Chicago Fire FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Chicago Fire FC

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 3 Jun 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Chicago Fire FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS .

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Chris Penso
Referee Eduardo Mariscal
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Matthew Franz

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 5 games · Avg 2.8 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2018-06-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
30 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
26 May	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
20 May	Houston Dynamo	H	2–3	L
12 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
10 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
26 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L
20 May	D.C. United SC	H	1–3	L
17 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–2	D
12 May	Minnesota United FC	A	3–1	W
06 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#4	Position	#19
55	Points	52
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	14 / 10 / 10
64	Scored	57
54	Conceded	51
+10	GD	+6
1.62	PPG	1.53
47%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. San Jose Earthquakes kicks off things out of here…
5' Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and San Jose Earthquakes are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' San Jose Earthquakes 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.
20' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
25' It’s high time Veljko Paunovic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' A quiet spell here at . San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
45' The 39-year-old Quincy Amarikwa has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
50' Chicago Fire FC have won 427 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
55' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
70' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Brandt Bronico has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
75' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
80' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
85' Tommy Thompson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
90' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
Another three points for Chicago Fire FC.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

9
Danny Hoesen
7
Magnus Eriksson
6
Shea Salinas ↓ Fatai Alashe 14'
11
Vako Qazaishvili
28
Andrew Tarbell
24
Nick Lima
8
Chris Wondolowski C
23
Florian Jungwirth
30
Yeferson Quintana ↓ Quincy Amarikwa 83'
15
Jimmy Ockford
16
Chris Wehan ↓ Tommy Thompson 52'

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Chris Wondolowski	5
Aleksandar Katai	2
Benjamin Kikanovic	2
Alan Gordon	1
Danny Hoesen	1
Aleksandar Katai	1
Alan Gordon	1
Cristian Espinoza	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.93 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC51% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes25%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

75%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

49%

Chicago Fire FC or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC36% Draw41% San Jose Earthquakes23%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 0

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	20%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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

Chicago Fire FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

San Jose Earthquakes Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Clean Sheet