Toronto - Chicago Fire: Major League Soccer basement teams hungry for points and praise. Check out all the relevant numbers and facts before the game!
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Chicago Fire, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Toronto form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Toronto at their home stadium (BMO Field) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. When Toronto hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Inter Miami, New York City, Toronto and New York RB), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Toronto's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus DC United (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sweet to taste a league win after four matches without one. Manager Bradley felt very clever after Thompson scored the winning goal against DC United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 19th minute. The forward Insigne won the honour of being "man of the match" for Toronto with a rating of 8.24/10. Insigne signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
Heartbreak before that as Toronto lost 0-1 at Austin's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toronto handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The manager Bradley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Minnesota United in only three days.
The Toronto fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Toronto has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Chicago Fire has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to New England for a 3-3 draw. It looked so good for Chicago Fire vs New England, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. Shaqiri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Shaqiri served one assist, hit three key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).
Earlier, the US Open Cup win away at Austin. 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.
Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chicago Fire manager Klopas as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Cincinnati.
Chicago Fire have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Chicago have conceded 13 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Toronto won six, Chicago Fire were winners in one and we saw three draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kamara 4 goals |   F. Bernardeschi 3 goals |  K. Przybyłko 3 goals |
Toronto missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Toronto | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 80% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 33% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 40% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 11.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 27% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 38% | 47% |
| 12.8 | 12 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.2 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | DC United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | New York City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | New York RB | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
