Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Philadelphia Union

1 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 00:30 UTC Subaru Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Joaquin Torres 90' 1–0

Y 12' Carlos Teran

Y 38' Kei Ansu Kamara

Y 42' Miguel Navarro

Jose Andres Martinez 45' Y

Y 45' Fabian Herbers

YR 50' Fabian Herbers

Alejandro Bedoya 74' Y

YR 90' Kei Ansu Kamara

Quinn Sullivan 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)

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

Philadelphia Union 18 games · Avg 3.4 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-12 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2022-08-13 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2022-06-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union 2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
05 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–2	L
26 Feb	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W
05 Nov	Los Angeles FC	A	3–6	L
31 Oct	New York City FC	H	3–1	W
21 Oct	FC Cincinnati	H	1–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
05 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
09 Oct	New England Revolution	H	1–1	D
01 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	3–2	W
18 Sep	Charlotte FC	H	2–3	L
13 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

Philadelphia Union		Chicago Fire FC
#6	Position	#4
50	Points	55
34	Played	34
14 / 8 / 12	W / D / L	16 / 7 / 11
66	Scored	64
52	Conceded	54
+14	GD	+10
1.47	PPG	1.62
41%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

6/7

31-45

8/7

46-60

12/2

61-75

17/5

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

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

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Chicago Fire FC gets underway.
5' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
12' The referee has no hesitation. Carlos Teran is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 12.
17' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
22' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 22.
27' Gaston Claudio Gimenez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
32' named a 4-1-2-1-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
33' A tactical swap from Philadelphia Union — Joe Bendik on, Andre Blake off on 33 minutes.
38' Chicago Fire FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 38.
42' A moment of madness from Miguel Navarro on 42 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
45' Jose Andres Martinez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 45.
50' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Red card for Fabian Herbers.
55' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Kacper Przybylko is replaced by Chris Mueller on 55 minute.
60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mauricio Pineda, as he is very good at scoring at Subaru Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
61' The whistle greets Leon Flach as he departs to be replaced by Joaquin Torres.
65' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Gaston Claudio Gimenez has done his job and it is now time for Mauricio Pineda to step up.
70' 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.
74' Alejandro Bedoya picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
76' Xherdan Shaqiri makes way for Javier Casas at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
81' With 4 assists to his name this season, Quinn Sullivan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
83' It is a substitution in Philadelphia Union team. Olivier Mbaizo is replaced by Quinn Sullivan on 83 minute.
88' It’s high time Jim Curtin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
90' Joaquin Torres adds to his 0 season tally! Philadelphia Union lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Kei Ansu Kamara is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Red card on 90.
Another three points for Philadelphia Union.

Lineups

Philadelphia Union Lineups

4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Javier Casas 76'
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
2
Arnaud Souquet ↓ Jonathan Dean 55'
6
Miguel Navarro
4
Carlos Teran
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez ↓ Mauricio Pineda 65'
34
Chris Brady
11
Kacper Przybylko ↓ Chris Mueller 55'
27
Kendall Burks
23
Kei Ansu Kamara

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	7
Daniel Gazdag	4
Nemanja Nikolics	3
Maren Haile-Selassie	3
Cory Burke	3
Bruno Damiani	3
Julian Carranza	2
Jakob Glesnes	2

Head to Head

Philadelphia Union Form

2023-03-12 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-03-05 Internacional CF Miami 2–0 Philadelphia Union L 2023-02-26 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2022-11-05 Los Angeles FC 6–3 Philadelphia Union L 2022-10-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York City FC W 2022-10-21 Philadelphia Union 1–0 FC Cincinnati W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-03-12 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-03-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2022-10-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New England Revolution D 2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC W 2022-09-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Charlotte FC L 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.09 Philadelphia Union xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union54% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC23%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

77%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

46%

Philadelphia Union or Chicago Fire FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Philadelphia Union39% Draw40% Chicago Fire FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Philadelphia Union

Handicap	Philadelphia Union covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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