MLS Toronto 23:30 SJ Earthquakes
02-06-19 MLS DC United - SJ Earthquakes
08-06-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 19:30 Dallas
27-06-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 02:30 Houston Dynamo
Chicago Fire
24-04-19 MLS New York City 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
28-04-19 MLS Montreal Impact 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
05-05-19 MLS Los Angeles FC 0 - 0 Chicago Fire
09-05-19 MLS Chicago Fire 5 - 0 New England
12-05-19 MLS Chicago Fire 2 - 0 Minnesota United
18-05-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 19:30 Chicago Fire
25-05-19 MLS Chicago Fire 19:30 New York City
30-05-19 MLS DC United - Chicago Fire
01-06-19 MLS Atlanta United 22:00 Chicago Fire
23-06-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Real Salt Lake

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 12 8 3 1 29 8 6 5 1 0 14 4 6 3 2 1 15 4 21 27
2 Seattle Sounders 12 7 4 1 22 14 8 6 2 0 16 7 4 1 2 1 6 7 8 25
3 LA Galaxy 12 7 1 4 18 16 7 6 0 1 13 8 5 1 1 3 5 8 2 22
4 Houston Dynamo 10 6 2 2 18 11 7 5 2 0 13 7 3 1 0 2 5 4 7 20
5 Dallas 11 5 2 4 16 14 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 2 0 3 8 8 2 17
6 Minnesota United 11 4 3 4 19 18 4 1 3 0 5 4 7 3 0 4 14 14 1 15
7 Real Salt Lake 11 4 1 6 15 20 4 2 0 2 6 7 7 2 1 4 9 13 -5 13
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 12 3 3 6 11 15 7 2 2 3 5 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -4 12
9 Portland Timbers 11 3 2 6 14 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 2 6 14 22 -8 11
10 SJ Earthquakes 11 3 2 6 14 22 6 3 0 3 9 11 5 0 2 3 5 11 -8 11
11 Sporting KC 10 2 4 4 19 19 5 2 2 1 15 10 5 0 2 3 4 9 0 10
12 Colorado Rapids 11 0 2 9 16 30 6 0 2 4 11 17 5 0 0 5 5 13 -14 2