Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Philadelphia Union

1 – 1

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sun 1 Aug 2021 · 22:00 UTC Subaru Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jakob Glesnes 30' Y

R 34' Wyatt Omsberg

Y 41' Fabian Herbers

Jack Elliott 66' Y

Y 78' Robert Beric

Overview

Match Preview

Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Subaru Park.

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

Philadelphia Union 17 games · Avg 3.4 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union 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

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D
25 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D
22 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L
17 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W
09 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
25 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
22 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	1–5	L
08 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	3–1	W
04 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

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

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
5' 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.
10' Chicago Fire FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Przemyslaw Frankowski on 10.
15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nnamdi Chinonso Offor, as he is very good at scoring at Subaru Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Andre Blake suffering a number of foals already.
25' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jakob Glesnes.
34' Poor challenge from Wyatt Omsberg. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Red card.
36' A stunning finish from Kai Wagner — that came from absolutely nowhere!
41' A meaty challenge results in booking for Fabian Herbers on 41.
46' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
51' Alvaro Medran is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
56' A quiet spell here at Subaru Park. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
63' The crowd applauds Leon Flach as he leaves the pitch. Ilsinho steps in for Philadelphia Union.
64' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor departs to be replaced by Robert Beric.
66' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Jack Elliott.
71' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
75' Philadelphia Union ring the changes. Daniel Gazdag has done his job and it is now time for Quinn Sullivan to step up.
78' The referee calls foul for Robert Beric. He receives a Yellow card.
81' Jonathan Bornstein gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Fabian Herbers and will look to change the dynamic.
86' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
89' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Olivier Mbaizo by Jack McGlynn on 89 minute.
The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Jonathan Bornstein 81'
5
Francisco Calvo
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
20
Wyatt Omsberg
7
Ignacio Aliseda ↓ Luka Stojanovic 81'
2
Boris Sekulic
22
Mauricio Pineda
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Robert Beric 64'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	7
Daniel Gazdag	4
Cory Burke	3
Nemanja Nikolics	3
Boris Sekulic	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Kai Wagner	2
Julian Carranza	2

Head to Head

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-07-25 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2021-07-17 Philadelphia Union 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-07-09 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-04 Nashville SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-07-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2021-07-22 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2021-07-18 Nashville SC 5–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.46 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Philadelphia Union49% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.46

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Philadelphia Union or Draw

73%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

51%

Philadelphia Union or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union37% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.3%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 0

5.7%

0 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	20%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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