Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Sporting Kansas City

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Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sun 25 Jun 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park 18,032 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 47' Fabian Herbers

Y 38' Rafael Czichos

Y 64' Mauricio Pineda

Y 67' Arnaud Souquet

Khiry Shelton 88' Y

Daniel Salloi 90' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 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

Sporting Kansas City 8 games · Avg 3.1 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-06-25 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Chicago Fire FC 2022-03-19 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 2020-10-08 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L
22 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
18 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
11 Jun	Austin FC	H	4–1	W
04 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
01 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–0	W
22 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
11 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–2	L
03 Jun	FC Cincinnati	A	0–1	L
31 May	Toronto FC	A	0–0	D
27 May	New England Revolution	A	3–3	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Chicago Fire FC
#30	Position	#5
21	Points	42
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
31	Scored	46
63	Conceded	38
-32	GD	+8
0.81	PPG	1.62
23%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ 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)

Chicago Fire FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
25' 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.
30' The 36-year-old Johnny Russell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
35' Rafael Czichos is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
38' Rafael Czichos is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
43' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
47' The Germany Fabian Herbers breaks the deadlock on 47 minutes. 0-1!
52' Over 52 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Marinos Tzionis is replacing Johnny Russell for the Sporting Kansas City side.
58' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Fabian Herbers exits the field as Maren Haile-Selassie enters on 58.
59' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Gaston Gimenez by Xherdan Shaqiri on 59 minute.
64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mauricio Pineda on 64.
67' That looks like a foul for a card for Arnaud Souquet.
70' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Dean. He replaces Daniel Aceves on 70 minute.
75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 292 games and scored 450 goals.
80' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
84' Khiry Shelton is replacing Jake Davis for the Sporting Kansas City side.
88' Khiry Shelton has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 88.
89' Georgios Koutsias has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brian Gutierrez on 89 minute.
90' Daniel Salloi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
Full Time. Chicago Fire FC beats Sporting Kansas City

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 58'
23
Kei Kamara
31
Federico Navarro
2
Arnaud Souquet
30
Gaston Gimenez ↓ Xherdan Shaqiri 59'
22
Mauricio Pineda
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Georgios Koutsias 89'
34
Chris Brady
3
Daniel Aceves ↓ Jonathan Dean 70'
20
Ian Torres ↓ Carlos Teran 70'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Kacper Przybylko	2
Johnny Russell	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-06-25 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-06-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-18 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2023-06-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Austin FC W 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-06-25 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-06-22 Portland Timbers 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-06-11 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-06-03 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-05-31 Toronto FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-05-27 New England Revolution 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.23 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC47%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.14

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

73%

Sporting Kansas City or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC38%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.8%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 3

4.9%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	22%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	16%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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