About Match
The table reads 3rd (Chicago Fire, 38 pts) against 4th (New England, 37 pts), 1 points apart. New England rank just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Chicago Fire 1.95 scored and 1.45 conceded per game, New England 1.61 and 1.26, with the league averaging 1.6. Three points here take New England to 40, overtaking Chicago Fire, assuming other results stand.
Level finishes have become the habit for Chicago Fire: three in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Chicago Fire have 2 wins to New England's 1, with 2 draws, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Soldier Field, capacity 14,286, hosts the game.