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 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

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	#3
11	Points	26
14	Played	14
3 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
14	Scored	27
36	Conceded	16
-22	GD	+11
0.79	PPG	1.86
21%	Win %	57%

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

50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/1

61-75

4/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Children's Mercy Park will turn into a battlefield for Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kendall McIntosh, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Arnaud Souquet suffering a number of foals already.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Jonathan Dean needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
35' Erik Thommy has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
38' It’s gonna be a card for Rafael Czichos.
43' Sporting Kansas City 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.
47' Goal! Fabian Herbers scores his 16 goal in 286 matches.
52' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
55' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Johnny Russell is replaced by Marinos Tzionis on 55 minute.
58' Maren Haile-Selassie has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fabian Herbers on 58 minute.
59' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 59 minute. Gaston Gimenez leaves to be changed by Xherdan Shaqiri.
64' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Mauricio Pineda gets a card.
67' It’s gonna be a card for Arnaud Souquet.
70' Jonathan Dean has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Aceves on 70 minute.
75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gaston Gimenez made 162 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
80' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
84' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Jake Davis by Khiry Shelton on 84 minute.
88' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 88.
89' Georgios Koutsias is replacing Brian Gutierrez for the Chicago Fire FC side.
90' Daniel Salloi was booked on 90.
The final score is 0-1.

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

1.01 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.07 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC52%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

47%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

77%

Sporting Kansas City or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City15% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC43%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

0 – 2

9.7%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 3

6.6%

0 – 3

6.6%

0 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 1

4.7%

1 – 0

3.9%

1 – 4

3.5%

0 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	40%	—	60%
+1	40%	23%	38%
+1.5	62%	—	38%
+2	62%	19%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

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