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

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 31Kick-off on September 12, 2021 at 12:30 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 12, 2021.

Goalscorers

  • 4′J. MauriSporting Kansas City
  • 6′J. RussellSporting Kansas City

Official lineup for Sporting Kansas City vs Chicago Fire

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City

4-3-3
  1. 20D. Sallói
  2. 9A. Pulido
  3. 7J. Russell
  1. 32J. Mauri
  2. 54R. Walter
  3. 17G. Kinda
  1. 6Ilie Sánchez
  2. 36Luís Martins
  3. 3Andreu Fontàs
  4. 8G. Zusi
  1. 29T. Melia

Chicago Fire

3-1-4-2
  1. 21F. Herbers
  2. 99S. Ivanov
  1. 27R. Berić
  2. 10Álvaro Medrán
  3. 8L. Stojanović
  4. 23C. Terán
  1. 6M. Navarro
  1. 22M. Pineda
  2. 2B. Sekulić
  3. 3J. Bornstein
  1. 1R. Shuttleworth
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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, 5 draws and 4 defeats; Chicago Fire have 5, 4 and 6.

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

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Sep 4, 2021Los Angeles FC(away)0-4Major League Soccer
Aug 29, 2021Colorado Rapids(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Aug 21, 2021Minnesota United FC(away)0-0Major League Soccer
Aug 19, 2021Portland Timbers(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Aug 15, 2021FC Dallas(away)2-0Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 28, 2021New York Red Bulls(away)1-0Major League Soccer
Aug 22, 2021Orlando City SC(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Aug 18, 2021Inter Miami(away)2-3Major League Soccer
Aug 15, 2021Columbus Crew(home)1-0Major League Soccer
Aug 8, 2021New York Red Bulls(home)2-1Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 4 Sporting Kansas City wins, 1 draw, 1 Chicago Fire win.

DateScoreCompetition
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
Mar 10, 2018Chicago Fire 3-4 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Jul 30, 2017Sporting Kansas City 3-2 Chicago FireMajor League Soccer
Jul 14, 2016Chicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City on Oct 17, 2020

How many goals should we expect?

Sporting Kansas City score 1.5 and concede 1.4 goals per match over their last 15; Chicago Fire score 1.3 and concede 1.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Sporting Kansas City1.51.4410/158/15
Chicago Fire1.31.548/158/15

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 (23 points from 33 matches) and Chicago Fire sit 4th (55 points from 33 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
4Chicago FireEastern Conference3316710615055
15Sporting Kansas CityWestern Conference336522398123

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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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