Match Report
34 points for Orlando City (6th), 39 for Chicago Fire (5th): a 5-point gap. Chicago Fire ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Orlando City 1.76 scored and 2.24 conceded per game, Chicago Fire 1.88 and 1.46, with the league averaging 1.6.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Orlando City, 2 draws and 1 for Chicago Fire, at 3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The referee was R. Mendoza, with 51 matches in our database and 1.8 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Inter&Co Stadium (capacity 25,500). Chicago Fire led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Orlando City: David Brekalo (52') · Chicago Fire: Puso Dithejane (4'), Robert Lewandowski (69')
Key stats
Possession: Orlando City 57% · Chicago Fire 43% · Total shots: 16-7 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 3-3