Chicago Fire FC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 17 Jul 2022 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 24' Kelyn Rowe

Y 25' Kelyn Rowe

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 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 7 games · Avg 3.1 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 2–4 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
14 Jul	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
10 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–3	L
04 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	1–0	W
26 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
14 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
09 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	0–3	L
02 Jul	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W
30 Jun	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–2	L
25 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Seattle Sounders FC
#5	Position	#24
42	Points	35
26	Played	26
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 9
46	Scored	33
38	Conceded	34
+8	GD	-1
1.62	PPG	1.35
46%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ 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

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and Seattle Sounders FC.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
23' Brilliant from the ! Rafael Czichos makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 23.
24' Kelyn Rowe was booked on 24.
25' It’s a booking for Seattle Sounders FC player. Kelyn Rowe gets a Yellow card.
30' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
35' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
37' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Gaston Claudio Gimenez is replaced by Mauricio Pineda on 37 minute.
42' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
47' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
52' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 0% of all matches.
57' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
58' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Will Bruin exits the field as Leo Chu enters on 58.
59' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Chris Mueller is replaced by Fabian Herbers.
64' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
65' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 65 minute. Danny Leyva leaves to be changed by Fredy Montero.
70' Over 70 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
75' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
80' Nouhou Tolo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
83' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on, Kacper Przybylko off on 83 minutes.
88' Alex Roldan is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
Seattle Sounders FC will have plenty to reflect on. Chicago Fire FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
31
Federico Navarro
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein
1
Gabriel Slonina
40
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Jairo Torres 59'
23
Carlos Teran
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez ↓ Mauricio Pineda 37'
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Fabian Herbers 59'
11
Kacper Przybylko ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 83'

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 65'
94
Jimmy Medranda
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 58'
84
Joshua Atencio
23
Leo Chu ↑ 58'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere
26
Andrew Thomas
25
Jackson Ragen ↑ 65'
99
Dylan Teves ↑ 83'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	3
Dejan Joveljic	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Albert Rusnak	2
Robert Beric	2
Mauricio Pineda	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1
Rafael Czichos	1

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2022-07-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2022-07-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-06-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2022-06-26 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-07-14 Nashville SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-07-09 Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Portland Timbers L 2022-07-02 Toronto FC 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.47 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC48% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC25%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.54

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

52%

Chicago Fire FC or Seattle Sounders FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC32% Draw48% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

10%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

8.3%

0 – 1

7.4%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	22%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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