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Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire: result 2-0 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 30Kick-off on September 29, 2012 at 12:50 AM (UTC)Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Sporting Kansas City
2-0
Chicago Fire

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

Sporting Kansas City won 2-0 on September 29, 2012.

Goalscorers

  • 11′G. ZusiSporting Kansas City
  • 90′G. ZusiSporting Kansas City

Official lineup for Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City

  1. 17C. Sapong
  2. 23K. Kamara
  1. 6Paulo Roberto Corradi Nagamura
  2. 8G. Zusi
  3. 15R. Espinoza
  4. 1J. Nielsen
  5. 55Júlio César
  1. 5M. Besler
  2. 7Chance Myers
  3. 13Lawrence Olum Omosh
  4. 16S. Sinovic

Chicago Fire

  1. 7S. MacDonald
  2. 14Patrick Nyarko
  3. 18Chris Rolfe
  1. 4Á. Fernández
  2. 12Logan Pause
  3. 71Alex
  1. 6J. Anibaba
  2. 13Gonzalo Segares González
  3. 22A. Berry
  4. 23Arne Friedrich
  1. 25S. Johnson
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Sporting Kansas City have 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats; Chicago Fire have 10, 2 and 3.

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

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Sep 22, 2012CF Montreal(away)0-0Major League Soccer
Sep 19, 2012New York Red Bulls(away)2-0Major League Soccer
Sep 15, 2012Houston Dynamo(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Sep 2, 2012Toronto FC(home)2-1Major League Soccer
Aug 27, 2012New York Red Bulls(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Sep 23, 2012Columbus Crew(home)2-1Major League Soccer
Sep 16, 2012CF Montreal(home)3-1Major League Soccer
Sep 12, 2012Toronto FC(away)2-1Major League Soccer
Sep 2, 2012Houston Dynamo(home)3-1Major League Soccer
Aug 22, 2012DC United(away)2-4Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 2 meetings: 0 Sporting Kansas City wins, 0 draws, 2 Chicago Fire wins.

DateScoreCompetition
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: Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire on Jun 30, 2012

How many goals should we expect?

Sporting Kansas City score 1.2 and concede 0.7 goals per match over their last 15; Chicago Fire score 1.6 and concede 1.1.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Sporting Kansas City1.20.787/155/15
Chicago Fire1.61.1310/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Sporting Kansas City sit 15th in Major League Soccer (22 points from 30 matches) and Chicago Fire sit 4th (48 points from 30 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Chicago FireEastern Conference3014610524448
15Sporting Kansas CityWestern Conference306420367522

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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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