Major League Soccer

Aug 31, 2023 at 1.30am UK

Soldier Field

Chicago Fire
0 - 1
Vancouver

FT(HT: 0-1)

White (19')
Brown (58')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Chicago Fire

All competitions

Last Game: LA Galaxy 3-0 Chicago Fire
Sunday, August 27 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Vancouver Whitecaps

All competitions

Last Game: Portland 2-3 Vancouver
Sunday, August 27 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Chicago Fire 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps

The Caps have built up a lot of confidence away from home of late, winning three of their last four road contests in all competitions, and we expect Gauld and White to carry them to another massive three points on Wednesday. Defensively, the Fire have struggled in recent outings, while they have not created nearly as many scoring opportunities since Mueller was sidelined through injury.

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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 42.14%. A win for Vancouver Whitecaps had a probability of 32.46% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chicago Fire win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.9%) and 2-0 (7.02%). The likeliest Vancouver Whitecaps win was 0-1 (8.13%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.02%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood.

Result
Chicago Fire	Draw	Vancouver Whitecaps
42.14% ( -0.05)	25.4% ( 0.03)	32.46% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 55.47% (

-0.09)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.77% (

-0.12)

48.23% (

0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.62% (

-0.1)

70.38% (

0.1)

Chicago Fire Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.22% (

-0.08)

22.78% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.52% (

-0.11)

56.48% (

0.11)

Vancouver Whitecaps Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.84% (

-0.04)

28.16% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.15% (

-0.05)

63.85% (

0.05)

Score Analysis

Chicago Fire 42.14%

Vancouver Whitecaps 32.46%

Draw 25.39%

Chicago Fire	Draw	Vancouver Whitecaps
1-0 @ 9.49% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 8.9% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 7.02% ( 0) 3-1 @ 4.39% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 3.46% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.78% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 1.62% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 1.28% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.03% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.18% Total : 42.14%	1-1 @ 12.02% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 6.42% ( 0.03) 2-2 @ 5.64% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.17% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.15% Total : 25.39%	0-1 @ 8.13% ( 0.03) 1-2 @ 7.62% ( 0) 0-2 @ 5.15% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.22% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.38% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.18% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.02% ( -0) Other @ 2.76% Total : 32.46%