Major League Soccer: Tipsway are expecting an engaging and very important battle involving SJ Earthquakes and Chicago Fire. Both teams need the win!
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (34) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Chicago Fire have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Chicago Fire could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four sleeps ago.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The complete Major League Soccer stats at home this season for SJ Earthquakes are 3-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). When SJ Earthquakes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting KC, Vancouver Whitecaps, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United and SJ Earthquakes), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 239 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ebobisse was the last player to find the net.
Earthquakes lost their last game at Real Salt Lake (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfielder Espinoza was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Espinoza hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Nashville SC the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SJ Earthquakes handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The Earthquakes manager Almeyda has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. SJ Earthquakes has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Chicago Fire are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Impressive finishing from Navarro secured the home win 1-0 against Philadelphia Union in their previous game. Midfield player Navarro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.95/10. Navarro scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Houston Dynamo's place.Chicago are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 14 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Chicago Fire have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these teams: Earthquakes won five, Chicago Fire triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ebobisse 9 goals |  C. Espinoza 4 goals |  J. Yueill 3 goals |
SJ Earthquakes missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| SJ Earthquakes | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 34 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 76% |
| 81% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 41% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 62% | 88% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.2 | 15.4 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 15.2 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 22% |
| 13.9 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.2 | 11.3 |
| 6.6 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
- 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 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have the most conceded goals (34) in Major League Soccer
- SJ Earthquakes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SJ Earthquakes 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 | Los Angeles FC | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Austin | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 4 | Dallas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 16 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 15 |
