Chicago Fire FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

0 – 2

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sat 8 May 2021 · 17:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Johan Kappelhof 26' Y

Wyatt Omsberg 48' Y

Boris Sekulic 90' Y

Y 90' Jamiro Monteiro

Y 90' Jakob Glesnes

Y 90' Alejandro Bedoya

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 27 games · 39 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 17 games · Avg 3.4 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union 2020-10-28 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-08-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union 2019-07-20 Philadelphia Union 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-07-12 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L
01 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
18 Apr	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
08 Nov	New York City FC	H	3–4	L
05 Nov	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–0	W
01 May	New York City FC	H	0–2	L
25 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–2	L
18 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–0	D
25 Nov	New England Revolution	H	0–2	L
08 Nov	New England Revolution	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Philadelphia Union
#5	Position	#6
42	Points	39
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	11 / 6 / 10
46	Scored	54
38	Conceded	44
+8	GD	+10
1.62	PPG	1.44
46%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 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

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

4/7

31-45

6/4

46-60

9/1

61-75

14/3

76+

6/4

■ 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

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	16 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	8 G	1 A
Cavan Sullivan	7 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Chicago Fire FC have kicked off against Philadelphia Union. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' It’s high time Jim Curtin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
26' The referee has no hesitation. Johan Kappelhof is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 26.
31' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
36' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Jack Elliott has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' Johan Kappelhof makes way for Mauricio Pineda at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
48' Wyatt Omsberg catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 48.
51' Against the run of play, Cory Burke has scored! This game has turned on its head.
56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
57' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Luka Stojanovic is replaced by Alvaro Medran on 57 minute.
58' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Francisco Calvo trudges off to be replaced by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on 58 minutes.
60' Jakob Glesnes is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
61' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Cory Burke has done his job and it is now time for Sergio Santos to step up.
61' The Norway Jakob Glesnes breaks the deadlock on 61 minutes. 0-3!
62' It is a substitution in Philadelphia Union team. Jack McGlynn is replaced by Anthony Fontana on 62 minute.
67' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
71' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Wyatt Omsberg by Jhon Espinoza on 71 minute.
76' Przemyslaw Frankowski has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
79' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Olivier Mbaizo has done his job and it is now time for Matthew Real to step up.
84' Andre Blake needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
89' Boris Sekulic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
90' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 90.
0-2 the final result. Chicago Fire FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
5
Francisco Calvo ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 58'
4
Johan Kappelhof ↓ Mauricio Pineda 46'
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
20
Wyatt Omsberg ↓ Jhon Espinoza 71'
2
Boris Sekulic
28
Elliot Collier ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 57'
8
Luka Stojanovic ↓ Alvaro Medran 57'
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Miguel Navarro 57'
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	7
Daniel Gazdag	4
Nemanja Nikolics	3
Cory Burke	3
Kai Wagner	2
Julian Carranza	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Jakob Glesnes	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-05-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union L 2021-05-01 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-04-25 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC L 2020-11-05 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-05-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union W 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC L 2021-04-25 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2021-04-18 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Philadelphia Union D 2020-11-25 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New England Revolution L 2020-11-08 Philadelphia Union 2–0 New England Revolution W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.48 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or Philadelphia Union 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC30% Draw26% Philadelphia Union44%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

56%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

70%

Chicago Fire FC or Philadelphia Union

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC24% Draw42% Philadelphia Union34%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.6%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.9%

1 – 3

5.4%

0 – 0

1 – 0

4.5%

2 – 3

2 – 0

3.9%

0 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	16%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	20%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	14%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

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