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Chicago Fire FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, 2018

MLS · 2018
Chicago Fire FC
2 – 1
Full Time
San Jose Earthquakes
Sun 3 Jun 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS .

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 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

1
4
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#5 Position #18
42 Points 45
26 Played 27
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 13 / 6 / 8
46 Scored 49
38 Conceded 39
+8 GD +10
1.62 PPG 1.67
46% Win % 48%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 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
San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
12/7
16-30
5/4
31-45
5/6
46-60
6/7
61-75
5/2
76+
8/11
■ 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
San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 15 G 3 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Ousseni Bouda 6 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Chicago Fire FC and San Jose Earthquakes get this one started.
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 10' It’s high time Veljko Paunovic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' Vako Qazaishvili has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' Chris Wehan has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 286 appearances.
  • 40' 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.
  • 45' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 50' With 0 assists to his name this season, Danny Hoesen is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
  • 55' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 60' Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 65' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 70' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 75' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 80' Aleksandar Katai is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 85' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
  • 90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrew Tarbell, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • Chicago Fire FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mikael Stahre

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Chris Wondolowski 5
Benjamin Kikanovic 2
Aleksandar Katai 2
Brian Gutierrez 1
Hernan Lopez Munoz 1
Danny Hoesen 1
Alan Gordon 1
Danny Hoesen 1

Head to Head

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

Chicago Fire FC Form

2018-06-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2018-05-30 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-05-26 Orlando City SC 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-05-20 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Houston Dynamo L 2018-05-12 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-05-10 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2018-06-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2018-05-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2018-05-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 D.C. United SC L 2018-05-17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2018-05-12 Minnesota United FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.84 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.42 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC50% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes26%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.26
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 62%
38%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 23%
77%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
74%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
50%
Chicago Fire FC or San Jose Earthquakes
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC35% Draw42% San Jose Earthquakes23%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
6.9%
2 – 0
6.5%
1 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
6.3%
3 – 1
5.4%
0 – 0
5.4%
0 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
3.9%
3 – 2
3.9%
0 – 2
3.9%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 20% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 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
17% ✓

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