CHESTER. Philadelphia Union comes back against Chicago Fire with a goal on the B. Gutierrez 39′ and a goal on the F. Herbers 82′.
The match was played at the Subaru Park stadium in Chester on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 3.62 degrees Celsius or 38.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 17 Total 10
- 6 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 130 Attack 90
- 70 Dangerous attack 40
- 61 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Philadelphia Union was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Chicago Fire that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Philadelphia Union was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Philadelphia Union to win the match.
Philadelphia Union shot 17 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Chicago Fire shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Philadelphia Union received 1 yellow card (José Martínez). Talking about the opposition, Chicago Fire received 2 yellow cards (Mauricio Pineda and Chris Brady).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this encounter, Philadelphia Union has 1 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. On the opposite side, Chicago Fire has 1 points (5th).
Next matches
Philadelphia Union – Formation
Philadelphia Union
87'
90'
79'
Philadelphia Union started with a 4-1-2-1-2 line-up (4-1-2-1-2).
The manager Jim Curtin decided to play with the following team: Oliver Semmle , Nathan Harriel , Jakob Glesnes , Damion Lowe , Kai Wagner , Quinn Sullivan , José Martínez , Jack McGlynn , Dániel Gazdag , Mikael Uhre and Julián Carranza .
The home team had on the bench: Holden Trent, Jeremy Rafanello, Olivier Mbaizo, Jesus Bueno, Chris Donovan, Tai Baribo, Anderson, Jack Elliott and Alejandro Bedoya .
Substitutions
Philadelphia Union made only 1 change substituting Jack McGlynn for Alejandro Bedoya (79′).
Player of the match: Mikael Uhre
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Philadelphia Union was Mikael Uhre.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Chicago Fire – Formation
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Frank Klopas played with: Chris Brady , Allan Arigoni , Mauricio Pineda , Rafael Czichos , Andrew Gutman, Gastón Giménez , Fabian Herbers , Maren Haile-Selassie , Xherdan Shaqiri , Brian Gutierrez and Hugo Cuypers .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Chris Mueller, Tom Barlow , Wyatt Omsberg, Spencer Richey, Kellyn Acosta , Jonathan Dean , Chase Gasper , Federico Navarro and Georgios Koutsias.
Chicago Fire could not rely on the presence of Chase Gasper (injured).
Substitutions
Chicago Fire made 5 changes: Andrew Gutman for Chase Gasper (5′), Chase Gasper for Jonathan Dean (73′), Xherdan Shaqiri for Kellyn Acosta (73′), Brian Gutierrez for Federico Navarro (88′) and Hugo Cuypers for Tom Barlow (88′).
Player of the match: Brian Gutierrez
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was Brian Gutierrez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Charlotte – New York City – 1-0
- DC United – New England – 3-1
- Orlando City – CF Montréal – 0-0
- Philadelphia Union – Chicago Fire – 2-2
- Austin – Minnesota United – 1-2
- Dallas – SJ Earthquakes – 2-1
- Houston Dynamo – Sporting KC – 1-1
- St. Louis City – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
- Portland Timbers – Colorado Rapids – 4-1
- Cincinnati – Toronto – 0-0
- Nashville SC – New York RB – 0-0
