Important shoot-out in the bottom section of the Major League Soccer, with both Toronto and Chicago Fire enduring more anxiety than glee. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 13th and the visiting team in 14th spot.
- Toronto have the most conceded goals (25) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Toronto have less rest than Chicago Fire in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. That game was an away game at HFX Wanderers, so at least Toronto are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Toronto form and stats
Toronto have played 6 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Toronto are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at BMO Field, having lost their two previous games here.
Toronto are returning here after visiting HFX Wanderers in a Championship match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Before that, Toronto played out a Major League Soccer draw 2-2 when visiting DC United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Toronto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Toronto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Toronto have conceded 10 from these games.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chicago Fire so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Chicago are travelling again after losing away to New York City in their previous match (0-1). Midfield player Giménez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Giménez dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 3-3 draw at New York RB's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chicago Fire playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Chicago Fire wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The attacking power of Chicago when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As for defending, Chicago Fire rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: six wins for Toronto, three draws and one win for Chicago Fire. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 7 goals |  J. Osorio 3 goals |   X. Shaqiri 3 goals |
Toronto missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Toronto | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 69% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 15.2 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.7 | 12.2 |
| 6.7 | 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most conceded goals (25) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most points from losing position (9) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | New York City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 4 | New York RB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | New England | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
