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Chicago Fire vs Real Salt Lake: result 2-0 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 2Kick-off on March 11, 2017 at 07:00 PM (UTC)Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Fire
2-0
Real Salt Lake

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What was the result of Chicago Fire vs Real Salt Lake?

Chicago Fire won 2-0 on March 11, 2017.

Goalscorers

  • 11′N. NikolićChicago Fire
  • 15′A. ÁlvarezChicago Fire

Official lineup for Chicago Fire vs Real Salt Lake

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Chicago Fire

4-4-1-1
  1. 11David Accam
  1. 8M. de Leeuw
  1. 23N. Nikolić
  2. 19Juninho
  3. 6D. McCarty
  4. 12A. Álvarez
  1. 3B. Vincent
  2. 66João Meira
  3. 4J. Kappelhof
  4. 5Michael Harrington
  1. 1Jorge Rodrigo Bava

Real Salt Lake

4-2-3-1
  1. 14Y. Movsisyan
  1. 20L. Silva
  2. 70J. Allen
  3. 11A. Rusnák
  1. 8S. Sunday
  2. 5K. Beckerman
  1. 6Justin Schmidt
  2. 2A. Beltran
  3. 4D. Horst
  4. 16Chris Wingert
  1. 18N. Rimando
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Chicago Fire have 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats; Real Salt Lake have 4, 4 and 7.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Chicago Fire
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Mar 4, 2017Columbus Crew(away)1-1Major League Soccer
Oct 23, 2016Toronto FC(away)2-3Major League Soccer
Oct 16, 2016New England Revolution(home)2-1Major League Soccer
Oct 14, 2016Columbus Crew(home)2-2Major League Soccer
Oct 1, 2016Columbus Crew(away)0-3Major League Soccer
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Mar 4, 2017Toronto FC(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Oct 27, 2016Los Angeles Galaxy(away)1-3Major League Soccer
Oct 23, 2016Seattle Sounders(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Oct 16, 2016Sporting Kansas City(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Oct 2, 2016San Jose Earthquakes(away)1-2Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 5 meetings: 0 Chicago Fire wins, 2 draws, 3 Real Salt Lake wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Aug 7, 2016Real Salt Lake 3-1 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
May 9, 2015Chicago Fire 1-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
May 4, 2014Chicago Fire 2-3 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
May 26, 2013Real Salt Lake 1-1 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
May 10, 2012Chicago Fire 0-0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Real Salt Lake vs Chicago Fire on Aug 7, 2016

How many goals should we expect?

Chicago Fire score 1.6 and concede 2.1 goals per match over their last 15; Real Salt Lake score 1.0 and concede 1.2.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Chicago Fire1.62.1211/1513/15
Real Salt Lake1.01.248/158/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Chicago Fire sit 4th in Major League Soccer (51 points from 31 matches) and Real Salt Lake sit 10th (39 points from 31 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Chicago FireEastern Conference3115610554651
10Real Salt LakeWestern Conference3111614484839

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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