Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

3 – 1

Full Time

Orlando City SC

Thu 8 Jul 2021 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Jonathan Bornstein 12' Y

Alvaro Medran 22' Y

Y 79' Robin Jansson

Y 80' Robin Jansson

Fabian Herbers 84' Y

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Orlando City SC 27 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Orlando City SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC 2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-10-06 Orlando City SC 2–5 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2018-09-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	3–1	W
04 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	3–0	W
27 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	3–3	D
24 Jun	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
19 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
29 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–1	L

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L
03 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
26 Jun	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–1	W
22 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	5–0	W
19 Jun	Toronto FC	A	3–2	W
29 May	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Orlando City SC
#5	Position	#7
42	Points	34
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 13
46	Scored	48
38	Conceded	64
+8	GD	-16
1.62	PPG	1.26
46%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Orlando City SC are 7th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

8/8

31-45

1/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

7/4

76+

9/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda	13 G	1 A
Antoine Griezmann	8 G	4 A
Tyrese Spicer	6 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Chicago Fire FC and Orlando City SC get this one started.
5' Orlando City SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' Orlando City SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
12' A moment of madness from Jonathan Bornstein on 12 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
17' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 100% of all matches.
22' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Alvaro Medran.
27' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Przemyslaw Frankowski suffering a number of foals already.
32' The 25-year-old Andres Perea has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
34' The deadlock is broken! Andres Perea gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
39' Orlando City SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
44' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Nani has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Boris Sekulic doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
51' Ignacio Aliseda has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
56' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
61' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Mauricio Pineda departs to be replaced by Wyatt Omsberg.
66' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Ignacio Aliseda has done his job and it is now time for Gaston Claudio Gimenez to step up.
71' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and Orlando City SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
72' Goal! Robert Beric scores his 34 goal in 432 matches.
73' Goal! Robert Beric scores his 34 goal in 432 matches.
76' The Orlando City SC manager makes a substitution. Andres Perea departs to be replaced by Jhegson Mendez.
79' Orlando City SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
80' Michael Halliday makes way for Chris Mueller at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Orlando City SC.
80' Orlando City SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 80.
84' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 84.
88' The Orlando City SC manager makes a substitution. Junior Urso departs to be replaced by Alexander Alvarado.
90' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 90 minute. Robert Beric leaves to be changed by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Chicago Fire FC take all three points.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 90'
10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Elliot Collier 90'
4
Johan Kappelhof
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda ↓ Gaston Claudio Gimenez 66'
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Wyatt Omsberg 61'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

17
Nani ↑ 76'
31
Mason Stajduhar
8
Jhegson Mendez ↑ 76'
22
Alexander Alvarado ↑ 88'
30
David Loera
9
Chris Mueller ↑ 80'
10
Mauricio Pereira ↑ 76'
34
Joseph Dezart

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Facundo Torres Perez	6
Hugo Cuypers	4
Benji Michel	3
Robert Beric	3
Aleksandar Katai	3
Aleksandar Katai	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC W 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L

Orlando City SC Form

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC L 2021-07-03 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-06-26 Internacional CF Miami 1–2 Orlando City SC W 2021-06-22 Orlando City SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-06-19 Toronto FC 2–3 Orlando City SC W 2021-05-29 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Orlando City SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.73 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.55 Orlando City SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC59% Draw20% Orlando City SC21%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Orlando City SC

41%

Chicago Fire FC or Orlando City SC

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC47% Draw35% Orlando City SC18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.9%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

3 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

5.3%

4 – 1

4.8%

3 – 0

4.7%

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 2

3.7%

1 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Orlando City SC covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	17%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	19%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	11%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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