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Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City: result 2-1 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 11Kick-off on May 18, 2014 at 07:00 PM (UTC)Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Fire
2-1
Sporting Kansas City

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What was the result of Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City?

Chicago Fire won 2-1 on May 18, 2014.

Goalscorers

  • 7′Mike MageeChicago Fire (pen.)
  • 16′Mike MageeChicago Fire (pen.)
  • 68′D. DwyerSporting Kansas City

Official lineup for Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Chicago Fire

  1. 9Mike Magee
  2. 14Patrick Nyarko
  3. 24Quincy Obina Amarikwa
  1. 19H. Shipp
  2. 54B. Joya
  1. 5Lovel Palmer
  2. 6Patrick Ianni
  3. 16Greg Cochrane
  4. 20J. Larentowicz
  5. 34J. Hurtado
  1. 25S. Johnson

Sporting Kansas City

  1. 14D. Dwyer
  2. 16C. Bieler
  3. 37Jacob Peterson
  1. 6Paulo Roberto Corradi Nagamura
  2. 9Toni
  3. 10B. Feilhaber
  1. 2E. Palmer-Brown
  2. 7Chance Myers
  3. 15S. Sinovic
  4. 40Igor Julião
  1. 1Eric Kronberg
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Chicago Fire have 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats; Sporting Kansas City have 7, 4 and 4.

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

Chicago Fire
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
May 10, 2014New York Red Bulls(away)5-4Major League Soccer
May 4, 2014Real Salt Lake(home)2-3Major League Soccer
Apr 19, 2014New England Revolution(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Apr 12, 2014CF Montreal(away)1-1Major League Soccer
Apr 5, 2014Philadelphia Union(home)2-2Major League Soccer
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
May 15, 2014Philadelphia Union(home)1-2Major League Soccer
May 10, 2014CF Montreal(away)3-0Major League Soccer
May 4, 2014Columbus Crew(home)2-0Major League Soccer
Apr 26, 2014New England Revolution(away)0-2Major League Soccer
Apr 20, 2014CF Montreal(home)4-0Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 3 Chicago Fire wins, 1 draw, 2 Sporting Kansas City wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Aug 24, 2013Chicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Jul 7, 2013Chicago Fire 1-2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Mar 16, 2013Sporting Kansas City 0-0 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Sep 29, 2012Sporting Kansas City 2-0 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Jun 30, 2012Sporting Kansas City 0-1 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
May 13, 2012Chicago Fire 2-1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City on Aug 24, 2013

How many goals should we expect?

Chicago Fire score 1.9 and concede 2.0 goals per match over their last 15; Sporting Kansas City score 1.5 and concede 0.9.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Chicago Fire1.92.0212/1510/15
Sporting Kansas City1.50.967/158/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Chicago Fire sit 4th in Major League Soccer (52 points from 32 matches) and Sporting Kansas City sit 15th (22 points from 32 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Chicago FireEastern Conference3215710574852
15Sporting Kansas CityWestern Conference326422388022

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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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