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Real Salt Lake vs Chicago Fire FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sun 5 Aug 2018 · 02:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jeffrey Greeson
  • Referee Kevin Stott
  • Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
  • Referee Malik Badawi
  • Referee Gjovalin Bori

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

2
1
1
Real Salt Lake 4 games · Avg 2.5 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-08-05 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 2–1 W
29 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0 D
22 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 2–2 D
15 Jul Minnesota United FC A 2–3 L
08 Jul FC Dallas H 2–0 W
05 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 4–2 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
28 Jul Toronto FC A 0–3 L
21 Jul Toronto FC H 1–2 L
15 Jul FC Dallas A 1–3 L
12 Jul Philadelphia Union H 3–4 L
08 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–3 L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Chicago Fire FC
#27 Position #5
32 Points 42
27 Played 26
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 12 / 6 / 8
40 Scored 46
44 Conceded 38
-4 GD +8
1.19 PPG 1.62
33% Win % 46%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ 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)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 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' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Real Salt Lake and Chicago Fire FC.
  • 5' Joao Plata, a Ecuador , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 15' Jonathan Campbell is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 20' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
  • 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 291 games and scored 428 goals.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' Bastian Schweinsteiger has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 45' Croatia international Damir Kreilach has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aleksandar Katai made 286 appearances and scored 43 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 60' Real Salt Lake 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.
  • 65' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 70' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 80' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 85' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 90' Marcelo Silva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cristian Arango 2
Damir Kreilach 2
Damir Kreilach 2
Diego Luna 1
Carlos Gomez 1
Bastian Schweinsteiger 1
Bastian Schweinsteiger 1
Albert Rusnak 1

Head to Head

2018-08-05 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-08-05 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-07-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2018-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-07-15 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2018-07-08 Real Salt Lake 2–0 FC Dallas W 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2018-08-05 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-07-28 Toronto FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-07-21 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2018-07-15 FC Dallas 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-07-12 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 Philadelphia Union L 2018-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.97 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.4 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake54% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC23%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.37
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

Real Salt Lake or Draw
76%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
46%
Real Salt Lake or Chicago Fire FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake37% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC22%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.3%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
6.7%
1 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
6.2%
1 – 0
6.2%
3 – 1
5.9%
0 – 0
4.9%
3 – 0
4.3%
3 – 2
4.2%
0 – 1
4.1%
0 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 15% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 21% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 14% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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