Match Report
Chicago Fire (5th, 39 pts) visited Philadelphia Union (6th, 36 pts) with 3 points between them. Chicago Fire ranked just 25th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Per game in the league, Philadelphia Union were scoring 1.92 and conceding 1.62, Chicago Fire 1.8 and 1.52, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Philadelphia Union had gone 5 games without a win.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Philadelphia Union, 1 draw and 2 for Chicago Fire, at 3.5 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 63% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The match was played at Subaru Park (capacity 18,500). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Philadelphia Union: Milan Iloski (45') · Chicago Fire: Jonathan Bamba (58'), Hugo Cuypers (45')
Key stats
Possession: Philadelphia Union 47% · Chicago Fire 53% · Total shots: 12-11 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 6-2