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Chicago Fire FC vs Portland Timbers, 2018

MLS · 2018
Chicago Fire FC
2 – 2
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Sat 31 Mar 2018 · 22:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Rubiel Vazquez
  • Referee Drew Fischer
  • Referee Jeremy Kieso

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

2
1
1
Chicago Fire FC 4 games · Avg 3.8 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-31 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Mar Portland Timbers H 2–2 D
17 Mar Minnesota United FC A 1–2 L
10 Mar Sporting Kansas City H 3–4 L
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Mar Chicago Fire FC A 2–2 D
24 Mar FC Dallas A 1–1 D
11 Mar New York Red Bulls A 0–4 L
05 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC Portland Timbers
#5 Position #26
42 Points 32
26 Played 27
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
46 Scored 48
38 Conceded 51
+8 GD -3
1.62 PPG 1.19
46% Win % 33%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 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
Portland Timbers
0-15
4/9
16-30
7/9
31-45
5/8
46-60
5/4
61-75
7/–
76+
10/8
■ 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
Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Chicago Fire FC and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Brandon Vincent is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Giovanni Savarese will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 35' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Robin Lod scoring 1 goals.
  • 40' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 45' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 50' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 55' Julio Cascante has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 60' 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.
  • 65' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
  • 70' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 80' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Andres Flores has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 85' Nemanja Nikolics, a Hungary , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 90' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.33 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.8 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC47% Draw23% Portland Timbers30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.13
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 77%
23%
± 3.5 58%
42%
± 4.5 39%
61%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
70%
Draw or Portland Timbers
53%
Chicago Fire FC or Portland Timbers
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC38% Draw37% Portland Timbers25%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
7.7%
1 – 1
7.5%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 2
6%
3 – 1
5.9%
3 – 2
5.2%
2 – 0
4.5%
2 – 3
4.1%
1 – 3
3.5%
4 – 1
3.4%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 0
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 15% 70%
-1.5 30% — 70%
-1 30% 19% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 14% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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