Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chicago Fire & Saint Louis City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Chicago Fire and Saint Louis City.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Chicago lost their last game at Nashville SC after a 0-3 scoreline. Chicago Fire's goalkeeper Brady was extremely busy against Nashville SC, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. The versatile forward Shaqiri outdid all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Shaqiri hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus New York RB that ended 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chicago Fire handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chicago, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Saint Louis City is only four days away.
Saint Louis City form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Saint Louis City have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far.
Saint Louis City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dallas for a 0-0 draw.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Portland Timbers.Saint Louis City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Louis manager Carnell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chicago Fire.
Saint Louis City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Saint Louis City have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. De Mello 5 goals |   K. Kamara 4 goals |  N. Gioacchini 3 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Saint Louis City missing players
| Chicago Fire | Saint Louis City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 29% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 65% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 50% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Dallas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
