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

Leagues CupGroup Stage - 1Kick-off on July 29, 2024 at 01:00 AM (UTC)Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Sporting Kansas City
2-1
Chicago Fire

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

Sporting Kansas City won 2-1 on July 29, 2024.

Goalscorers

  • 22′G. KoutsiasChicago Fire
  • 39′R. CastellanosSporting Kansas City
  • 76′W. AgadaSporting Kansas City

Official lineup for Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City

4-2-3-1
  1. 23W. Agada
  1. 10D. Sallói
  2. 26E. Thommy
  3. 30S. Afrifa
  1. 6N. Radoja
  2. 54R. Walter
  1. 14T. Leibold
  2. 3Andreu Fontàs
  3. 19R. Castellanos
  4. 11K. Shelton
  1. 29T. Melia

Chicago Fire

4-4-2
  1. 19G. Koutsias
  2. 12T. Barlow
  1. 7M. Haile-Selassie
  2. 23K. Acosta
  3. 30G. Giménez
  4. 17B. Gutiérrez
  1. 2A. Souquet
  2. 14T. Salquist
  3. 43J. Shannon
  4. 21F. Herbers
  1. 18S. Richey
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Sporting Kansas City have 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats; Chicago Fire have 4, 3 and 8.

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

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Jul 21, 2024St. Louis City(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Jul 18, 2024Vancouver Whitecaps(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Jul 14, 2024San Jose Earthquakes(away)2-1Major League Soccer
Jul 11, 2024FC Dallas(home)2-1US Open Cup
Jul 8, 2024FC Dallas(home)3-2Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Jul 20, 2024Inter Miami(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Jul 17, 2024FC Cincinnati(away)1-0Major League Soccer
Jul 14, 2024New York City FC(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Jul 8, 2024San Jose Earthquakes(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Jul 4, 2024Philadelphia Union(home)4-3Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

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

DateScoreCompetition
Jun 25, 2023Sporting Kansas City 0-1 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Mar 19, 2022Chicago Fire 3-1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Sep 12, 2021Sporting Kansas City 2-0 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Oct 17, 2020Chicago Fire 2-2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Oct 8, 2020Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Jul 7, 2019Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire on Jun 25, 2023

How many goals should we expect?

Sporting Kansas City score 1.7 and concede 1.9 goals per match over their last 15; Chicago Fire score 1.3 and concede 1.6.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Sporting Kansas City1.71.9212/1513/15
Chicago Fire1.31.6210/158/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

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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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