Sporting KC are receiving Chicago Fire for another highly important match following their 2-2 result against 13th-placed LA Galaxy.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Chicago Fire, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sporting KC and Chicago Fire.
Sporting KC form and stats
All-inclusive Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Sporting KC are 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Sporting KC hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United, LA Galaxy and Portland Timbers), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Sporting KC travelled for their previous game, a trip to LA Galaxy that ended 2-2. Pulido has scored in four games in a row. Outstanding! Pulido, a striker, was the best player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Pulido scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Los Angeles FC with the scoreline 1-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sporting KC's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Betting people might want to know that 8 of the most recent 10 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
Sporting KC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Children's Mercy Park with 15 goals in 9 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Chicago Fire, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Portland Timbers (placed 10th) last time out. Eureka; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Klopas when Kamara scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. Midfield player Gutierrez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.92/10. Gutierrez signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Columbus Crew.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chicago Fire playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 2 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
Chicago Fire have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Chicago have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: seven wins for Sporting KC, one draw and two wins for Chicago Fire. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 7 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Sporting KC | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 29 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 28 |
| 85% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 75% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 15% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 55% | 56% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 67% |
| 20% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 15.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 23% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 47% |
| 11.1 | 9.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.3 | 13.7 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | St. Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
