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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 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

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
#21 Position #4
27 Points 29
17 Played 17
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 9 / 2 / 6
29 Scored 32
25 Conceded 23
+4 GD +9
1.59 PPG 1.71
47% Win % 53%

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
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/4
76+
4/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/4
31-45
1/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
6/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A
Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Chicago Fire FC get us underway at .
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Marcelo Silva made 280 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' Joao Plata has been relatively quiet despite scoring 17 goals in his last 280 appearances.
  • 25' Chicago Fire FC have won 393 goals from 275 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 30' Drew Conner has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 35' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 40' Kyle Beckerman is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
  • 45' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
  • 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Damir Kreilach, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 60' Brandon Vincent is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
  • 65' 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.
  • 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.
  • 75' Bastian Schweinsteiger needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 80' It’s high time Mike Petke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 90' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Chicago Fire FC

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
Albert Rusnak 1
Aleksandar Katai 1
Robert Beric 1
Diego Luna 1
Carlos Gomez 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
2.03 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.36 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake55% Draw22% Chicago Fire FC23%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.39
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
77%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
45%
Real Salt Lake or Chicago Fire FC
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake38% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC21%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.2%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
6.9%
1 – 0
6.2%
2 – 2
6.1%
1 – 2
6.1%
3 – 1
6.1%
0 – 0
4.8%
3 – 0
4.6%
3 – 2
4.2%
0 – 1
3.9%
0 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 16% 69%
-1.5 31% — 69%
-1 31% 21% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 14% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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