CHICAGO. Chicago Fire beats Real Salt Lake 1-0 after R. Beric scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Soldier Field stadium in Chicago on Sunday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The referee was Rosendo Mendoza with the assistance of Gianni Facchini and Gjovalin Bori. The 4th official was Mark Allatin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.4 degrees Celsius or 45.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Chicago Fire was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Real Salt Lake that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Real Salt Lake was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Chicago Fire found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Chicago Fire shot 25 times, 9 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Chicago Fire received 4 yellow cards (B. Gutierrez, G. Gimenez, M. Pineda and F. Herbers). Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Chicago Fire will have 34 points to stay in the 23rd place. On the other side, Real Salt Lake will stay with 42 points to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Chicago Fire will play away with New York City on the 27th of October with a 7-3 head to head in favor of New York City (5 draws).

Real Salt Lake will play away agasint Dallas on the 28th of October with a 21-13 head to head record in favor of Dallas (11 draws).

Chicago Fire – Formation

Chicago Fire started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Raphaël Wicky decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Slonina (8.3), Boris Sekulić (7.2), Mauricio Pineda (7.7), Jonathan Bornstein (7.4), Miguel Navarro (7.4), Federico Navarro (7.7), Gastón Giménez (6.4), Álvaro Medrán (7.4), Fabian Herbers (6.6), Robert Berić (7.5) and Ignacio Aliseda (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alex Monis, Jhon Espinoza (6.9), Brian Gutierrez (7.0), Luka Stojanović (7.1), Wyatt Omsberg, Elliot Collier, Bobby Shuttleworth, Johan Kappelhof and Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (6.8).

Substitutions

Chicago Fire made 5 changes: F. Herbers for B. Gutierrez (72′), R. Beric for C. Offor (73′), B. Sekulic for J. Espinoza (84′), G. Gimenez for L. Stojanovic (84′) and A. Medran for W. Omsberg (90′).

Best player: Gabriel Slonina​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was the goalkeeper: Gabriel Slonina. His rating is 8.32. He performed 5 saves.

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: David Ochoa (8.1), Aaron Herrera (8.1), Erik Holt (6.6), Justen Glad (6.9), Andrew Brody (7.4), Everton Luiz (7.4), Pablo Ruiz (7.4), Maikel Chang (6.9), Albert Rusnák (7.1), Rubio Rubin (7.0) and Damir Kreilach (6.7).

They had on the bench: Jonathan Menéndez, Bobby Wood (6.8), Justin Portillo, Anderson Julio (6.8), Donny Toia, Nick Besler, Zac MacMath, Ashtone Morgan and Justin Meram (6.6).

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: M. Chang for J. Meram (72′), R. Rubin for A. A. Julio Santos (72′) and P. Ruiz for B. Wood (85′).

Best player: David Ochoa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was the goalkeeper: David Ochoa. His rating is 8.11. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Chicago Fire – Real Salt Lake – 1-0
• Inter Miami – Cincinnati – 5-1
• Minnesota United – Los Angeles FC – 1-1
• Colorado Rapids – Portland Timbers – 2-0
• LA Galaxy – Dallas – 2-2
• SJ Earthquakes – Vancouver Whitecaps – 1-1
• Austin – Houston Dynamo – 2-1