Chicago Fire FC vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

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Charlotte FC

Thu 16 May 2024 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Carlos Teran 34' Y

Rafael Czichos 50' Y

Y 64' Patrick Agyemang

Y 73' Brecht Dejaegere

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Charlotte FC 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 9 games · Avg 4.0 goals Charlotte FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-16 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Charlotte FC 2023-10-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Charlotte FC 2023-05-17 Charlotte FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2022-09-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Charlotte FC 2022-08-06 Charlotte FC 2–3 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Charlotte FC	H	0–1	L
12 May	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
05 May	New England Revolution	H	0–1	L
28 Apr	Atlanta United FC	H	0–0	D
21 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	0–4	L
13 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	0–0	D

Charlotte FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
11 May	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
04 May	Portland Timbers	H	2–0	W
27 Apr	New York City FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	0–3	L
13 Apr	Toronto FC	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Charlotte FC
#4	Position	#7
29	Points	25
17	Played	18
9 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 4 / 7
32	Scored	29
23	Conceded	27
+9	GD	+2
1.71	PPG	1.39
53%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

78% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

78% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). Charlotte FC are 7th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Charlotte FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/4

76+

4/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Charlotte FC

Pep Biel	8 G	5 A
Idan Gorno	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and Charlotte FC.
5' Patrick Agyemang needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
10' Kellyn Acosta, a USA , has 41 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Arnaud Souquet has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' Kristijan Kahlina has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
30' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
34' A moment of madness from Carlos Teran on 34 minutes earns him a card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
44' Colombia international Kerwin Vargas has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 4 assists in the Array this season.
49' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and Charlotte FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
50' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a card on 50.
55' Ashley Westwood is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
60' Ashley Westwood puts Charlotte FC on the lead.
62' Charlotte FC ring the changes. Junior Urso has done his job and it is now time for Brandt Bronico to step up.
64' Patrick Agyemang has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 64.
67' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Omari Glasgow comes on to replace Xherdan Shaqiri.
70' Charlotte FC make a change. Nikola Petkovic trudges off to be replaced by Scott Arfield on 70 minutes.
73' The referee shows Charlotte FC player a card on 73.
78' The crowd applauds Federico Navarro as he leaves the pitch. Fabian Herbers steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hugo Cuypers made 223 appearances and scored 76 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
87' Jaylin Lindsey is ready to make an impact after coming on for Joao Pedro at the 87 minute mark.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Charlotte FC take all three points.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Omari Glasgow 67'
5
Rafael Czichos
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Gaston Gimenez 67'
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Fabian Herbers 78'
2
Arnaud Souquet ↓ Georgios Koutsias 78'
15
Andrew Gutman ↓ Mauricio Pineda 78'
17
Brian Gutierrez
4
Carlos Teran
34
Chris Brady
8
Chris Mueller
9
Hugo Cuypers

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

Charlotte FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

24
Jaylin Lindsey ↑ 87'
22
David Bingham
6
Bill Tuiloma
13
Brandt Bronico ↑ 62'
37
Scott Arfield ↑ 70'
10
Brecht Dejaegere ↑ 70'
28
Djibril Diani
38
Iuri Tavares ↑ 70'
32
Hamady Diop

Coach Dean Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Karol Swiderski	7
Brian Gutierrez	3
Kacper Przybylko	3
Brandon Cambridge	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Robert Lewandowski	2
Pep Biel	2
Ashley Westwood	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-05-16 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Charlotte FC L 2024-05-12 St. Louis City 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-05-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New England Revolution L 2024-04-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Atlanta United FC D 2024-04-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake L 2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D

Charlotte FC Form

2024-05-16 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Charlotte FC W 2024-05-11 Charlotte FC 1–0 Nashville SC W 2024-05-04 Charlotte FC 2–0 Portland Timbers W 2024-04-27 New York City FC 2–1 Charlotte FC L 2024-04-21 Charlotte FC 0–3 Minnesota United FC L 2024-04-13 Charlotte FC 3–2 Toronto FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.37 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.43 Charlotte FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or Charlotte FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC33% Draw27% Charlotte FC40%

Actual: Charlotte FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.8

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Charlotte FC

67%

Chicago Fire FC or Charlotte FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC26% Draw46% Charlotte FC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 2

8.2%

0 – 0

2 – 1

7.9%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.4%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Charlotte FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.