Wednesday , 30 September 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
San Jose Earthquakes
4 – 1
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sat 18 May 2019 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 41' Johan Kappelhof
Tommy Thompson 54' Y
Cristian Espinoza 54' Y
Y 63' Jorge Luis Corrales
Y 86' Francisco Calvo
Y 90' Aleksandar Katai

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Brian Dunn
  • Referee Felisha Mariscal
  • Referee Victor Rivas
5 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/game

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

4
1
San Jose Earthquakes 5 games · Avg 2.8 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-05-18 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2018-06-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May Chicago Fire FC H 4–1 W
11 May New England Revolution A 1–3 L
05 May FC Cincinnati H 1–0 W
27 Apr FC Dallas A 0–0 D
25 Apr Seattle Sounders FC A 2–2 D
21 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 4–1 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May San Jose Earthquakes A 1–4 L
12 May Minnesota United FC H 2–0 W
09 May New England Revolution H 5–0 W
05 May Los Angeles FC A 0–0 D
28 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L
24 Apr New York City FC A 0–1 L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire FC
#18 Position #5
45 Points 42
27 Played 26
13 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 12 / 6 / 8
49 Scored 46
39 Conceded 38
+10 GD +8
1.67 PPG 1.62
48% Win % 46%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
12/7
16-30
5/4
31-45
5/6
46-60
6/7
61-75
5/2
76+
8/11
■ 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)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 15 G 3 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Ousseni Bouda 6 G 1 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 San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
  • 5' Harold Cummings needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 10' San Jose Earthquakes 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.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 286 games and scored 429 goals.
  • 21' What a moment for Chris Wondolowski! That strike on 21 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 26' The 29-year-old Mo Adams has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 31' Shea Salinas is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 36' The energy levels are beginning to show. Veljko Paunovic might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 41' Chicago Fire SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 46' Chicago Fire FC have won 403 goals from 282 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 48' GOAL! Chris Wondolowski scores on 48.
  • 53' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 54' Controversy at the stadium! Tommy Thompson argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 55' A change in the Chicago Fire SC ranks — Nemanja Nikolics exits the field as Djordje Mihailovic enters on 55.
  • 56' Chicago Fire SC make a change. Brandt Bronico trudges off to be replaced by Mo Adams on 56 minutes.
  • 61' 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.
  • 63' Jorge Luis Corrales was booked on 63.
  • 68' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 68 minutes.
  • 72' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire SC. Jorge Luis Corrales is replaced by Diego Campos.
  • 74' Chris Wondolowski is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 76' A stunning finish from Chris Wondolowski — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 79' The supporters are chanting for Vako Qazaishvili. He replaces Cristian Espinoza on 79 minute.
  • 83' Brilliant from the ! Aleksandar Katai makes it 4-1 with a superb finish on 83.
  • 86' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire SC player. Francisco Calvo gets a Yellow card.
  • 88' The whistle greets Shea Salinas as he departs to be replaced by Judson.
  • 90' Aleksandar Katai picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 90' Siad Haji is replacing Chris Wondolowski for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
  • With this win, San Jose Earthquakes is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Chris Wondolowski 5
Aleksandar Katai 2
Benjamin Kikanovic 2
Alan Gordon 1
Danny Hoesen 1
Aleksandar Katai 1
Alan Gordon 1
Cristian Espinoza 1

Head to Head

2019-05-18 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2018-06-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2019-05-18 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-05-11 New England Revolution 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-05-05 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 FC Cincinnati W 2019-04-27 FC Dallas 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2019-04-25 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2019-05-18 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-05-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 New England Revolution W 2019-05-05 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-04-28 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-04-24 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.23 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.23 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes58% Draw22% Chicago Fire FC20%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
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

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
80%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
42%
San Jose Earthquakes or Chicago Fire FC
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw39% Chicago Fire FC18%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.5%
2 – 1
9.3%
2 – 0
7.8%
3 – 1
6.8%
1 – 0
6.5%
3 – 0
5.7%
2 – 2
5.7%
1 – 2
5.1%
0 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
4.2%
4 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 18% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 21% 41%
-0.5 59% — 41%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 11% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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