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

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MLS · 2023

Sporting Kansas City

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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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

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

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	#4
14	Points	29
18	Played	17
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
18	Scored	32
46	Conceded	23
-28	GD	+9
0.78	PPG	1.71
22%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ 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)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire FC get this one started.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Gaston Gimenez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
15' Nemanja Radoja needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
38' That looks like a foul for a card for Rafael Czichos.
43' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
47' Fabian Herbers makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
52' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
55' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Marinos Tzionis comes on to replace Johnny Russell.
58' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Fabian Herbers has done his job and it is now time for Maren Haile-Selassie to step up.
59' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Xherdan Shaqiri comes on to replace Gaston Gimenez.
64' That looks like a foul for a card for Mauricio Pineda.
67' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Arnaud Souquet on 67 minutes.
70' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Jonathan Dean on, Daniel Aceves off on 70 minutes.
75' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
80' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
84' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Jake Davis is replaced by Khiry Shelton on 84 minute.
88' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton will be fuming at that decision.
89' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Brian Gutierrez is replaced by Georgios Koutsias.
90' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
0-1 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Kacper Przybylko	2
Johnny Russell	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Felipe Gutierrez	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

1 / 4

1.09 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.06 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC51%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.15

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	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

49%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Sporting Kansas City or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC43%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 2

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 3

6.5%

0 – 3

0 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.2%

2 – 1

5.1%

1 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.6%

1 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	11%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	42%	—	58%
+1	42%	22%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	18%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

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