Major League Soccer

Oct 8, 2023 at 1.30am UK

Soldier Field

Chicago Fire
0 - 2
Charlotte FC

Gimenez (61'), Teran (80')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Westwood (23'), Swiderski (58' pen.)
Jones (90+3'), Jozwiak (90+6')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Chicago Fire and Charlotte FC, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Chicago Fire

All competitions

Last Game: Chicago Fire 4-1 Inter Miami
Thursday, October 5 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Charlotte FC

All competitions

Last Game: Charlotte FC 3-0 Toronto
Thursday, October 5 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Chicago Fire 2-1 Charlotte FC

Both teams are still in with a chance of making the playoffs, and neither of them will need any added motivation to claim all three points here. That said, we are backing the home side to emerge triumphant by a narrow margin.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chicago Fire win with a probability of 48.47%. A win for Charlotte FC had a probability of 26.64% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chicago Fire win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.44%) and 2-0 (8.45%). The likeliest Charlotte FC win was 0-1 (7.41%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.82%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 4.1% likelihood.

Result
Chicago Fire	Draw	Charlotte FC
48.47% ( 0.37)	24.89% ( -0.17)	26.64% ( -0.2)

Both teams to score 53.65% (

0.38)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.98% (

0.58)

49.02% (

-0.57)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.9% (

0.52)

71.1% (

-0.51)

Chicago Fire Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.74% (

0.39)

20.26% (

-0.39)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.4% (

0.62)

52.6% (

-0.61)

Charlotte FC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.28% (

0.15)

32.72% (

-0.14)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.73% (

0.17)

69.27% (

-0.16)

Score Analysis

Chicago Fire 48.47%

Charlotte FC 26.64%

Draw 24.89%

Chicago Fire	Draw	Charlotte FC
1-0 @ 10.58% ( -0.12) 2-1 @ 9.44% ( 0.04) 2-0 @ 8.45% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 5.02% ( 0.08) 3-0 @ 4.5% ( 0.06) 3-2 @ 2.81% ( 0.06) 4-1 @ 2.01% ( 0.06) 4-0 @ 1.8% ( 0.04) 4-2 @ 1.12% ( 0.04) Other @ 2.75% Total : 48.47%	1-1 @ 11.82% ( -0.09) 0-0 @ 6.63% ( -0.16) 2-2 @ 5.27% ( 0.04) 3-3 @ 1.05% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.13% Total : 24.89%	0-1 @ 7.41% ( -0.15) 1-2 @ 6.61% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 4.14% ( -0.06) 1-3 @ 2.46% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.96% ( 0.02) 0-3 @ 1.54% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.53% Total : 26.64%